Job Posting: JR101163 Operations Specialist (Contingent II) (Open)
Department: Title III Student Success, JM
Position Type: Non-Regular Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Open Date: 07-30-2025
Close Date: $45,000 - $50,000
Job Description: The Operations Specialist will manage the day-to-day logistics and administrative processes of the Student Success Center, ensuring the smooth delivery of academic support services. This role supports scheduling, resource coordination, office administration, and systems management to enhance the effectiveness of growing program operations.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities: - Oversee daily operational tasks including scheduling, resource management, space coordination, and internal communications.
- Manage and streamline administrative procedures related to hiring, onboarding, and scheduling of tutors and student employees.
- Maintain office systems such as supply ordering, inventory management, timesheet collection, and facility requests.
- Serve as a liaison between the Student Success Center and other campus units (e.g., IT, Facilities, HR) to address operational needs.
- Assist with the coordination of events, workshops, and training sessions by ensuring logistics are executed efficiently.
- Support the implementation of process improvements that promote operational excellence and service scalability.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree required.
- Two years of experience in administrative operations, logistics coordination, or office management, preferably in a higher education setting.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, data entry systems, and scheduling platforms (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Starfish).
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience working in student services or academic support programs.
- Familiarity with grant-supported programming or federal compliance processes.
Additional Job Information: Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave and annual leave; 10 paid holidays per year, tuition remission and supplemental retirement. Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students. Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program. The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business. In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.