Educational Opportunity Center

A full-time professional academic staff position is available as an Outreach Program Manager to serve as Director of the Educational Opportunity Center. The anticipated start date is September 1, 2009, or as soon as possible thereafter.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under the general supervision of the Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, the Director of the Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), plans, directs and coordinates staff activities of the EOC grant.  
• The director develops unit and sub-unit policy, goals and objectives and exercises independent judgment in the course of carrying out responsibilities.
• This individual works to ensure that program goals and objectives are accomplished in accordance with the objectives of the individual grants.

More specific duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Manage and coordinate overall personnel and budget functions within the Educational Opportunity Center grant.
• Assure compliance with Federal, State, UW System and UW-Eau Claire regulations and reporting requirements by documenting achievement and submitting reports.
• Serve as a liaison for the EOC Unit on the Undergraduate Studies Council and the Provost’s Deans and Directors Group.
• Administer and supervise the grant's day-to-day programmatic, personnel, policy implementation and budget functions.
• Prepare grant proposals and reports and assure compliance with Federal grant reporting requirements.
• Hire, train, supervise, and annually evaluate grant staff.
• Manage the grant budget, develop budget requests, negotiate with the U.S. Department of Education, allocate funds, and monitor grant expenditures.
• Develop and coordinate a referral network of agencies, programs, businesses and service providers in the 10-county target area to facilitate adults' referrals and provide support for EOC program services.
• Direct the annual recruitment and selection of grant participants; develop record-keeping systems to monitor services for grant participants.
• Develop, analyze and evaluate programs to meet client needs and the objectives of the Educational Opportunity Centers Program grant.
• Provide counseling services and information to potential participants and community-based organizations for referral to support the grant's objective of increasing access to post-secondary education for low income, first generation college adults.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Master's degree in administration, student development, career education or related area. 
• Minimum five years successful administrative experience in postsecondary education.
• Demonstrated grant writing experience.
• Demonstrated experience and training in planning and implementing career assessment, educational placement and financial aid programs with economically and educationally disadvantaged adults.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.

The following may be considered assets:

• Experience working with diverse populations and the ability to bring diverse perspectives to campus. 
• Minimum three years experience working with students in a post secondary setting, including low income and first generation high school, college and non- traditional students.
• Knowledge of current trends and issues impacting low income, first generation adult students.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Complete applications include a letter of application detailing qualifications and experience, resume, the names and phone numbers of three references. The University reserves the right to check additional references with the notice to the candidate at the appropriate time in the process. A criminal background check will be required prior to employment. Send materials to:

Ms. Jan Sloan
Undergraduate Studies
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
P.O. Box 4004
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

DEADLINE: For priority consideration, complete application must be postmarked by August 19, 2009. However, screening will continue until the position is filled.

UW-Eau Claire is an AA/EEO employer dedicated to enhancing diversity.

Posted 8/4/09