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rBusiness & Educational Partnerships Manager

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rLocation: SICCS

rRegular/Temporary: Regular

rJob ID: 607942

rFull/Part Time: Full-Time

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r Workplace Culture

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Special Information

• This position is subject to the availability of funding. The incumbent is not eligible for Service Professional non-renewal notice..
• This is a remote position which allows the incumbent to complete their work at a location other than an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. The incumbent may occasionally work in a shared site, but primarily will work elsewhere.

Job Description

NAU\'s College of Engineering, Informatics and Applied Sciences is hiring a Business & Educational Partnerships Manager (BEPM) to join their team! The BEPM will advance and coordinate industry outreach and program development of new workforce training initiatives for the Metrology Research and Teaching Laboratory. The incumbent will lead marketing and communications that result in an increase of program awareness, partnerships, and engagement. This position will interact with clients to scope, plan, and develop effective strategies resulting in new program or pilot activities. Identifying industry workforce training needs, this position will develop and support education activities for degree, certificate, and upskilling programs targeting traditional and non-traditional students.

Program Development - 30%

• Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of workforce development concepts, processes, and practices.
• Lead industry outreach and engagement projects at MRTL.
• Serves as a liaison between industry partners and MRTL, with integrated and stand-alone marketing, communications, engagement, and/or promotional deliverables.
• Maintains relationships with external clients and partners.
• Acts as the primary point of contact for program participants and other program stakeholders or constituents, including telephone and email communications; answers questions regarding the program; provides conflict resolution, if needed.

Program Management - 30%

• Develops workforce training and continuing education programs with business planning, scheduling, and resource tracking for MRTL.
• Collects, manages, updates, and reports accurate project data to ensure progress and success.
• Produces reports, presentations, and communications that interpret information for key stakeholders.
• Researches, summarizes, and analyzes information regarding program participation; calculates statistics and compiles data to prepare special and/or recurring reports.

Compliance - 30%

• Diagnoses causes of problems; proposes potential solutions within the goals of the unit; applies broad knowledge of concepts and procedures to perform moderately complex tasks.
• Follows standard principles and guidelines with some latitude for personal decision making; any personal decision making is expected to utilize existing standards and procedures.
• Contributes to unit-level process and system troubleshooting and optimization.
• Ensures program compliance with all applicable university, state, federal, or other laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
• Helps identify areas for improvement and s pports action to address issues.

Lead/Direct Work - 5%

• Leads and/or directs work efforts of individual contributors, student employees, or temporary workers.

Other - 5%

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree, and
• 2+ years of relevant working experience, and
• 1+ years of project management experience; or
• Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. or B.E. in an engineering/sciences area.
• Industry, administrative, and marketing experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Knowledge:

• Project management practices and processes.
• Fundraising initiatives, non-profit and government collaboration.
• Key performance indicators relevant to workforce development.
• K-12 and Higher Education needs and decision-making processes.
• Industry dynamics, non-profit organizations, and educational partnerships.
• Marketing and communications tools and policies.

Skills:

Strong collaboration, interpersonal, and customer service skills.

Program coordination, data collection, analysis, and priority