Steps4Growth is a coalition of industry, labor, education, government, and community leaders who create and expand access to work-based education programs for people to earn money and academic credit while they explore, prepare for, and launch into careers. We believe all students in NC deserve a future of purpose and prosperity\u2014and the support necessary to achieve it. That is why we build opportunities that launch every NC student into post-secondary pathways and careers in NC's clean-energy sectors and occupations. By weaving real-world work experiences into education, every student is supported by a comprehensive system of career connected learning and NC is a state where every student can learn, work, and thrive.
About the Position
The Interim University Program Manager III for Steps4Growth will work directly for the S4G PI to expand career opportunities for more Americans to reach their full potential and secure good-paying jobs while producing a skilled workforce. The University Program Manager III for Steps4Growth will be charged with managing operational efficiency aspects of the S4G award and be responsible for ensuring various components of the grant are accomplished.
This position will be responsible for acting as the key operational interface between S4G, the system lead entity interfacing with the EDA, and S4G BBO leaders, and horizontal Thrust leaders. BBO partners will be engaging and mobilizing industry, education, community-based and other groups who build pathways into great jobs to accomplish the goals of the grant. This position will be deeply engaged in both strategy and implementation with S4G while also ensuring performance and compliance are met with the federal grant. This position will work collaboratively with numerous external partners to measure progress, manage and ensure that all federal deadlines are met, coordinate federal reports, and oversee the performance of sub-awardees and contracted partners.
The Interim University Program Manager III for Steps4Growth will enhance their understanding of and/or develop expertise in work-based learning, demand-driven job training, industry sector partnership models for workforce development, apprenticeships, and other career-connected strategies to build career pathways focused on those furthest from the State's attainment goal.
Duties
Some of what you'll be doing includes:
Works collaboratively with all participating institutions/organizations to effectively administer the project. The University Program Manager III for Steps4Growth will be the main point of contact for the project, lead the collaboration with partners and subawardees, and coordinate the activities of the internal and external advisory boards.
Streamline project process to ensure efficiency.
Serves as the liaison with the SMT to help ensure the successful development, coordination, implementation, management, and oversight of sub-awardees, contractors, and general activities, including monitoring the execution of the implementation plan.
Provides post-award research administration and programmatic oversight for the project, including approving expenditures and budget revision requests. Maintain fiscal oversight of the project, and ensure compliance with NC A&T, state, and federal policies and guidelines.
Manages coordinated services related to advisory board management, employer engagement, community college partnerships, DEIA strategies, and provision of wrap-around support to Participants
Collects, prepares, and submits reports.
Coordinates meetings of the project various boards EAB, IAB, and other committee and project team meetings.
Enhances the visibility of STEPs4GROWTH through participation in activities relevant to the project and ensures a current and informative portfolio of information flow to all stakeholders (e.g., website, press releases, regular announcements and updates via Listservs, social media, etc.).
Developing and regularly updating project plans and/or project activities (including timeline, process, etc.) to manage all components of the grant.
Engaging regularly with local/regional leaders/stakeholders from industry, labor, education, and others throughout the state to inform the work and determine the extent to which a measurable impact has been made on jobseekers and employers.
Contributing to reports summarizing project/program outcomes as required by the EDA.
Developing presentations, policy briefs, and other content to guide discussions with external stakeholders, including advisory boards, and to communicate activities and outcomes of the grant with a broad range of audiences.
Monitoring and keep current on emerging technology in clean-energy research, policy, and legislation as it relates to clean-energy pathways, industry sector partnerships and postsecondary education.
Oversees the daily operations of the project administrative staff, including staff recruitment, supervision, and professional development of at least a program manager and a communications manager.
Other activities as assigned by the S4G Oversight Team.
Time Limited Appointment: We are looking to fill this temporary role until October 31, 2025; however, there is the potential for the temporary assignment to be extended or for the position to convert to permanent with the opportunity to be selected to fill that role.
Work Schedule: Monday \u2013 Friday 8:00 am \u2013 5:00 pm
Primary Function of Organizational Unit
North Carolina A&T University is a public high research activity land grant university that enrolls over 13,300 students. The College of Engineering with over 2,300 students, has ABET accredited B.S programs in Architectural Engineering, Bioengineering, Biological, Civil, Chemical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial and Systems, and Mechanical Engineering and a B.S. program in Computer Science accredited by the CAC Accreditation Commission of ABET, (http://www.abet.org), On the Graduate level, the College has a8 Masters of Science Degree programs and 5 Doctoral programs. Additional information about the College and the University can be found at www.ncat.edu/coe.
The Ph.D. in Computational Data Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary graduate program designed for students who seek to use advanced computational methods to solve problems involving big data, extensive computations, and complex modeling, simulation, optimization and visualization.
The M.S. in Data Science and Engineering is an interdisciplinary graduate program designed for students who seek to use computing and data science and engineering to solve problems involving big data, extensive computations, and complex modeling, simulation, optimization and visualization.
The mission of the Department of Computational Data Science and Engineering is to graduate professionals who (a) have expertise in developing novel computational methodologies and products, and/or (b) have extended their expertise in specific disciplines (in science, technology, engineering, and socioeconomics) with computational tools.
Research in Computational Data Science and Engineering includes: big data and computational statistics, AI and Machine Learning, internet of things, large and complex systems, intelligent transportation and infrastructure systems, remote sensing, autonomous vehicles, virtual and augmented reality, e-commerce, image and video processing, scientific and interactive visualization, high-performance computing, scalable algorithms, bioinformatics, and multi-scale multi-physics engineering systems.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree in business administration or public administration or related area plus three years minimum in and three years of experience in the area of assignment, of which at least one is supervisory or in a lead-worker capacity; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Preferred Years Experience, Skills, Training, Education
Master's degree in business administration or public administration or related area or combination of bachelor's and relevant experience & training. Management responsibilities demonstrated for 10+ years, and more specifically, relevant experience in managing federally funded grant programs. All degrees must be received from properly accredited institutions.
Required License or Certification
N/A
Is this position eligible for a remote or hybrid work arrangement, consistent with university and state policies.