Academic Pathways Specialist (Program Management Specialist)

Job Summary

The Pathways Specialist is part of a multi-campus team that supports 2 areas of pre-college programs : Career Pathways and IU College + Career Success.

The Pathways Specialist creates and maintains partnerships between high schools and IU academic units to offer college Career Pathways aligned with the Indiana Next Level Programs of Study (NLPS) to high school students.

Using the IU Pathways PLUS program framework, the Pathways Specialist provides advising, support, and resources to participating high school students in the five framework areas of college readiness, career exploration and work-based learning, engagement in campus life, IU program curriculum, and advising and student services.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Contributes as a member of a multi-campus team, aligning work with institution-wide priorities, initiatives from the Office of School Partnerships, and local campus priorities.
• Establishes new Career Pathway partnerships with local high schools in collaboration with IU academic units.
• Conducts analysis of high school potential for supporting career pathways.
• Initiates outreach and relationship-building with potential high school partners, presenting IU's program and engaging all stakeholders as needed.
• Responds to requests for engagement.
• Works to develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships between partner high schools, academic units, and other units across campus.
• Supports existing Career Pathway partnerships.
• Provides student services for effective program operation, including pathway marketing and recruiting, admission, course enrollment, and orientation.
• Advises students enrolled in Career Pathways using the IU advising plan, ensuring students receive all necessary information, access, and resources to successfully complete the pathway.
• Develops and implements activities from the Pathways PLUS model, including career exploration, work-based learning, engagement in campus life, and college readiness.
• Meets regularly with school partners to ensure quality and address concerns and challenges.
• Establishes partnerships with schools serving grades 6 through 12 to provide college readiness and career exploration services using the IU College + Career Success model.
• Plans and initiates outreach and relationship-building with potential school partners, presenting IU's program and engaging all stakeholders as needed.
• Responds to requests for engagement.
• Conducts analysis of school's existing services and service gaps and develops a service plan for delivering components of the IU College + Career Success model.
• Implements and assesses college readiness and career exploration programming.
• Plans, directs, and implements programs or events, including the creation of materials to support these events.
• Collects assessment data used to measure the effectiveness of pre-college programming activities through an activity tracker, surveys, and consultations.
• Completes tasks related to the efficient and effective operation of programming.
• Provides timely, clear communications to campus supervisor, Office of School Partnerships, and program stakeholders on and off campus.
• Provides advising and program support to other campus dual credit programs as needed.
• Seeks and completes professional development to remain current on best practices and procedures that deliver a quality program experience.

General Responsibilities

• Plans, directs and implements programs or events, including the creation of materials to support these events.
• Provides staff communications and serves as liaison to program participants, collaborators in other units, community partners, vendors and the public;

approves staff purchase requests; arranges staff travel, accommodations, and research activities.

Provides mechanisms, training, and advice on a variety of issues such as budget management software and advanced strategies for timely spending of grant funds.

May be responsible for meeting revenue targets.

• Recruits, trains, directs, schedules, and evaluates faculty and staff partners, students and volunteers. Mentors, serves as a resource and provides guidance to team staff members as needed.
• Researches available grants and works closely with managers to identify funding needs and potential sources, creates grant proposals that further advance support of the program and program participants;

May be responsible for meeting revenue targets.

• Constructs and administers program budgets and approves spending. Tracks progress on deliverables, analyzes data on projected spending and prepares reports for higher management and funding sources.
• Keep abreast of best practices to recommend policies and procedures that deliver a quality program experience.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience.

Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

Bachelor's degree

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

2 years in related field

Preferred

• Experience and / or coursework in career development, career theories, academic advising, and / or coaching
• 2 years of experience in early college, pre-college, secondary education specializing in dual credit, or related field

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

Preferred

• Strong commitment to student access, success, and completion
• Possesses desire to work in a team environment
• Demonstrates a willingness to learn

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment.

The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

IU Southeast Campus

New Albany, Indiana

Advertised Salary

$45,000 - $50,000 per year based on experience

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including :

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level : Career

FLSA : Exempt

Job Function : General Administration

Job Family : Program Management

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