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Job Summary
The Erb Institute is the business-sustainability partnership between the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. Founded in 1996, the institute is recognized as a global leader in working with students, scholars, companies, nonprofits, and policymakers to improve the social, environmental, human rights, and diversity impact of business.
This role is hybrid with on-site expectations in Ann Arbor, MI 3 days per week. You will travel nationally and potentially internationally. You may work during early mornings, nights, or weekends. For a full job description, see link here. For questions about this role, email [email protected].
Purpose:
The Erb Institute's Student Affairs Manager designs and implements the institute's graduate and undergraduate program strategies with support from two full-time coordinators.
Why Work at Michigan?
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:
- Generous time off (Vacation, Holidays, Season Days)
- A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
- Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
- Flexible Work Program
- Ross Onsite Fitness Center
Responsibilities*
Program Strategy (40%)
- Recruitment strategies: Develop and implement strategic and inclusive approaches to attract top-tier graduate and undergraduate candidates. Build partnerships with Ross and SEAS Admissions departments; deliver recruiting presentations; participate in student meetings; travel to national and international recruiting events; track applications through admissions processes; manage undergraduate application review and selection processes; and onboard students.
- Program design and strategy: Deliver graduate and undergraduate programs including action-based learning opportunities and experiences, internship funding and other career development pathways, and other signature activities.
Student Experience (40%)
- Co-curricular offerings: Organize and host business sustainability workshops and speakers as co-curricular learning opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.
- Student learning: Enhance the institute's action- and place-based learning opportunities.
- Student life: Advise student leadership and support their programming for professional development, personal well-being, and community-building. Lead the planning of the institute's community engagement activities including orientation and graduation.
- Network building: Develop collaborative relationships with a variety of partner to enhance graduate and undergraduate learning. Represent the institute and deliver content as an instructor, guest speaker, or panelist in education, business, and environment events.
Management, Finance & Administration (20%)
- Supervision: Manage two full-time direct-report coordinators, helping them to achieve professional development goals.
- Finance: Execute the Student Affairs budget; approve expenditures, student scholarship, and funding disbursements; allocate expenses to the institute's donor funds; and provide financial reporting to Ross Finance and Financial Aid.
- Administration: Manage student and alumni data.
Required Qualifications*
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
- Demonstrated project management and administrative skills.
- Experience designing and delivering higher education student programming and learning.
- Experience building relationships with diverse groups inside and outside the organization.
- Experience preparing and delivering presentations.
- Experience in fiscal management and in preparing and monitoring budgets.
- Proficiency in Google docs, sheets and slides and Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint plus other database, email and calendar-keeping software and technologies is required.
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Additional Information
The posting range for this position is $63,300-$78,150. This posting range reflects multiple factors involved in determining compensation, such as skills, experience, training, certifications, and other organizational needs. At Ross, it is not common for new hires to be offered a salary at the upper end of the range. Compensation decisions are based on the details of each situation.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.