What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Project Management position at NMSU Conference Services?
- 503858
- NMSU satellite location, New Mexico, United States
- Staff
- Staff Full-time
- Closing at: Aug 30 2026 - 23:55 MDT
Department Contact: Rebecca Martinez, rbanegas@nmsu.edu, 646-3125
Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants
Advertising Summary: The New Mexico Reforestation Center is seeking a highly motivated Manager, Project Management to lead and coordinate projects that support forest restoration and reforestation. This position will oversee project planning, implementation, budgeting, and stakeholder coordination while ensuring projects are completed on time,
Position Details
Position Title: Manager, Project Management
College/Division: Agricultural Experiment Station
Department: 317000-AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
Location: NMSU satellite location
Offsite Location (if applicable): Mora, NM
Target Hourly/Salary Rate: Commensurate with qualifications.
Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0
FLSA Status: Exempt
Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable
Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)
If Not a Standard Work Schedule
Job Duties and Responsibilities: This position supports the NMRC Director in day-to-day operations, coordinating across partner institutions, managing project workflows, tracking fiscal and contractual obligations, perform some procurement and accounting duties, and maintaining stakeholder communications. This is a coordination and implementation role: this position will execute on direction set by the Director, with increasing autonomy as they build familiarity with NMRC’s institutional landscape and operational systems. The role requires strong organizational skills, effective written and verbal communication in both English and Spanish, and the ability to work diplomatically across institutional boundaries
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
Associate's Degree 6 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree 4 years of relevant experience.
Equivalent Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree plus 5 years of relevant professional experience, or Masters degree plus 3 years. Experience must include coordination or management responsibilities in a government, non-profit, academic, or multi-institutional environment.
- Native or professional fluency in Spanish and English, with demonstrated ability to communicate in both languages in professional and community settings.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects with attention to deadlines and deliverables
- Familiarity with budget tracking, procurement processes, or grant reporting in an institutional setting
- Strong written communications skills in both English and Spanish
- Proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 and the ability to learn other project management tools as needed
- Experience with tribal or indigenous community engagement, particularly in New Mexico or the broader Southwest
- Experience contributing to organizational culture development or building institutional systems from an early stage
- Familiarity with NMSU systems or comparable university procurement and fiscal environments (Banner preferred)
- Experience with GIS, environmental data management, or natural resources programs
- Experience supporting grant writing or funding development
- Knowledge of New Mexico state agency structure, legislative processes, or land management context
Working Conditions and Physical Effort
Environment: Work involves moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises.
Physical Effort: Moderate physical activity.
Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 25 pounds or standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.
Risk: Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.
Recruitment Summary
We are New Mexico’s land-grant institution and a comprehensive research university dedicated to teaching, research public service and outreach at all levels. NMSU is a welcoming community of talented faculty, staff and students who are working together to make a difference. We are a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), a minority-serving institution (MSI) and home to the first Honors College in New Mexico. We offer an accessible education that shapes bright futures.
NMSU provides learning opportunities to a diverse population of students and community members at four campuses, Cooperative Extension offices located in each of New Mexico’s 33 counties, 12 research and science centers, and through distance education.
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Since 1888, NMSU has proudly embodied this tradition, building relationships that last a lifetime while serving students who want to earn their degree and grow in their field. Today, NMSU Global Campus provides flexible, career-focused online education that helps our students transform their lives – and the lives of the people they love – through over 70 degree and certificate programs, skill-building microlearning courses, and career and talent development.
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