Watson Institute
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AssociateProgramsManager
“Associate Programs Manager at Watson Institute. Skills: Student experience, Program operations, Mentorship coordination. Lead and facilitate weekly All Hands on Deck programming. Facilitate student engagement experiences”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure students feel supported, challenged, connected, and equipped; Pursue impactful, successful careers; Strengthen community culture; Support student-led initiatives and programming; Deepen student connection and impact; Support participation, accountability, and overall engagement; Continuously enhance the student experience; Ensure program experiences are organized, engaging, and executed to a high standard; Strengthen program operations and efficiency; Support students’ professional growth; Strengthen career development programming; Help students access meaningful opportunities, networks, and experiential learning connections; Gather feedback, identify areas for growth, and strengthen systems; Enhance the overall student experience
Industry & Context.
Drive to solve all sorts of problems
Occasional evening and event-based responsibilities, Use E-Verify
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Exceptional eye for detail, Meticulous and excellent organizational skills, Attuned to spotting mistakes or inconsistencies in writing and external communications, Pride in completing work accurately and on schedule, Knack for project management, Love for work plans and checklists, Cringe at missed steps, First to identify a typo or formatting error, Intentional working style, Creating order and planning ahead, Think systematically, Excel at establishing elegant processes, Eagerness to grow, Roll up sleeves and contribute, Go-getter attitude, Drive to solve all sorts of problems, Find a way to see it through to the end, High Integrity, Make sensitive and critical judgment calls, Known for integrity, Choose to make the right decision versus the easy decision, Know what information is sensitive, Protect sensitive information, Comfortable escalating issues, Hold ground when thinking it's the right thing to do, Demonstrated experience in building and implementing systems, Comfortable designing, testing, improving, and smoothly running systems and processes, Obligation to Dissent, Disagree and Commit, No Drama, Go to the Source
What You'll Do.
Lead and facilitate weekly All Hands on Deck programming
Facilitate student engagement experiences
Facilitate community-building initiatives
Build meaningful relationships with students
inclusive student culture
and transition experiences
Design and facilitate interactive sessions
Partner with Student Leadership Committee
Strengthen community culture
Support student-led initiatives
Coordinate volunteering opportunities
Coordinate community engagement opportunities
Maintain consistent communication with students
Support program execution
Ensure program experiences are organized
Ensure program experiences are engaging
Execute program experiences to high standard
Lead logistics for core WILU experiences
Lead operational coordination for core WILU experiences
Manage operational systems
Manage student-facing operational platforms
Support continuous improvement of systems
Support continuous improvement of processes
Support continuous improvement of workflows
Support students' professional growth
Coordinate mentorship experiences
Strengthen career development programming
Help students access meaningful opportunities
Help students access networks
Help students access experiential learning
Support students with internship readiness
Support students with career exploration
Support students with professional development
Support students with goal-setting conversations
Host 1-on-1 coaching conversations
Coordinate internship tracking systems
Coordinate opportunity-sharing systems
Build relationships with mentors
Build relationships with employers
Build relationships with external community partners
Support mentor onboarding processes
Support mentor communication processes
Support mentor matching processes
Support mentor ongoing engagement processes
Coordinate mentorship events
Coordinate networking opportunities
Coordinate mentor-related programming
Connect students to meaningful opportunities
Connect students to experiences
Connect students to professional networks
Gather student feedback
Analyze student feedback
Analyze participation trends
Analyze program evaluation data
Identify opportunities to improve student experience
Identify opportunities to improve communication
Identify opportunities to improve engagement
Identify opportunities to improve operational systems
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with the Student Leadership Committee; Collaborate closely with the Executive Director
Communication Scope
Communication; Obligation to Dissent; Disagree and Commit; No Drama; Go to the Source; Direct communication; Honest communication; Frequent communication
Process & Methodology
Project management, Work plans, Checklists, Creating order, Planning ahead, Establishing elegant processes, Systems-minded, Building and implementing systems, Designing systems, Testing systems, Improving systems, Running systems, Designing processes, Testing processes, Improving processes, Running processes
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