Virginia Management Fellows Program Manager

Job Description

The Virginia Tech (VT) Virginia Management Fellows (VMF) Program Manager is a restricted fulltime calendar year administrative and professional faculty position. The incumbent will report to the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance (VTIPG) Associate Director for Research and Organizational Innovation. The VT VMF Program Manager is a researcher educator practitioner and mentor with a strong interest in improving leadership management and succession planning capabilities in Virginia state government.

The VT VMF Program Manager has primary responsibility for leadership design delivery expansion and evaluation of the Virginia Management Fellows (VMF) program in partnership with the Department of Human Resource Management and other leaders in the Commonwealth. The VT VMF Program Manager leads development and refinement of the programs curriculum coordinates state agency partnerships assures delivery of excellent programming collaborates on recruitment and onboarding of fellows and conducts research to evaluate program operations and outcomes. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative approach to curriculum development cohort training program logistics data analysis and reporting and will be able to work with a broad spectrum of colleagues for the success of the VMF. The VT VMF Program Manager over time will explore develop and implement new research and educational programs and scholarly endeavors independently and in collaboration with internal and external stakeholder groups particularly those connected to public administration and management.

The VTIPG faculty and staff seek a colleague who shares our vision of a learning community that is compassionate dedicated and creative. We seek a leader who can be both operational and strategic: a collaborator who rolls up their sleeves and gets the job done but who also works toward a shared vision. We seek an imaginative educator who goes the extra mile in their commitments to discovery integration application and teaching in support of our students and program participants. If you are curious innovative solutionsoriented and appreciate collaborative decision making then this position is right for you.

VTIPG is committed to increasing the diversity of our campus. We embrace diversity in multiple forms including identity background theoretical and methodological orientations and opinions. Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of faculty staff and students and who can contribute to the climate of inclusivity are encouraged to identify their experiences in these areas.

The position is located at VTIPGs Richmond Office in the greater Richmond VA area and the incumbent will work alongside faculty staff students and state agency partners.

For the right applicant we are open to structuring the position as a parttime role.

Key responsibilities include:

Program Support
Provides overall leadership for VT VMF program activities.
Ensures effective development and delivery of all activities and programming for the VirginiaManagement Fellows Program.
Collaborates with the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management to deliver onshared responsibilities under the Memorandum of Agreement.
Maintains collegial and productive collaborations with Department of Human ResourceManagement (DHRM) partner staff for joint implementation of the VMF program as well asagency leaders and community partners.
Delivers monitors and enhances the VMF educational curriculum.
Maintains relationships with state agency partners to cultivate and implement experientiallearning opportunities for fellows including the development and support of agency partnermentors.
Leads Virginia Techs responsibilities to recruit and select candidates for the fellowship.
Supervises the VMF Coordinator and oversees management of the VMF program calendar.
Facilitates coaching training and professional development of Fellows throughout theprogram stages.
Maintains regular and meaningful contact with fellows through individual and group meetingsfor mentoring and support.
Promotes the VMF program publicly and with key stakeholder groups.
Evaluates and revises current standard operating procedures as necessary responds toprogram needs and recommends administrative strategies or changes.
Monitors the overall program aspects of assigned research projects from conceptualization tofinal .
Designs and oversees any research efforts associated with the Virginia Management FellowsProgram as well as for any future related programming or projects in the areas of publicadministration and leadership.
Oversees and implements the ongoing comprehensive program evaluation in collaborationwith the Principal Investigator.

Training Instruction & Mentoring
Oversees facilitates and enhances credit and noncredit curricular materials and offerings.
Identifies and oversees instructors and provides direct instruction in noncredit curricularofferings.

Research
Stays abreast of the latest relevant research as it applies to public administrationorganizational development and leadership in state government.
Identifies discovery integration and application opportunities as they apply to the VMFprogram.
Produces scholarly works based on external and internal program related research.

Required Qualifications

Graduate degree in Public Administration Public Policy Economics Education or a related field in the humanities or social sciences or other advanced degree with substantial relevant experience.
Demonstrated leadership experience in talent development and mentoring young professionals especially in the public sector.
Demonstrated experience managing project tasks and timelines with focus on shared goals andoutcomes.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in diverse multicultural and polycultural team settings with a strongcommitment to building an inclusive and equitable work environment.
Selfmotivated energetic individual who thrives in a fastpaced entrepreneurial and scholarly environment.
Experience working in a partnershiporiented environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Doctoral degree in Public Administration Public Policy Economics Education or a relatedfield in the humanities or social sciences.
Prior experience working in a university research environment.
Prior experience working in Virginia state government.
Demonstrated experience as a policy practitioner in state government.
Demonstrated competencies in writing policy briefs white papers policy analysis andresearch papers.
Demonstrated skills in proofreading and editing articles reports and presentations in anacademic environment.
A demonstrated track record of scholarly publication.

Appointment Type

Restricted

Salary Information

$82000 $92000

Review Date

12/9/2024

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a handson transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problemsolvers. A comprehensive landgrant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges a school of medicine a veterinary medicine college Graduate School and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers. A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.

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