Academic Manager

Academic Manager

Are you a certified instructor looking to manage a staff of academic instructors to provide our inner city youth with a great educational journey? Apply to our open academic manager position today!

Responsibilities include :

• Management of the Career Education Center
• Oversight of student academic services and individual academic plans
• Supervision and management of the Academics Department and staff
• Infusion of applied academics into CTT curricula
• Ensuring strict confidentiality of sensitive information and integrity of student data
• Following all integrity guidelines and procedures
• Ensuring the center meets or exceeds DOL / Company performance goals
• Interviewing, recommending for hire, disciplining, recommending for termination, and evaluating the performance of employees in the Academics Department
• Filling staff vacancies in a timely manner
• Providing students with educational training leading to GED / HSD completion and improved literacy and numeracy skills
• Providing comprehensive and individualized case management
• Ensuring high quality academic programming and instruction
• Ensuring that the area of oversight is organized, clean, safe, and conducive to student learning
• Motivating, empowering, and requiring staff to perform job responsibilities
• Developing staff for career progression and disciplining staff that fail to meet goals
• Providing required and supplemental training for new and current employees
• Motivating and managing staff to work effectively
• Creating a supportive work environment
• Recognizing staff accomplishments
• Proactively addressing staff performance concerns
• Developing center-beneficial linkages within the community
• Promoting a positive image of the center and Job Corps
• Mentoring, monitoring, and modeling the Career Success Standards
• Providing high-quality supervision and management for the student population
• Taking swift and appropriate action and positively influencing student behavior
• Showing respect and courtesy to students and holding them accountable for their actions and behavior
• Providing quality programs and services for students and ensuring that quality is maintained and student needs are met
• Pursuing improvement and enhancement of programs and services
• Coordinating and overseeing the academics advisory counsel
• Exchanging ideas and information in a clear and concise manner
• Contributing meaningfully to group efforts
• Effectively articulating thoughts and ideas
• Identifying problems, analyzing causes, and evaluating appropriate solutions
• Working in partnership with staff from all departments
• Accepting direction and supervision
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications :

Adams and Associates, Inc. abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to their protected veteran status or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.