Department: School of Education (10000819)
Employee Designation: Regular Full-time (Benefits Eligible)
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Department Summary The Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction is housed within the School of Education. The CELI's vision is to enable Mississippi to be a national leader in supporting families, educators, and communities to ensure that all children build strong foundations for lifelong success. The mission is to build family, educator, and community capacity to strengthen children's language, literacy, and executive function development by assisting large-scale adoption of evidence-based programs and resources, enhancing individualized support in early learning settings, facilitating community engagement and partnership, and advocating for supportive policies and investments.
Role Summary Plans and coordinates day-to-day fiscal, administrative, and operational activities of a defined program or set of funded activities. Duties typically include assisting with grant planning and administration, fiscal, budgetary, and/or other associated transactions, program implementation and administration, internal and external operational/administrative liaison, program marketing, and reporting.
The individual in this position will support a project focused on building family engagement and support systems in Mississippi (MS) communities and will work closely with the MS Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. Important skills needed in this position include collaborating with an array of stakeholders, knowledge of early foundational skills including language and literacy that children need for academic and lifelong success, and providing professional development and/or supporting others who provide the professional development.
Examples of Work Performed Types of tasks for this staff member include but are not limited to the following:
Conducting and/or participating in community-specific meetings Conducting and/or supporting professional development sessions Completing reports as required for program evaluation Analyzing data for program evaluation Creating documents required for each community and required for UM processes and procedures Managing the grant budget Creating processes and procedures needed for program implementation if those don't currently exist Providing technical assistance and support for community members/stakeholders in each project community to ensure that programmatic strategies are successful Managing materials and delivering those to communities for programmatic strategy implementation Essential Functions These essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
Provides specialized support in the development, implementation, and marketing of program function. Serves as a central point of contact between students, faculty, staff, other departments, and/or external constituencies on day-to-day programmatic, operational, and administrative matters. Coordinates activities of support staff, consultants, faculty, and/or volunteers engaged in implementation and administration of program objectives. Monitors and administers program/project revenues and expenses; may develop or participate in the development of funding proposals for the program. Writes, edits, and coordinates development of course catalogs, promotional materials, educational materials, training manuals, newsletters, and/or brochures, as appropriate to the program. Maintains program/project records, researches information and gathers and computes various data; prepares special and/or one-time reports, summaries, or replies to inquiries, selecting relevant data from a variety of sources. Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: (3) Three Years Experience
Preferred Qualifications Please note that this position relies on external or grant funding and that this position requires extensive travel to project communities across the state.
Please provide a resume and cover letter.
EEO Statement The University of Mississippi provides equal opportunity in any employment practice, education program, or education activity to all qualified persons. The University complies with all applicable laws regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action and does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based upon race, color, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.
Minimum Physical Requirements Physical Requirements: These physical requirements are not exhaustive, and additional job-related physical requirements may be added to these by individual agencies on an as needed basis.
Corrective devices may be used to meet physical requirements.
Physical Exertion: The incumbent may be required to lift up to approximately 10 pounds.
Vision: Requirements of this job include close vision. Speaking/Hearing: Ability to give and receive information through speaking and listening.
Motor Coordination: While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is frequently required to talk and hear; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The incumbent is periodically required to sit. The incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms.
Interview Requirements: Any candidate who is called for an interview must notify the Department of Equal Opportunity/Regulatory Compliance in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.
The University of Mississippi is committed to providing a safe campus community. UM conducts background investigations for applicants being considered for employment. Background investigations include a criminal history record check, and when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.
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