Company: Pioneer Academics

Position: Academics Manager

Location: Jenkintown, PA; Hybrid 2 days remote (Mon & Fri), 3 days in-office (Tues-Thurs) 

Compensation: Commensurate with Experience

Company Description: Pioneer Academics is a growing global organization that offers transformative co-curricular educational programming to students from around the world. Based in the Philadelphia region, Pioneer has employees working in multiple countries in roles ranging from business development to instructional design. High performance is a must in every role in the organization regardless of level and colleagues who struggle with meeting performance standards will be offered a respectful exit from the organization. Culture in this team is prioritized and celebrated and key aspects of that culture include integrity, accountability, and the keen ability to solve AND seek problems to spark innovation. 

Mission of the Position: The Academics Manager will report to the Associate Director of Academics. The mission of the role is to oversee the recruitment and training of the Pioneer faculty mentors. The Academics Manager accomplishes this through direct outreach, networking, and negotiation. The Academics Manager will work as a backup resource for the Associate Director of Academics in faculty recruitment efforts.

Key Criteria/Requirements: This role requires strong relationship-building skills, flexibility, ingenuity, and a strong sense of drive toward and ownership of results. The Academics Manager must demonstrate enthusiasm to produce deadline-driven results. This role requires well-developed interpersonal skills that will allow the Academics Manager to build trust among a faculty population that possesses a wide variety of priorities, areas of expertise, and personalities. The Academics Manager must be able to quickly learn about, speak intelligently to, and work creatively with abstract concepts and academic subjects he/she may be unfamiliar with. 

Key Criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree preferred
• A minimum of 2-4 years of demonstrated successful recruitment or sales experience
• Demonstrated experience managing timelines, milestones, projects, or sales goals
• Prior experience managing a departmental budget 
• Experience operating and communicating at a B-level position.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite, as well as with instructional technology tools, including learning-management systems, Web-conferencing platforms, and collaboration tools. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure clear, informative, and professional communication with a range of stakeholders, including current and potential faculty and leadership team members