Manager, Funded Partnerships (K12) | School of Education/Teachers College

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The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

Pay Range: $73,100.00 - $120,600.00

Job Description

Job Requirements:

• Experience (mandatory) preparing data for Registered Apprenticeship Reporting [RAPIDS]
• Bachelor's degree (master's advantageous) in education (preferred) or a related field
• Three (3) years of official supervision of remote employees
• Prior work favored with federal and/or state funded partnerships
• Demonstrated background in B2B relationship maintenance
• History with external organization partnerships, alternative paths to licensure, and/or Apprenticeships
• Three (3) years related experience in areas such as developing and implementing policies/procedures
• Ability to travel up to 20% of time to Salt Lake City, UT and various locations

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the primary contact for new developing CRAFT partnerships and align internal WSE team into the operationalization for the student experience.
• Develops and executes strategies to effectively train, onboard, and engage internal WGU teams on new partnerships coming into the School of Education through an internal funnel process that aligns with the regional vertical, government relations and advancement opportunities.  
• Communicates regularly with various internal departments; Enrollment, Mentoring, Clinical Experience, District Partnerships, Teacher Licensure, Academy, Compliance and Accreditation as well as external partners to coordinate efforts and support teacher candidates participating through various partnerships.
• Hires, manages, coaches, and actively develops direct reports’ accountability tracking through established WGU and performance management processes.
• Responsible for training, supporting, and mentoring a team in project and product management best practices and by delegating and managing assigned projects and tasks.
• Responsible for supporting and managing a team that is responsible for managing multiple partnership portfolios that include multiple products and student touchpoints.   
• Works closely with internal grants, billing and financial aid teams during the onboarding of new partnerships to ensure alignment in process and during the partnership to address any partnership concerns. 
• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) of state and district partnership requirements and accurately relays state specific program, licensure and placement requirement information as received from Academic Engagement (AcE).
• Maintains a working knowledge of assigned state policies, licensing requirements, and department-specific policies and procedures.
• Collaborates with District and Funded Partnerships Logistics Coordinator and Portfolio Data Analyst to review data and determine appropriate data points needed to support a proactive team approach and create documents and processes that will aid in the efficiency of the Funded Partnerships team. 
• Ensures security and storage of all documents, policies, and procedures to maintain the historical record to respond to data requests State and Federal Agencies, Academic Engagement (AcE), Advancement or other WGU Departments.
• Drives delivery and success of partner health checks, manages state and federal reporting including RAPIDS reporting, and manages any complaints/escalations.
• Collaborates with Senior Manager as well as Academic, Product and Marketing teams to align on execution of customer experiences, implementing any r