Program Management Specialist (Job 034)
Gender and Women’s Studies
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) seeks an individual to provide administrative support to the Gender and Women’s Studies Department, its diverse faculty, students, and courses. Gender and Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary academic department that offers an undergraduate major, two undergraduate minors, and both an undergraduate and graduate certificate. It also is a participating member of the Language, Literacy and Culture PhD Program. Specific duties include: greeting visitors; answering phones and email; preparing correspondence and materials for department meetings, annual reports, and recruitment maintaining financial, curricular, student, personnel records, and Department web resources; processing payroll; scheduling courses, updating course catalogs, assisting the Chair and other faculty with course scheduling, recruitment, advising, enrollment activities, lectures, meetings and special events; and performing other duties as assigned.
Requires:a Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in women’s studies or a related social justice field) and at least two years experience in administrative staff work. Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft and Adobe applications, excellent customer service, organizational, written, communication, interpersonal and cultural competency skills, including the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Note: Additional related experience and formal education in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for full performance of the work of the job class may be substituted for the education or experience requirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits being equivalent to one year of experience. Starting salary is $36,178. Position is full-time and includes a full university benefits package.
Applications are available for download on our website at: http://hr.umbc.edu/employment/employment-application/ or by calling 410-455-2337 (a resume and cover letter may be attached in addition to the application form). Interested and qualified candidates must submit a UMBC application (indicate position title and Job #034 on the application) no later than July 24, 2015 to: UMBC Department of Human Resources, 532 Administration Bldg., 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250.
UMBC is an EOE/AA