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The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: 
 

Pay Range: $52,800.00 - $79,100.00

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

**Qualified Internal applicants must apply by 4/11/2024 to be considered for this role**

About the Role:

The Regional Coordination Manager supports the operations in the region by ensuring the correct tasks are prioritized within projects, initiatives, and events. This individual supports awareness of WGU’s mission through networking and event participation throughout the assigned region and counties. Responsibilities include monitoring, reporting, and making visible project status, issues, resource requirements, dependencies, and project plans to the regional director and stakeholders. They proactively work to create efficiencies that support regional strategy and goals by communicating and collaborating with strategic partners and support teams.

As part of a regional team working to further a mission of expanding access to high-quality postsecondary education opportunities while gathering regional human capital needs, this role requires excellent information-gathering strategies to learn about community and employers’ talent pipeline needs in the region.

What You'll Do:

Authentically project and reflect the mission of WGU.

Meets with leaders and team members to gain understanding and knowledge of projects and plans, organizes, monitors, and manages all phases to ensure project timelines are achieved.

Successfully monitors the status of projects, campaigns, and events to ensure they adhere to schedules, requirements, and deadlines. Communicates progress to appropriate personnel.

Drive lead and applicant goals through group, one-on-one, and event-based marketing efforts.

Travel to conferences, transfer events, benefits fairs and other events as directed by the Regional Director to represent WGU and support regional operations.

Produces timely and accurate reports as directed. 

Maintains timely, accurate, and thorough documentation of all attended meetings, activities, tasks, and contacts.

Understands regional strategic priorities and influences the actions and work efforts of team members in line with those priorities. 

Collaborate on and participate in WGU hosted events, including pre-event efforts, marketing to appropriate audiences, support of day-of activities, and follow-up tasks.

Incorporate consistent use of marketing and communication materials that will drive awareness and influence of WGU’s programs for prospective students and employers.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities You’ll Need to be Successful:

Must have excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills.

Must have strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present information clearly and accurately.

Ability to work collaboratively as a team member as well as independently.

Gains cooperation of other teams in the organization to meet objectives.

Operates in a diverse and complex environment where analysis of situation and data requires an in-depth knowledge of the organization and evaluation of a variety of cross-functional factors.

Must be able to exercise good judgment and effectively organize, prioritize, and perform multiple job functions and conflicting priorities.

Must have an excellent ability to organize to enable completion of multiple tasks of various complexity.

Must be able to work independently with little supervision.

Works well in a team environment; Interpersonal relationship skills (social-emotional intelligence) of confidence, focus, ethics, and accountability.

Technological competence with project management software, MS Office suite (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Office 360) and database management tools used to organize multi-dimensional assignments (e.g., Raiser’s Edge, Salesforce, Smartsheet).

Respond quickly to changing requirements, priorities, and short deadline.

Investigates appropriate resources and involves partners when appropriate; future-oriented; assesses what will help/hinder achieving goals; focuses on what is important. 

Draws on data garnered from careful cultivation of a broad knowledge of WGU’s goals and processes; investigates beyond assumptions. 

Accountable to others; does what it takes to get the job done; actions are consistent with words; follows through on commitments; exhibits exceptional integrity.  

Displays commitment to the organization and to personal growth; self-motivated and able to motivate and inspire others; asserts self appropriately to champion ideas; tells the truth in a direct and constructive manner.  

Student focus – the ability to keep the student at the center of what we do, and why we do it. Exhibits passion about improving the educational experiences of our students by creating lasting partnerships with employers, community colleges, school districts, and the community.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or related field

2+ years of experience managing projects, coordinating events, people, and resources.

Requires experience in higher education operations: Enrollment, Administration, Marketing, etc. 

**Must be located within the Salt Lake City, Utah area**

Preferred Requirements:

Project Management Professional (PMP) or Scrum Master Certification

Understanding of higher education, WGU, and program development preferred

An earned graduate degree (masters preferred) in an administrative field from an accredited college or university.

Superb communication skills as evidenced by a record of publications or presentations.

Bi-lingual (writing and speaking) in Spanish.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Why Join WGU?

You will be part of a growing, diverse, inclusive workforce, committed to creating pathways to a better life for our students by expanding access to education for everyone.

We provide comprehensive dental, vision, and medical benefits, with paid time off, parental leave, and inclusive family forming benefits.

We offer generous retirement and HSA company contributions.

You will also have opportunity for continuous learning! Employees and their families receive discounted undergraduate and graduate WGU tuition.

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