Job Profile:
Academic Program Manager 1Job Family:
Academic Program ManagementTime Type:
Full timeMax Pay – Depends on experience:
$58,700.00 USD AnnualApply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.Job Description:
This role drives an essential part of the Learning Enterprise mission to create stackable pathways to career mobility and degree attainment. You will support the delivery of a group of discipline-specific courses in Conservation science, providing thousands of learners with foundational learning in this critical discipline area that enables pathways to higher education and economic mobility. You will contribute to strategic program oversight and leverage learner performance and engagement data to inform course design improvements, proactively address learner concerns, and ensure an optimal online learning experience.
You will report to Universal Pathways leadership and the Program Manager for Science, Conservation, Mathematics and the Arts. You will support the Faculty of Record in facilitating course objectives and content. As a key member of the Universal Learner Course (ULC) academic infrastructure, you will support high-quality instruction at scale, introducing thousands of learners to the discipline.
You will also manage affiliated personnel—student worker graders and instructional aides—who support your group of Conservation courses, ensuring a consistent, high-quality learner experience.
You will collaborate with the instructional design and student success teams to deliver the courses effectively.
This position is subject to grant funding or other special funding and the position may terminate when funding is no longer available.
This role is not fully remote. This role is based at ASU’s Tempe campus. All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. ASU will not sponsor this position; the applicant must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. A Fingerprint background check is a mandatory step in the hiring process.
Position Salary Range:
$58,700 per year
Essential Duties:
In your first year, you will:
Assist with Development of courses in Conservation, Sustainability, Ecology, Coastal and Marine Science
Assist instructional designers and the faculty of record with development of course materials including assessments and rubric, lecture notes, and media development
Evaluate materials against unit best practices and quality online learning standards
Run operations for courses in conservation biology and ecology, environmental science, coastal and marine science, and sustainability (all delivery models- Session-Based, On-Demand and possible additional courses delivered in Canvas Classroom), to maximize learner success and potential for scalability, specifically:
Provide engaged presence in course discussion boards, answering learner questions, providing feedback and stimulating discussion, learning and community building among learners
Supervise and mentor a team of graders, providing guidance, feedback, and professional development.
Ensure consistent, efficient, and high-quality learner feedback across multiple courses.
Lead regular meetings with grading pool staff to review progress, align strategies, and support team growth.
Resolve learner issues, in consultation with Program Manager Sr., and/or the Faculty of Record, as needed
Meet regularly with Faculty of Record to provide feedback and course status updates during course sessions
Monitor course performance, learner engagement, and utilize data to identify in-course interventions and/or community building opportunities
[Optional if applicable: Host weekly synchronous discussion sessions via Zoom to enhance engagement and comprehension.]
Participate in course evaluation and iteration to improve learner experiences
Help define course-specific metrics for success and work with learner success designers to ensure appropriate data is collected and analyzed
Use data insights to inform course evaluation and future revisions.
Collaborate with learner success designers to define success metrics and identify opportunities for in-course intervention and program-level improvements.
Collaborate with Faculty of Record, Instructional Designer, and Program Manager Sr. on future course revisions, as needed
Other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications:
Master’s degree or higher in conservation, sustainability, ecology, coastal and marine science or a related discipline.
At least three years of higher education experience, with demonstrated excellence in online course management and instructional leadership.
Proven supervisory experience, including training and mentoring professional staff.
Demonstrated success using data analytics to guide instructional improvement and learner engagement strategies.
Experience collaborating with faculty, SMEs, and instructional designers on large-scale course revisions.
Proficiency with Canvas (or similar LMS).
Strong commitment to ASU’s Charter and mission of expanding educational access.
Experience with ticketing management systems such as Salesforce, Jira, or Hubspot.
Working Environment:
Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting, subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 25 pounds.
Regular activities require the ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to the resolution of conflicts.
May be required to perform tasks in the field within and/or across University campuses.
Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
Department Statement:
About ASU:
Arizona State University is the largest, fastest-growing, and most innovative university system in the U.S. Serving over 120,000 learners, the university is guided by its charter, which focuses not on exclusion, elitism, and Industrial Age academic structures, but on inclusion, innovation, and measurable results for students, the nation, and the world. ASU has been named the nation’s most innovative university for the fifth consecutive year by the U.S. News & World Report.
About Learning Enterprise:
We believe that the rigid and linear design of traditional higher education system is neither an effective ladder to social and economic opportunity for all learners nor is it responsive to rapidly evolving workforce needs. ASU has responded to these challenges with the creation of Learning Enterprise (LE). We are guided by the belief that everyone should have universal access to education and opportunity. At every stage of life.
LE re-imagines the role of universities in society and evolves the design of learning offerings. These products (LE’s learning offerings) are academically rigorous, tech-enabled and outcomes-driven. They are stackable, accessible, and evidence-based — designed to respond to the needs of students, employers with the resources and values of the university.
LE’s initial focus is on the following areas: Foundational skills and mindsets, Professional and technical career skills and Personal development, cultural and civic learning
At LE, we share a common set of values that guide our work and collaboration:
Scrappy. We are undaunted by challenges. We remain undeterred by anything that stands in the way of moving our vision forward. If we fall, we get up, o
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