Outreach Program Manager

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.

Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Outreach Program Manager

Job Summary:

The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) is a scientific center within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WIPAC research focuses on exploring the high-energy universe, including managing the operations of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.

As part of the Education & Outreach (E&O) team, the hired individual will:

Manage education and outreach efforts for WIPAC and IceCube

Provide strategic oversight of our education and outreach programs and event coordination activities, including relationship building with external organizations, ensuring appropriate staffing for programming, and compliance with UW policies

• Participate in grant writing and prepare presentations
• Interface with the IceCube collaboration on E&O and community activities
• Ensure delivery of broader impacts for grant proposals
• Supervise the Outreach Specialist and E&O student assistant(s)

This position requires occasional weekend and evening hours. This position requires occasional lifting/pushing/pulling up to 40 lbs. The selected applicant must provide a valid driver's license. Employment is conditional pending the results of a Pre-hire Driver Authorization Check. Visit Driver Authorization  (click on “Become an authorized driver;” then click on “Required criteria”) for more information.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Determines outreach program needs and the personnel resource allocation plan - 10%

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 - 10%

• Supervises the implementation of outreach-program-focused strategic planning initiatives and objectives - 40%
• Develops and implements operating policies and procedures to promote the outreach program in alignment with the strategic plan - 15%
• Monitors the unit or program budget and approves program expenditures - 5%
• Reviews recommendations for and provides input on the design and development of new outreach programs or services - 10%
• Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members - 10%

Department:

Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent written, oral, and personal communication skills
• Experience developing and presenting outreach programming
• At least 2 years of experience with supervision

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of physics
• Experience presenting to a variety of audiences, including groups of students
• Experience reporting and presenting metrics
• Experience writing grant proposals
• Experience working with the Office of Youth Protection
• Education: Bachelor's degree required. Preferably in communications, education, or related field.
• How to Apply: Click the "Apply" button on the jobs.wisc.edu website to start the application process. Please submit a resume and cover letter. (NOTE: Both documents must be uploaded in the "Resume/Cover Letter" box). Cover letters should reference job number JR10014193, and highlight experience, knowledge, and skills as they relate to the listed qualifications for maximum consideration. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process.
• Contact Information: Christy Lowney, christy.lowney@wisc.edu
• Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website .
• To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodation  for any step in the hiring process (e.g., application, interview, pre-employment testing, etc.), please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR)  in the division you are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you.
• Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct, including sexual violence and sexual harassment.
• The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
• The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .