Assistant Projects Director
Assistant Projects Director
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Job Description
About UMass Amherst
UMass Amherst the Commonwealths flagship campus is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1450-acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban addition the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College Hampshire College Mount Holyoke College and Smith College) which adds to the intellectual energy of the region.
Job Summary
The University of Massachusetts Partnership for Worker Education (PWE) is a joint educational partnership among the University (Office of Human Resources) AFSCME USA/MTA and PSU. The Assistant Projects Director is responsible for supporting the Facilities and Campus Services Career Ladder with associated project activities and providing support to other PWE career ladder programming.
Essential Functions
- Serves as the technical support for the Facilities and Campus Services Career Ladder project by engaging project partners supporting organizational needs assessment involving project partners in project design and implementation supporting with project logistics supporting with project-related monitoring and evaluation activities and reporting supporting project staff supporting the development of courses and tailored trainings teaching courses evaluating courses reporting on courses and supporting the coordination of all reporting documentation.
- Provides support for other PWE career ladder programming.
- Collaborates on the development of new proposals on and off campus.
- Engages with different levels of personnel across staff and administration within Facilities and Campus Services.
- Participates at PWE staff meetings.
Other Functions
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge Skills Abilities Education Experience Certifications Licensure)
- Bachelors Degree in related field and more than 3 years of relevant experience or Masters degree and 1 year of relevant experience.
- Experience with proposal writing project management and monitoring and evaluation.
- Excellent communications skills and experience in public relations public presentations writing and editing.
- Thorough knowledge and use of participatory processes teaching methods and philosophy.
- Excellent teaching skills.
- Experience with initiatives related to social justice and diversity.
- Highly organized able to manage multiple tasks at once and attentive to detail.
- Experience taking on leadership roles within a team-based work environment.
- Experience working with team members of different backgrounds cultures and languages.
Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge Skills Abilities Education Experience Certifications Licensure)
Masters Degree in related field.
Physical Demands/Working Conditions
Typical office environment.
Work Schedule
- 25 hours per week with the possibility of increasing hours.
- Schedule to be determined.
- This position has the opportunity for a hybrid work schedule which is defined by the University as an arrangement where an employees work is regularly performed at a location other than the campus workspace for a portion of the week. As this position falls within the Professional Staff Union it is subject to the terms and conditions of the Professional Staff Union collective bargaining agreement.
Salary Information
- Level 26
- PSU Hiring Ranges
Special Instructions to Applicants
Upload your resume along with your completed application. Our team will check references at the final stage of the interview process. Please be prepared to provide contact information for at least three (3) professional position will remain open until filled or the advertised closing date whichever occurs submissions are recommended.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst welcomes all qualified applicants and complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
