ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Project Management & Leadership

• Manages projects with specific deliverables focused on addressing the demand for new and diverse instructors and expansion of established programmatic best practices that support strategic priorities for the regional technician workforce.
• Ensures projects are within budget and at a standard of quality throughout the project lifecycle that positively reflects the college.
• Actively participates as part of the project team to assess deliverables and complete project activities and tasks, as needed.
• Serves as liaison to college partners, educational partners, and industry experts. Identifies and organizes project teams around activities in collaboration with the internal and external partners, as identified.
• Schedules and manages project team meetings, and assigns activities to project team members.
• Establishes agreement with team members on due dates, cost, and quality expectations.
• Monitors team member performance and activity completion.
• Develops charter and work plan in consultation with project teams.

Building Partnerships

• Co-leads in creating and fostering relationships with educational and industry partners.
• Engages partners directly to promote programs and practices and ensure project needs are aligned and expectations are being met.
• Identifies best practices from peer institutions, industry partners, and communities of interest that support the overall project scope and quality.
• Identifies project issues that require resolution and creates an issue list.
• Escalates issues for resolution when appropriate.

Fiscal & Administrative

• Supports the completion of associated reports and creates project management documentation that follows project management lifecycles.
• Works with internal stakeholders to ensure all requirements are abided by.
• Works with the project team to refine project quality metrics and expected outcomes (i.e. required completion dates, budget limits, and quality standards).
• Analyzes and controls project expenses throughout the life of projects. Inspects deliverables to confirm they meet the requirements.
• Presents deliverables to customers and identifies deficiencies.
• Amends project planning documents (schedule, budget, etc.) to allow for correction.
• Confirms or creates change management processes.

Culture of Respect

• Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.

About Columbus State Community College

Columbus State Community College has been meeting the diverse educational needs of the Central Ohio community for more than 50 years. The college is proud to be an important contributor to the growth and progress of the region and to serve as the front door to higher education in Central Ohio. From the first graduating class in 1965 through this year, 50,000 students have earned associate degrees in 50-plus technical fields and academic transfer programs. Columbus State also offers Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degree programs whose coursework fulfills the freshman and sophomore year requirements for bachelor’s degree programs offered by four-year colleges and universities throughout the state. Specific transfer agreements with more than 40 colleges and universities are in place at Columbus State, and new direct-to degree partnership programs are being developed all the time. Columbus State now has two campuses serving Central Ohio educational needs. The Columbus Campus is located on 85 acres in downtown Columbus. The 108-acre, full-service Delaware Campus welcomed its first students in 2010. Additionally, Columbus State offers classes at nine convenient regional learning centers throughout Central Ohio.

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