Job Title Table

Provides advising and guidance to students on academic and/or personal issues to include:  degree planning, academic support services, academic policy issues, graduation requirements, degree certification, degree auditing, and/or general administrative guidance. May perform these services in an advisory capacity to campus units. May present information at admissions or orientation events and act as liaison with students, parents and/or public. May coordinate scholarship and or funding processes. May teach classes and/or provide training.  Bachelor’s degree with one year relevant experience OR Master’s degree.

Coordinates representation of the University of Kansas by maintaining a working knowledge of the Lawrence, KUMC, Edwards and Wichita campuses, meeting with campus researchers on a regular basis, and contacting federal officials. Manages and monitors the appropriations process by developing and updating internal documents, coordinating required meetings, and providing supporting documents. Coordinates appointments for KU representatives with elected officials and staff, agencies, and the executive branch. Researches funding and policy opportunities for KU. Acts as liaison to officials on inquiries regarding general information about institutions, policies, programs, and admissions information. Coordinates visits by officials to KU. Monitors hearings and events, and prepares summaries of agency and legislative or congressional actions for internal review by relevant director, associate director and Chancellor's senior staff. Manages relevant government relations online presence and external communications including website maintenance, legislative reports, news feeds, and conference print materials. Prepares relevant disclosure reports for KU. Bachelor's degree and 2 years of related experience.

Provides supervision of staff that is performing the landscapemaintenance, installation and preparation of campus outdoorspaces. Assist with the implementation of the initiativessurrounding Campus Master Plan, Landscape Master Plan, TreeCampus USA, and the Wayfinding initiatives. Coordinate staff inplanting, pruning, tree trimming, and general maintenance of flowerbeds, shrubberies, trees, lawns and any other green spaces on theUniversity campus. Provides instructions, procedures, plans andtraining for staff in the landscape unit. May operate heavyequipment as needed for land grading. Instructs and trains staff onthe appropriate policies and procedures surrounding the applicationprocedures of chemical treatments for horticultural maintenance.High School diploma or GED equivalency. Five years ofexperience in horticulture or landscape maintenance, landscape design and/or landscape architecture with two years of experience as a supervisor or lead worker. Commercial Pesticide Application and Arborist Certification. May require a valid Class A commercial driver¿s license (CDL).

Develops, acquires, and maintains relationships and favorable contacts with current and potential advertising/sponsorship accounts.  Targets potential clients/donors/sponsors and develops relationships in order to acquire new advertising opportunities, sales or donation equivalent.  Develops and presents output and promotional initiatives for an organization through underwriting support or other measures.  May write electronic or print pieces to assist clients to gain exposure.   Negotiate and prepares contracts, tracks invoicing and payment on accounts. Creates and delivers presentations of opportunities to secure new clients and retain existing members.  Plans and coordinates fund raising drives and works on other special projects as it relates to soliciting funding. #Bachelor¿s degree in a related field and three years of experience in the field or in a related area with a high volume of sales.

Designs the university's or unit’s institutional branding, advertising, print, and digital materials, while maintaining identity compliance. Provides services in the form of design layout and production, photo selection /editing, and branding/identity development.  Provides this service for print and digital marketing, social media campaigns and/or educational programs that promote the professional programs and events offered by a KU unit.  Designs and produces both online and print publications and materials. Communicates with the KU community and the public through various media platforms. May supervise staff and/or free-lance designers.Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, or relevant field, and 1 year of related experience or an associate’s degree and 3 years of related experience.

Under general supervision, performs duties maintainingcomputer hardware and software operations. Provides Tier Itechnical customer service support at specified department. High School Diploma/GED and two years of relevant experience.

Supports the execution of communications, public relations and/or marketing projects. Works at the direction and under the supervision of a more senior communications staff member on tasks including writing news or promotional content, social media messaging, and/or web content. Supports internal and external communications activities, as well as execution of events. Does not supervise staff. Bachelor¿s degree in journalism, English, communications or relevant field, plus minimum of 1 year of related experience.

Assists with day-to-day operation of teaching and/or research spaces. Handles equipment and/or technology inventory and scheduling or loaning processes. Supports training of faculty, staff, and students. Operates and provides technical support for equipment, instrumentation, and other technological resources. May assist with security. Science (Bio/Chem/Phys):Bachelor¿s degree in field specific to discipline with one year of related experience. Engineering: High school/GED and 3 years related experience OR Bachelor¿s and 1 year related experience OR Master¿s degree in field related to discipline.

Counsels employees regarding benefits programs including KBOR and KPERS mandatory retirement; medical, dental and vision insurance; basic and optional group life; spending and savings accounts; voluntary retirement plans; KBOR graduate student insurance plans, and the Affordable Care Act.  Publicizes and/or coordinates benefits programs; conducts individual and group orientation sessions and individual and group benefits reviews.  Communicates clearly with accurate information to employees, family members, supervisors, department chairs, vendors and others.  Maintains benefits records and prepares necessary documents for implementing and/or terminating coverage and keys data into various databases (MAP, KPERS, HR/Pay) to ensure timely and accurate coverage and deductions.  Responsible for processing paperwork for payroll adjustments; generating reports to help determine eligibility or change criteria; performing calculations to determine voluntary retirement plan deferrals and to ensure amounts adhere to Internal Revenue Code guidelines;  consolidating data from other state of Kansas agencies to determine ACA-eligibility; ensuring data integrity and validation during testing and implementation of new or updated software programs.  #Bachelor¿s degree OR an associate¿s degree and 2 years of related experience or HS diploma and 4 years of related experience.

Serves as the central office administrative resource or liaison between the PI, the central office, and the university, state, and/or granting agency personnel for pre and/or post award activities. Provide assistance to PIs for day-to-day administration of sponsored awards, including coordination and monitoring of the daily operations and processing (e.g. budget preparation, proposal submission, award set-up, budget adjustment, expenditure approval, etc.) of transactions for compliance to sponsor, federal, state, and university guidelines. May develop and prepare budgets and work with agencies to clarify project budgets and any re-budgeting requirements. May monitor the financial management of sponsored awards (e.g., budget preparation, budget adjustments, expenditures, etc.) for all project budgets, and related matching fund/cost share information, for accurate and compliance management and reporting. Interprets sponsor guidelines. May research grant opportunities for the purpose of developing additional funding resources. Participates in research administration and other training to enhance expertise and/or service to campus. May coordinate reporting to sponsoring agencies. May be delegated by PI to sign and approve transactions. May analyze financial reports and track budget to actual expenditures and notify Principal Investigators of balance information. May lead a team of grant specialists and/or supervise student employees. Bachelor’s Degree and two years of related experience OR High School GED/Diploma with four years of related experience.