The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering is seeking an Academic Program Manager. This position will provide and coordinate administrative support services and academic program activities. The successful candidate is expected to act independently to coordinate a variety of processes and activities for the undergraduate, master, and PhD level academic programs. This position will be a member of the EHE Academic Office and will report to the Administrator.
Environmental Health and Engineering is a unique department that sits within Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering. This position will have the opportunity to learn about the processes of two schools within JHU. The position will be hybrid.
The successful candidate has administrative responsibility for complex program elements requiring collaboration with students, faculty, and/or other departments.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Prepare teaching contracts, course schedules, syllabi, classroom and exam schedules, academic advising assignments and schedules, etc.
- Advise students on academic requirements. May handle sensitive personal issues with students.
- Create and maintain faculty, student, and course information records.
- Provide reports as needed.
- Provide information to students about admission criteria, program offering, degree prerequisites & requirements, etc.
- Assist with the departmental recruitment processes.
- Coordinate departmental events such as orientation, open house, seminars, receptions.
- Assist in preparing catalog copy and course descriptions.
- Make recommendations concerning marketing, admissions processing, business outreach.
- May independently manage specific program activities.
- Compose and prepare routine correspondence to students and faculty.
- Implement processes and procedures for exams.
- Implement processes and procedures related to the admissions process.
- Maintain various databases and paper records.
- Work with administrator and leadership of the department regarding appointments, scholarships, and tuition.
- Schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments and information sessions.
- Maintain academic calendar and adhere to the requirements of the academic year.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s or Ph.D. in education or specific field related to program.
- Five year’s experience in all aspects of academic program administration. Supervisory experience preferred.
- Additional experience may substitute for education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.