The Professional Master's and Certificate Programs team, which supports the MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Applied Drug Development (ADD) and Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation (PPI) programs and their associated graduate-level capstone certificates, is seeking a Graduate Program Manager to join the team. These innovative programs attract varied and ever-evolving student populations, and our student-centered team prioritizes meeting these growing student cohorts where they are. Our small, fun, and vibrant student services team provides full-featured student services throughout the entire student lifecycle, working with campus partners to move students from inquiry to application to enrollment to graduation to alumnihood in a supported and cohesive manner.

This position serves a critical role on our team. In addition to acting as the liaison between our program and the UW-Madison Graduate School, the Graduate Program Manager will provide academic advising to program students, facilitate new student onboarding and orientation experiences, coordinate our programs' graduation celebrations, and administer our growing scholarship program. This position allows for work location flexibility; on average, up to four days per week can be worked remotely.

The School of Pharmacy at UW-Madison strives to create a diverse and inclusive community where students, staff, and faculty from all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities can thrive. The University of Wisconsin- Madison is located in Madison, WI which is frequently voted among the best places to live. Apply now and join us!

• 15% Serves as the expert resource for applicants, current students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders of an academic program
• 15% Manages the response, support, and advocacy for graduate students while continuously improving the student experience and overall graduate program
• 10% Oversees programming, services, and events to promote professional development and academic success
• 20% Provides comprehensive advising services promoting graduate student success, retention, and degree completion. Advises on programs, graduate education, and university policies, processes, and procedures. Monitors degree progress and assists students in navigating resources and systems throughout the student lifecycle from matriculation to degree completion
• 10% Manages graduate student funding including, but not limited to, fellowships, scholarships, training grants, or assistantships from department, university, and/or outside sponsors. May prepare and/or submit funding proposals
• 15% Maintains compliance with graduate program(s), school/college, and university requirements and technology systems related to admissions, assessment, academic degree progress/requirements, and program review. Makes policy and procedure recommendations and/or changes
• 5% Oversees staff and/or graduate program functions
• 10% Collaborates with and supports other colleague(s) in the programs' student experiences team

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Bachelor's Degree Required

Master's Degree Preferred
Preferably in biosciences, physical/natural sciences, psychology, pharmacy-related field, higher education administration, or education-related field

More than five years of post-degree experience working in educational settings, with at least three years of higher education working experience. Applicants must have at least two years of successful employment experience in higher education program coordination and/or student support services.

Required:
- Working expertise with Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and collaboration software (MS Teams, Zoom, Google Drive, Box).
- Demonstrated excellence in customer service, organizational, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven record of process implementation/improvement and successful collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Experience advising and supporting adult learners, online education programs, and both international and domestic students in STEM graduate programs.

Preferred:
- Proficiency in information systems used by UW-Madison professional graduate programs (Salesforce, SIS, Application Review).
- Experience collaborating with UW-Madison's Professional Degrees and Certificates teams to meet program marketing, recruitment, and yield goals.
- Experience successfully contributing to an academic setting with documented progression of responsibilities.
- Demonstrated effective involvement on teams that promote and support professional graduate programs from the top of the marketing funnel through all phases of the student life cycle, including alumni relations post-graduation.

Full Time: 100%

This is a highly flexible position that may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $53,700 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

This position requires previous relevant experience. As such, candidates who are qualified can expect to earn between $53,700 and $55,000. Those who meet the preferred qualifications may earn between $55,000 and $67,700, while those who are highly qualified may earn between $67,700 and $82,000.

The School of Pharmacy embraces the values of diversity and inclusion, as they are essential in achieving related goals outlined in our School's strategic plan. We aspire to integrate diversity and inclusion behaviors into teaching, research, and our service mission to advance our priorities of creating and sustaining an inclusive and welcoming environment. Further, we believe these values are critical in preparing our students to address and eliminate health disparities.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates who have awareness, commitment, and practice of diversity and inclusion behaviors, and we especially encourage women and people from underrepresented minority groups, LGBTQ+ and non-binary identities, persons with disabilities, military service members and veterans to apply.

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a resume and cover letter as a part of the application process. Please ensure that the resume and cover letter address how you meet the required/preferred qualifications and the skills/requirements outlined in the job summary. Please keep in mind, applicants need to articulate all requirements in their cover letter and/or resume. Applicants who have preferred qualifications/skills should share those in the cover letter and/or resume as well.

The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine who may advance to interviews.

Allison Miller
allison.miller@wisc.edu
608-890-3683
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Graduate Program Manager(AE093)

A56-SCHOOL OF PHARMACY/PHARMACY

Academic Staff-Renewable

287175-AS

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.