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Position Title:
Graduate Outreach Program Manager
Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Outreach Program Manager
Job Duties:
The Graduate Outreach Program Manager plays a central role in promoting and supporting graduate and professional programs within the College of Business, Arts and Communication (COBAC). This position focuses on increasing the visibility, enrollment, and overall success of COBAC’s diverse offerings, including credit-bearing graduate degrees, online programs, and non-credit professional development opportunities.
Working across disciplines, the manager develops and implements marketing strategies, leads recruitment efforts, and collaborates with faculty and college leadership to enhance programs and student services. A special focus is placed on attracting adult learners, working professionals, and non-traditional students who benefit from the college’s flexible and applied learning opportunities.
The manager works closely with the Dean, Associate Dean, program directors, and university offices such as Marketing, Admissions, Financial Aid, and Advancement. Responsibilities include designing and managing marketing campaigns, organizing recruitment events, meeting with prospective students, and analyzing enrollment data to improve outcomes. This position also helps maintain course scheduling, supports student engagement, and contributes to program development and strategic planning.
Administrative tasks include supervising staff within the Academic Programs Office, managing program budgets, coordinating scholarship support, and assisting with accreditation and reporting needs. The manager plays a key role in ensuring COBAC’s graduate and professional programs remain competitive, student-centered, and aligned with workforce and community needs.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Supervises the implementation of outreach-program-focused strategic planning initiatives and objectives
- Develops and implements operating policies and procedures to promote the outreach program in alignment with the strategic plan
- Monitors the unit or program budget and approves program expenditures
- Reviews recommendations for and provides input on the design and development of new outreach programs or services
- Determines outreach program needs and the personnel resource allocation plan
- May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
Department:
College of Business, Arts & Communication
Compensation:
Starting at $55,000 commensurate with experience
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree
- Demonstrated experience supervising and training staff, interns, or student workers.
- Track record of effective written and verbal communication
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other common business software tools.
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with internal departments and external partners.
- Experience working both independently and within team environments, including collaborative problem-solving on cross-departmental initiatives or team-based projects.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience planning, executing, or managing marketing campaigns, including digital, print, or event-based outreach efforts.
- Direct experience in student-facing roles involving recruitment, admissions, or retention.
- Proficient or familiar with platforms like Salesforce, Navigate, PeopleSoft, Canvas, or Handshake
- Work history in a higher education setting
- Proven working knowledge of trends and issues in graduate business education
- Demonstrated knowledge of programmatic, budgetary, operational, and strategic skills to set and achieve goals.
- Ability to utilize appropriate database structures to organize and store data.
How to Apply:
Applicants must submit the following documents using the online application:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
*Please use your application materials to speak to each of the qualifications for this position as listed above. Be sure to describe your relevant experience and areas of expertise, using specific examples from your work and education history. Applicants must complete all required fields and attach all required documents prior to submitting the online application.
All final candidates will be asked to provide names, email contact information, and/or phone numbers for three (3) references, with at least one being from a manager or supervisor, during the interview process.
Note: Once you have attached your materials and submitted your application, you will not be able to go into the system and change them.
To Ensure Consideration: Applications received by the end of the day on 10/19/2025 are ensured full consideration. Applications received after that date may be given consideration. Application materials will be evaluated, and the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. Incomplete and/or late application materials may not receive consideration.
Contact Information:
For questions regarding your application and additional options to apply, contact Human Resources at [email protected] or 920-424-1166.
Legal Notices:
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CBC & Reference Check Policy
All candidates for employment are subject to a pre-employment screening which includes a criminal background check, work authorization, and verification of education. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
Work Authorization
Unless otherwise indicated in the job posting, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term. UW Oshkosh is not an e-verify employer; therefore, STEM extensions are not options for work authorization.
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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other bases protected by applicable federal or State law and UW System policies. We are committed to building a workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
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