Project Manager

CAP Deans Office

Outreach, Engagement, and Recruiting Project Manager for ECAP

Ball State University

The R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning invites applications for Outreach, Engagement, and Recruiting Project Manager for ECAP.

The university offers excellent benefits, including health care and retirement plans, tuition assistance for employees and dependents, and generous time off with pay.

At Ball State University, inclusiveness and freedom of expression are a part of our enduring values and inform all of our efforts.

We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.

Position Function : Provide project leadership and operational management for select outward-focused college initiatives that require strategy, action planning, and implementation oversight, including personnel and budget responsibilities.

Serve as a strategic partner, working alongside Dean and Associate Dean, anticipating plans and implementing initiatives including recruitment support for graduate programs : philanthropic support;

including maintaining donor contacts, organizing outreach initiatives, leading reports to donors and philanthropic proposals.

Minimum Education : Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution by date of employment.

Minimum Experience : Two years of demonstrated experience managing complex projects. Evidence of increasing responsibility in role(s) over a span of several years.

Minimum Other : Ability to motivate teams to propel ideas forward; possess a high level of anticipatory self-initiative.

Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Preferred Education : Master’s Degree in business, design, communications or related area.

Preferred Experience : Five or more years of progressive leadership within project teams, including demonstrated ability to organize and oversee projects, programs and people.

Excellent communication skills written and verbal, including demonstrated ability to initiate and complete a variety of reports and presentations.

High tolerance for ambiguity, including anticipating future deadlines and prompting the leadership team and others in the college for designated tasks.

Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills. Demonstrated track record of anticipating and organizing projects, databases, teams and events.

Preferred Other : Familiarity with higher education; familiarity with Banner, FLAC, Tableau; graphic design acumen.

Apply online at : https : / / bsu.peopleadmin.com / postings / 42626 Include the following documents with your application : resume, and in support of your application for this position, please prepare and submit a cover letter that describes how your qualifications and experiences align with the elements of the position description (or leadership profile).

In your cover letter, please also describe how you have demonstrated a commitment to our University’s enduring values, including inclusiveness, which we define as a commitment to respect and embrace equity, inclusion, and diversity in people, ideas, and opinions.

The option to upload transcripts is available. Original, official transcripts showing the highest related degree earned is required at the time of hire (even if obtained at BSU).

Degree verification will be conducted.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will be accepted through June 6, 2024.

Ball State is a great place to work! In fact, Forbes has ranked Ball State University as the fourth-best midsized employer and the only recognized education institution in the State of Indiana

Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana, on an attractive campus 45 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Approximately 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students enroll in one of eight academic colleges that offer 270+ undergraduate and graduate programs.

Many of our master’s, doctoral, certificate, and specialist degrees rank among the best in the nation. We engage students in educational, research, and creative endeavors that empower our graduates to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives enriched by lifelong learning and service, while we enhance the economic, environmental, and social vitality of our community, our state, and our world.

The Ball State way is rooted in the Beneficence Pledge a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship, honesty and integrity, social responsibility, gratitude, and valuing the intrinsic worth of each member of our community.

Ball State students, faculty, and staff are empowered in a culture that believes in them and demands they believe in themselves.

They are partners in an innovative, immersive approach to education. They are supported by living and learning facilities that enable intellectual curiosity.

We graduate scholars who are changing the world, and we’ve dedicated our University to do the same.

Ball State University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer that is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.

Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.