Badger Precollege Director

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Precollege Director will provide senior leadership for the Badger Precollege Programming unit within the Division of Continuing Studies. This position reports to the Associate Dean in the Division of Continuing Studies. The Badger Precollege program portfolio includes 19 program sessions with over 2,000 domestic and international minors enrolled each year. Precollege Programs across UW-Madison encompasses more than 175 programs and impacts more than 45,000 learners each year. The Director works closely with the Associate Dean and with cross-campus stakeholders, in both for-credit and non-credit education, to develop programs for domestic and international precollege audiences that will achieve high-impact institutional growth goals and transform youth programs at UW. The Director is responsible for leading a team of 10 support staff and executing campus-wide precollege strategic initiatives, which include creating new programs and growing enrollments, providing budget oversight, administering scholarship programs, and overseeing promotional efforts.

• Identifies, promotes, and maintains internal and external partnerships

• Determines pre-college program staffing needs

• Directs strategic planning initiatives and establishes pre-college program objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan

• Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing pre-college program information

• Oversees all aspects of the portfolio of Pre-College programs. Including but not limited to program creation and maintenance, evaluation, and sunsetting

• Advises institutional leadership on pre-college program services and student needs

• Develops and oversees the program budget

• Develops operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and pre-college program unit objectives

• Available for on-call response and supervision to program staff during program hours as indicated; may need to be available after hours

• Exercises 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 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

Pre-College

Minimum $ 95,824 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

- 5 years of experience working in higher education in precollege, in one or more of the following aspects: program development, program design, student development, and/or student success.

- 3 years of leadership experience, including overseeing programs or offices and/or responsible for complex projects including oversight of personnel and responsibility for meeting financial metrics and program outcomes, including experience working with program revenue budgets and data.

-3 years of supervisory experience required, with demonstrated ability to lead, manage, mentor, and motivate high-performing, cross-functional teams that are goal-oriented, and growth- and results- focused.

-3 years of experience working with infrastructure supporting precollege programming including policies, practices and systems for marketing, registration, evaluation and transcripting, etc.

- Experience working in for-credit and non-credit.

-Experience working with domestic and international precollege students.

-Experience working across multiple modalities (online programs, and in-person residential and commuter programs).

- Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapidly changing landscape.

- Experience developing and maintaining strategic relationships with stakeholders, academic departments, administrative units, content experts, etc.

- Demonstrated ability to grow programs and meet revenue requirements.

- Demonstrated abilities in strategic planning and implementation.

- Knowledge of educational needs of middle and high school-age audiences.

- Knowledge of compliance and regulation related to precollege programming.

Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree preferred.

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a resume, cover letter, and list of three professional/supervisor references as a part of the application process. References will not be contacted without prior notice. Please ensure your resume and cover letter address how you meet the minimum/preferred qualifications for the position.

Zachary Yafai, HR Business Partner

zyafai@wisc.edu

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