How to Apply
A resume and cover letter are required for this position. Due to system limitations, your cover letter needs to be uploaded as one document with your resume. In your cover letter - which is read, considered, and valued as part of assessing candidates - please write about:
- The reasons for your interest in being a Senior Program Manager with Wolverine Pathways, and your alignment with our mission.
- The ways in which your skills, direct and transferrable, relate to and have prepared you for this position.
Job Summary
The Senior Program Manager (SPM) will coordinate math literacy sequence, programming and evaluate and build upon our current remote efforts. Meeting these responsibilities involves developing and sustaining relationships with schools, capitalizing upon University and community partnerships. The SPM is a member of WP's Executive Team and reports directly to the Associate Director. As Senior Program Manager your responsibilities will include the following:
Overarching Administrative Responsibilities (50%)
- Administer academic programming and inform success coaching for grades 7 - 12
- Liaison with student organizations to establish a volunteer corps of tutors to support students in need.
- Coordinate a selection of annual activities: recruitment, orientation, graduation, and field trips
- Provide fiscal oversight for and daily management of all assigned areas
Math Literacy Programming (30%)
- Administer WP's current scope and sequence for its 7-9th remote Saturday math programming and work with campus partners to implement a 2 week summer math program for rising 8th and 9th grade scholars
- Develop WP's rising 12th-grade in-person math program
- Recruit and support WP math instructors and work with them and faculty partners to provide math instruction consistent with WP's math literacy goals and college access and transition commitments
Outreach & Program Relationships (10%)
- Capitalize upon school, community, corporate and campus partners (U-M colleges, departments and units, and also individual faculty) requisite for administering assigned program areas.
Data, Evaluation, & Continuous Improvement (10%)
- Collect data and conduct formative and summative assessments to support continuous improvement.
- Codify findings to support WP fundraising and donor engagement.
Who We Are
About Wolverine Pathways
Wolverine Pathways seeks to confront the barriers that limit the college and career aspirations of highly motivated students from under-resourced communities. We believe that every student deserves the opportunity to pursue a wide range of professional and academic pathways. Toward this end, we provide free college preparatory enrichment and guidance for 7th through 12th grade students in Detroit, Southfield, Ypsilanti and 10th through 12th in Grand Rapids. For more information about Wolverine Pathways, please visit our website.
Why Work at Michigan?
Benefits at the University of Michigan
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:
- Generous time off
- A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
- Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
Required Qualifications*
- 4+ years experience in mathematics, math literacy, and math education, acquired through experience, education, or a combination of both
- Experience serving underrepresented communities, and working with or advocating for adolescents.
- Knowledge and familiarity 7th -12th grade mathematics
- Experience overseeing programs and/or projects involving many people and multiple moving parts.
- Experience promoting mathematical thinking, open-ended problem-solving, or mathematical identities, either via instruction and teaching, or theoretical training
- Experience with small-scale event coordination
Modes of Work
This is a hybrid position, with on-site work in Ann Arbor, Michigan. During the fall and winter candidates are expected to work on several Saturdays and also support some weekday evening programming. In July, in-person work is required Monday through Friday.
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.