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URBAN@UW PROGRAM MANAGER
URBAN@UW PROGRAM MANAGER
Req #: 226451
Department: COLLEGE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT: URBAN AT UW
Job Location: Seattle Campus
Posting Date: 09/08/2023
Closing Info: Open Until Filled
Salary: 50%FTE of $4,859 - $7,288 per month
Other Compensation:
Shift: First Shift
Benefits: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website,
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.
This is a 50% FTE position offered through the Urban@UW Program in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. The purpose of this position is to assist and support the operationalization of the vision, mission, and goals of Urban@UW: to build more sustainable, just, resilient, and healthy urban places and communities.
Position Complexities:
The position will engage with stakeholders inside and outside of the university, and support collaborative research, teaching and other efforts in line with Urban@UW's mission.
Position Dimensions and Impact to the University:
The position includes administrative, communications, project management, and strategy dimensions. This position will support the University's mission of being #1 in public impact, through supporting Urban@UW as one of the many UW centers building collaborations for impact.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Administration: (80%)
- Work with Faculty Director, the External Advisory Board, Steering Committee, and other key stakeholders to define and refine the vision, mission, values, goals, and strategies of Urban@UW.
- Lead strategic communications efforts of Urban@UW as aligned with our mission and values, including co-defining strategies and leading implementation of social media and website, community forum/listserv management, press relations, content development and design, and events.
- Regularly update the Urban@UW calendar
- Regularly publish Urban@UW ?newsletter? on the AllUrban listserv
- Regularly post to Urban@UW social media accounts
- Maintain AllUrban listserv
- Maintain website content, including inventories, events, and other pages
- Work with CBE-IT to maintain website functionality
- Work with Faculty Director to update communications strategies and plans
- Ensure accountability to stakeholders, including the Steering Committee, External Advisory Board, Affiliates and Fellows, student assistants, community partners, and collaborators across campus, and oversee units by working with Director to provide transparent and consistent communications and reporting.
- Attend to logistical needs of the program. Work with CBE to maintain office space and supplies, administrative and fiscal needs, hiring and managing students and staff, and other administrative support as needed.
Event Planning: (10%)
- Collaboratively design and implement events and activities hosted by Urban@UW, including workshops, invited speakers, symposia, seminars, luncheons, and other place-based efforts
- Support the director in managing the budgets of Urban@UW for both internally and externally funded projects and its administration. Work with the Faculty Director and CBE fiscal team to track expenses, assist partners in disbursement and reimbursement, and adhere to UW fiscal policies and procedures.
- Assist with fundraising efforts, such as developing fundraising materials, connecting with UW advancement and donors and foundations, and proposal development for projects and the program.
- Assist in building and facilitating collaborative research sponsored by Urban@UW, including defining and setting expectations, providing input for design, ensuring logistical/financial support, facilitating daily to weekly progress, providing regular check-in points, eliciting evaluation measures, and providing a transparent and welcoming support structure for partners.
- Collaborate in fielding, assessing, and participating in relevant partnerships offered by other individuals, entities, or events on campus or in the larger community. Work with the Director to identify opportunities; clarify expectations, relevance, and feasibility for our involvement; ensure appropriate recognition for efforts in the collaboration; and follow up to strengthen partnerships for the future.
- Support the development and implementation of Urban@UW's evaluation strategy, including aligning evaluation with Urban@UW's vision, goals, and strategy, gathering data to inform metrics of evaluation, and assisting in the iterative incorporation of evaluation results into the direction and activities of Urban@UW
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors degree in a related field
- 2 or more years of experience to include program management and communications, including online platforms as well as in-person events
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Experience with supporting cross-disciplinary and/or cross-sector research
- Understanding of or interest in urban-related scholarship, issues, and practice
- Financial or budget management experience
- Experience managing a program in academia
- Experience writing grant proposals and other fundraising materials
- Degree in an urban-related field
The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select ? to this position?. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your ?My Jobs? page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.
Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
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Expected salary: $4859 - 7288 per month
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