Career Center
Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Port Orchard, Washington
Boston, Massachusetts
Wilmington, North Carolina
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, South Dakota
Posted: 26-May-23
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: R79362
OSU Battelle Center for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy is a research and education center in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. Its unique interdisciplinary mission is to develop the future workforce and technologies that support public officials strategic decision-making in national security and resilience.
The centers Senior Student Program Specialist will support the Director in delivering the curricular and co-curricular student experiences that recruit students to the colleges and centers programs and promote students development and connection to public sector employers.
This position will involve connecting with students on a regular basis. While organizing and managing student programming, the Assistant Director will need to create compelling value propositions for students, be able to accurately depict the activities, maintain distribution channels, and continue to engage with students to understand what they need.
In addition to student interaction, the individual in this position will also manage and develop the centers corporate membership. This includes maintaining current relationships and contracts, continued communication to ensure needs are being met, and exploring new options for corporate members to fund center programming. Organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written, will be vital to this role.
Coordinating the centers courses and the administrative aspects of the undergraduate Science and Engineering in the Public Interest minor, which the center stewards for the college. Includes managing online learning platform content, advising students, managing activities related to course delivery, and experience evaluation. Managing co-curricular projects including the centers Student Communities of Practice and Engagement. Includes developing and delivering programming, event management, tracking participation, project evaluation. Recruiting and retaining students in the centers curricular and co-curricular programs and overseeing related marketing communication. Includes communication planning and execution, coaching, and community-building. Developing and sustaining corporate sponsors for the centers capstone innovation challenges and membership in centers co-curricular Student Communities of Practice and Engagement (SCOPEs). Involves marketing communication, business development, project evaluation.
SALARY RANGE: $49,800 - $66,400
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Advanced degree in relevant field may be desirable. 4 years of relevant experience required.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
4-8 years of relevant experience preferred. Demonstrated ability to enjoy and function in a fast-paced, highly dynamic work environment, experience fostering human development in a higher education setting, experience coaching, mentoring, training, and community-building. Experience in marketing communications in external-facing roles, representing organization to stakeholders. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Adept team-player. Skill interfacing with students with varying degrees of development and maturity, ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects, flexibility in working environments, experience in higher education, experience with OSU systems and programs, willingness to try new things and adapt quickly, experience working in a diverse environment
The Work Environment and Culture:
The John Glenn College of Public Affairs is committed to inspiring and developing the next generation of public and nonprofit professionals who can handle complex issues and make change a reality in civic life. Ranked best in Ohio and 20th nationally all Public Affairs graduate schools in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report ratings, the Glenn College teaches its students how governments, nonprofits, and private firms can work together to serve the public and achieve results.
The Glenn College is celebrating over 50 years of turning students passions into policy and is housed in Page Hall, a state-of-the-art building in the center of the universitys main campus in Columbus, Ohio.
The Ohio State University, the flagship public university of Ohio, is located in the states capital, Columbus. OSU is ranked 17th among the best public universities in the nation. Columbus is the 14th largest city in the United States and offers many cultural and recreational amenities. It was recently rated by Forbes as the #1 opportunity city in the country and by Time as being in the top 10 cities to start a new career.
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other basis under the law.
Applicants are encouraged to complete and submit the Equal Employment Identification form.
