Coordinator of Continuing Education

Job Summary

The Coordinator of Continuing Education and Professional Development will provide oversight in the development and administration of non-credit education courses, professional CE units, community-based education, summer camps for K-12 students, testing services, leisure learning, and conferences and workshops for the university and community.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Develop and execute a forward-looking vision for the Continuing Education unit.
• Effectively manage and cultivate resources to support and advance the university’s goals.
• Ensure key stakeholder input for an evolving, long-term intentional engagement strategy for the region.
• Serve as a liaison to external and internal stakeholders in conjunction with continuing education opportunities.
• Build awareness of ULM continuing education opportunities through impactful marketing tactics using multiple mediums.
• Develop partnerships with external and internal stakeholders across all sectors including business, health care, industry, education, government, and non-profit entities that enable successful and relevant continuing education offerings.
• Expand and update our current continuing education offerings.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and the external community to identify micro-credentials and short courses that would be beneficial for workforce needs.
• Create and execute coursework for micro-credentials and short courses.
• Investigate, analyze, and identify software to manage registration and coursework for continuing education and professional development.
• Collaborate with campus representatives to identify testing needs for ULM students to ensure offerings that are needed for their educational and professional advancement.
• Centralize, organize, and market K-12 summer campus for students and educators.
• Collaborate with university faculty/staff to offer professional continuing education opportunities primarily, but not limited to, careers applicable to ULM degree programs.
• Develop leisure learning courses based on demand and need.
• Provide support and oversight of conferences, workshops and summer camps.

• Manage the departmental budget.

Minimum Qualifications

• Have ability to organize, prioritize, and maximize resources.
• Exhibit strong interpersonal skills including public speaking and the ability to make a presentation to a very diverse group of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated evidence of analytical and research skills; ability to gather, evaluate, and develop well-reasoned conclusions and recommendations.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills including collaboration, professionalism, and strong consultative skills conducive to building and maintaining positive relations with administrators, co-workers, staff, faculty and members of the community.
• Have extensive experience with community partnerships and relationship building.
• Possess innovative and entrepreneurial thinking.
• Show ability to work in a fast, paced, ever-changing environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, masters preferred.