Project Manager, Enrollment

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Success Academy seeks an Project Manager, Enrollment to join the Enrollment team. The Enrollment team manages the new scholar lottery, waitlist management, centralized scholar movement operations, and all ATS functions, as well as coordinating all new scholar onboarding processes. Under the supervision of the Head of Enrollment, and working closely with a broad base of constituents at both the Network and School levels, the Project Manager is responsible for coordinating projects for Enrollment: assessing and continuously improving our project management platforms; ensuring team and inter-departmental stakeholders are on schedule for project deliverables; and coordinating stakeholder meetings and materials (documents, collateral, proofs, etc). 

Responsibilities:

• Lead on project managing cross-functional teams and platforms (at both Network and Schools) to drive planning and completion

• Maintain an Enrollment workflow calendar of events, processes, and communications 

• Coordinate and manage team and inter departmental agendas and publish post-meeting summaries 

• Drive a weekly Enrollment meeting highlighting projects’ status and critical upcoming steps 

• Build and maintain productive and motivating inter departmental relationships 

• Prepare inter-departmental presentations 

• Determine space availability for and process current scholar transfers

• Track against team spending to budget reconciliation 

• Data mining and research as needed 

• Support the Enrollment team as needed

Required Skills:

• Project Management: Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools is a plus.  Excellent project management skills and a positive attitude.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.  Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.  Sense of humor required.

• Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot issues, propose solutions, and optimize Salesforce for better performance.  Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards.  Demonstrated ability to identify the need for and create processes where none existed.

• Business Analysis Skills: Proficient in analyzing business processes and requirements, and translating them into technical solutions.  Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.  

• Self Starter: Ability to work autonomously and in a self-directed manner with minimal supervision on both long and short term projects without hesitation to manage up to the Head of Enrollment when necessary.  Ability to influence and drive outcomes among a diverse group of colleagues 

• Mission Driven: Is committed to our dual mission of disrupting public education to provide greater access to high-quality education 

Traits:

• Demonstrated ability to identify and create processes where none existed 

• Ability to work autonomously and in a self-directed manner with minimal supervision

• Data-oriented approach to business problem-solving

• Strong organizational and clerical skills

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation skills

• Capable of performing despite uncertainty

• Is committed to our dual mission of disrupting public education to provide greater access to high-quality education. 

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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