Program & Operations Manager

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

This position will be the lead admin within NRE/MP and will directly report to the Chair of the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics program.

• Oversight and interaction with NRE/MP Academic Coordinator I
• Oversight and interaction with NRE/MP Faculty Support Coordinator
• Oversight for graduate student training.
• Development of academic support and orientation materials.
• Faculty support
• Graduate student alignment with research projects.
• Student desk assignments.
• Fellowship support and reporting (currently have NRC and DOE fellowships)
• Coordination of Medical Physics student external interactions. This currently includes: 1)Emory University, 2) Augusta University, 3) Elekta, 4) Piedmont, and 5) Wellstar Health System
• Aid with space planning for NRE/MP.
• Purchasing support.
• Administrative support.
• Travel support.
• Academic assessment support:
• Academic curriculum improvements
• Academic accreditation support
• Medical Physics residency plan development. Coordination with WellStar Health System, Augusta University, Piedmont, and others.
• NRE/MP External Advisory Board Support
• NRE/MP Communications Plan support (includes newsletter development)
• NRE undergraduate student recruiting and visit coordination.
• NRE/MP graduate student recruiting and visit coordination
• NRE/MP event coordination support.

Provide promotional, administrative, performance assessment, and financial/accounting services in support of assigned program(s) within a research center, academic unit, or other campus units of a school. These functions may encompass a variety of activities related to program success including coordination of program marketing, program administration, program operations, and program development. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: research, academic and administrative management and staff with a school or center and across campus, vendors and sponsors. This position typically will advise and counsel: research, academic and administrative management and staff with a school or center and across campus, vendors and sponsors. This position will supervise: NA

Job Duty 1 - Design/develop promotional and marketing materials to include those developed for specific target audiences in support of program outreach efforts.

Job Duty 2 - Plan, schedule and coordinate promotional events.

Job Duty 3 - Coordinate administrative activities associated with program operations such as procurement, records maintenance, compliance, meeting arrangements and minutes, and document preparation.

Job Duty 4 - Develop, analyze, reconcile and report financial data related to program operations.

Job Duty 5 - Develop and maintain performance assessment tools applied in program review to measure and report progress.

Job Duty 6 - Collaborate with internal and external entities to aid institutional or program support.

Job Duty 7 - Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience
Four to six years of job related experience

SKILLS
This job requires working knowledge of research program promotion and administration. Included are skills in development and administering program assessment tools, marketing, and financial analysis and reporting. Also required are skills in planning, organization, spoken and written communications, scheduling and customer service. Use of office and specialized computer applications and databases are required.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

This is a supervisory position.
This position does have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position requires a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a position of trust + credit background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening