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Project/Program Coordinator for the Master of Science in Operations Management University of Arkansas in United States
Degree Level
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Field of study
Business
Funding
Full-time, fixed-term project/grant position with an annual salary of $51,021, commensurate with education and experience. The position is renewable annually subject to continued need, funding availability, and satisfactory performance. Benefits eligibility includes university contributions toward health, dental, life, and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, holidays, leave accrual, and retirement contributions.
Deadline
Nov 11, 2026
Country
United States
University
University of Arkansas
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About this position
The University of Arkansas is seeking a Project/Program Coordinator to support the Master of Science in Operations Management (MSOM) program within the Department of Industrial Engineering in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The coordinator will serve as a primary project-execution and coordination resource for the MSOM Program Director, translating program priorities and goals into completed projects and deliverables. The role supports the administration, operation, growth, and continuous improvement of the graduate program.
Working across university units and with external stakeholders, the coordinator will organize multiple projects, manage competing priorities, track commitments, and follow initiatives through completion. The position involves supporting program operations, student recruitment and enrollment initiatives, outreach, reporting, process documentation, performance metrics, and other activities that strengthen the academic program.
The role is suited to an organized, proactive, and resourceful professional who can work independently while maintaining productive relationships with faculty, staff, administrators, students, and external partners. The successful candidate will help sustain a dynamic graduate-program environment within the University of Arkansas’s research-active Department of Industrial Engineering.
Funding details
Full-time, fixed-term project/grant position with an annual salary of $51,021, commensurate with education and experience. The position is renewable annually subject to continued need, funding availability, and satisfactory performance. Benefits eligibility includes university contributions toward health, dental, life, and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, holidays, leave accrual, and retirement contributions.
What's required
An associate’s degree from an accredited higher-education institution and at least two years of experience coordinating projects, programs, operations, administrative activities, or similar work are required. Applicants also need at least two years of experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and experience with office productivity software, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, email, and collaborative project-management tools. Applicable equivalencies may be considered. Preferred qualifications include a related bachelor’s degree, four or more years of related experience, experience in higher education, program administration, project management, operations, business, engineering, student services, or a related environment, and experience with multi-department coordination, graduate or professional academic programs, recruitment or enrollment initiatives, reporting, process documentation, performance metrics, and project-management methodologies. Strong organization, communication, independent judgment, follow-through, problem-solving, and stakeholder-coordination skills are expected. Candidates must have legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment and undergo criminal-background and sex-offender-registry checks.
How to apply
Upload a cover letter or letter of application, resume, and a list of three professional references including each person’s name, email, and business title. Apply through the University of Arkansas System Career Site in Workday; do not send materials to the recruitment contact.
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