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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Graduate Program Administrator, Texas McCombs in Austin, Texas
Academic Program Support - Responsible for coordinating all administrative components of the Ph.D. programs. Ensure compliance with institutional rules, regulations and procedures. Provide in-depth information, clarification and interpretation of institutional and graduate programs rules and regulations. Prepare petitions, nominations, and official letters on behalf of the Graduate Advisors. Maintain and process catalog updates for the graduate programs. Coordinate and serve as point of contact for Ph.D. Advisors in the ACC, FIN, IROM, MKT, and MAN programs. Serve as a liaison with Office of Graduate Studies, International Office, Graduate Leadership Council, and other outside offices. Supervises McCombs Graduate Program CoordinatorBudget and Resources Support Responsible for allocating and tracking resources budgeted by the Associate Dean for Research to Ph.D. programs. Monetary resources include Graduate School Decentralized Fellowships (Continuing and Recruiting), Graduate School Dissertation Writing and Summer Fellowships, Graduate School Centralized Fellowships (Harrington as well as Continuing Fellowships), McCombs Fellowship funds, other named funds (e.g., Jastrow, Bonham, Cooper, SYLFF). Other resources include space and office allocations, and miscellaneous allocations from the ADR budget. Maintain records and perform audits of resource usage. Recruitment and Admissions Coordination Design and implement graduate student recruitment strategies. Plan, organize, and execute (with McCombs Graduate Program Coordinator) recruiting efforts and events, including virtual recruitment events and on campus visit weekends. Represent McCombs at professional conferences for recruiting purposes.Program and Event Coordination - Organize first year orientation and other department-sponsored graduate program events. Coordinate and provide logistical support for graduate student mentoring programs, and provide administrative support for newly developed programs related to the departments graduate programs.Data Requests Acquire and maintain comparative data from doctoral programs at peer and aspirational schools. Provide statistics for standard reports and ad hoc information requests for programs analysis. Track program outcomes (using UT TracDat) for accreditation and other purposes. Track placement and publication data. Assist departments with responding to all Graduate School action and information requests and reporting.Other related functions as assigned.