State Prog Admin Coordinator - Project Manager, Academic Workforce Technology

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* Working Title:

** State Prog Admin Coordinator - Project Manager, Academic Workforce Technology
** Institution:
** Minnesota State System Office
** Classification

Title:

** State Prog Admin Coordinator
** Bargaining Unit / Union:
** 214:
Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
** City:
** St. Paul
** FLSA:
** Job Exempt
** Full Time / Part Time:
** Full time
** Employment Condition:
** Classified - Unlimited
** Salary Range:**$37.26 - $55.42
** Job Description
** This position provides project management and operational support for Academic Workforce Technology initiatives across Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, with a primary focus on the strategic implementation, integration, and sustainment of the Faculty Workload Management (FWM) solution in alignment with Workday HCM, Financials and Student. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional, matrixed teams; manages scope, schedule, and budget; and ensures deliverables meet institutional goals and compliance requirements.

In addition to day-to-day project operations, the role contributes to business process design, testing, and a structured continuous improvement cycle that delivers sustainable, high-impact outcomes for all institutions.
** Salary Range:**$37.26 - $55.42/hourly ($77,799 - $115,717/annually)
** Minimum Qualifications
*** Four (4) years of professional experience supporting or managing projects, programs, or process improvement initiatives in human resources, higher education, or government.
* Experience implementing Lean, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement programs.
* Experience coordinating diverse project teams in a complex, matrixed organization.
* Demonstrated ability to manage large projects from inception through evaluation, including scope definition, requirements, budgets, constraints, and communications.
* Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, and the ability to communicate with a diverse set of stakeholders from business and technical communities.
* Experience facilitating meetings, workshops, and/or training sessions with diverse stakeholders.
** Preferred Qualification
*** Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
* Proficiency using analytical tools to interpret, cleanse, organize, and present data.
* Experience interpreting employment law, rules, regulations and personal agreements sufficient to ensure compliance and mitigate risk
* Demonstrated ability to make well-informed, timely, and data-driven decisions.
* Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with leaders and other key stakeholders.
* Demonstrated ability to create an environment that encourages cooperation, motivation, innovation, and high performance teamwork.
** Other Requirements
** n/a
** Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)
** Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
** Telework (Yes/No)
** Hybrid
* * About
* * Minnesota State is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing talented employees who serve our 270,000 students each year throughout the state. We have a vibrant and diverse system of 33 colleges and universities with 14,567 dedicated faculty and staff focused on student success.
** Benefits Information:
** At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver…