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University of Houston

Program Director - Cost Center Management

🇺🇸 Houston, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ June 16th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Houston is hiring a Program Director - Cost Center Management to direct a university program ensuring activities align with its mission and objectives. The role involves planning and administering strategies, managing budgets, overseeing staff activities, and preparing financial and sponsor reports.

Highlights
  • Direct and oversee daily activities of staff to meet program objectives
  • Prepare, monitor, and reconcile annual budgets ensuring expenditures align with allocations
  • Manage grant administration including meetings, communications, scholarships, and operations
  • Prepare and review reports to track progress and adjust methodologies as necessary
  • Analyze program trends to maintain expert awareness of changes and needs
  • Formulate and implement policies and procedures for program administration
  • Handle accounts receivable and generate revenue invoices
  • Prepare proposals for grants from state, federal agencies, and private foundations
  • Requires a minimum of 3 years of related experience or equivalent education
  • Position based within the Texas Gulf Coast SBDC Region Office and limited to internal University of Houston candidates

Program Director - Cost Center Management Full Description

Department: Small Business Development Ctr
Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education
Description: INTERNAL UH CANDIDATES ONLY
Directs an ongoing university program to ensure that prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with its mission and/or specified objectives. Prepares short- and long-term goals and objectives.

1. Plans, develops and administers methods, strategies and procedures for meeting program objectives; directs and oversees the daily activities of staff members.
2. Prepares and monitors the annual budget and ensures that expenditures are within budget allocation.
3. Directs and coordinates personally, or through subordinate personnel, activities concerned with carrying out the objectives of the program.
4. Directs the preparation of and reviews reports and records of activities to ensure progress is being accomplished toward specified program objectives; modifies or changes methodology as required to redirect activities and attains objectives.
5. Analyzes trends within program areas, maintaining expert awareness of program information and change needs.
6. Formulates, implements, and maintains appropriate policies and procedures concerning program administration.
7. Manages and administers grant for program, including meetings, communication coordination, scholarships and other operations.
8. May prepare or participate in the preparation of proposals to obtain grants from state and federal agencies, and private foundation sponsors.
9. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

This position will be headquartered at the Texas Gulf Coast SBDC Region Office located at 1455 West Loop South in the Houston Galleria area.

This position will be responsible for:
- Reconciling all cost centers
- Preparing all required sponsor financial reports
- Preparing financial reports for Network Directors
- Preparing reallocations as directed
- Completing closeout of ledger 5 accounts
- Maintaining Accounts Receivable
- Generating revenue invoices

Experience will be considered in lieu of education.
Education will be considered in lieu of experience.

The SBDC Network is funded through cooperative agreements with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the State of Texas. The continuation of all SBDC positions is contingent on the continuation of funding from both the SBA and the State of Texas at current levels.

MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Experience: Requires a minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience. INTERNAL UH CANDIDATES ONLY
 
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