Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
Program Manager Honors College
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Phoenix, AZ
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Full-Time
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TBD
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Career Services
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June 17th, 2026
CampusVue
CRM
Edtech.com's Summary
Grand Canyon University is hiring a Program Manager Honors College. The role involves developing and delivering high-impact programs and advising to help honors students access graduate schools, competitive scholarships, fellowships, internships, and careers. The Program Manager will proactively advise students, elevate the college's reputation, and document career-related outcomes for the honors student population.
Highlights
- Develop, refine, and deliver professional development programs such as PAC, Grad CAP, LIA Fellowship, and scholarship workshops.
- Conduct proactive outreach with at least 20+ advising appointments weekly covering career, graduate school, and fellowship advising.
- Engage with Career Services and employer partners to create direct pathways for honors students.
- Document student outcomes related to careers, graduate school, and national fellowships and scholarships.
- Support co-curricular programming under the Leadership in Action Institute and manage student data and reports.
- Minimum 3–5 years of student advising experience required.
- Master's degree in education, psychology, career counseling, or a related field is required.
- Strong public speaking, group facilitation, interpersonal communication, organization, and project management skills needed.
- Experience with Symplicity, Handshake, CRM, and CampusVue platforms is preferred.
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401K, paid time off, paid holidays, parking, education tuition discounts, and on-site gyms.
Program Manager Honors College Full Description
Grand Canyon University! One of Arizona's leading institutions of higher learning.
Located in the Valley of the Sun in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. GCU is an institutionally accredited, private, nondenominational Christian University.
The Ingram Honors College Program Manager plays a pivotal role in developing and delivering high-impact programs and advising that strive to launch students into lucrative opportunities, including graduate schools, nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships, internships, and careers. The program manager works to elevate the Ingram Honors College brand and reputation through proactive advising and program implementation across the Honors student body, bringing external recognition to the exemplary talent housed within the college. The program manager is responsible for driving and documenting career-related outcomes for the honors student population.
What you will do:
- Develops, refines, and delivers high impact programming including but not limited to the PAC (Personal, Academic, Career) Professional Development Programs, the Graduate Comprehensive Advising Program (Grad CAP), the Leadership in Action (LIA) Fellowship, workshops promoting nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships opportunities, and more
- Conducts proactive outreach to the honors population leading to at least 20+ advising appointments per week, encompassing career, graduate school, and national fellowships and scholarships advising
- Actively engages with Career Services and employer partners, creating direct pathways for honors students
- Accurately documents career, graduate school, and national fellowships and scholarships outcomes
- Supports all co-curricular programming under the Leadership in Action (LIA) Institute
- Collects and manages data, reports out on student outcomes, and helps to promote the Grad Survey (employment data)
- Other duties as assigned
What you will need:
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years of student advising experience
- Strong public speaking and group facilitation skills
- Skillful interpersonal communication and rapport building
- Attention to detail, organization, verbal and written communication
- Ability to manage multiple projects/initiatives and to pivot quickly when priorities shift
- Self-starter capable of taking initiative to research opportunities, best practices, new initiatives, etc., and translating them into tangible opportunities for students
- Master's degree in education, psychology, career counseling, or related field
- Must pass pre-employment background investigation
- Provide a positive example to students by supporting the University's Doctrinal Statement, Ethical Position Statement and Mission of Grand Canyon University.
Bonus Points:
- Experience advising nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships
- Experience with career advising or recruiting
- Experience with pre-health or graduate school advising
- Experience with Symplicity, Handshake, or similar platforms
- Experience with CRM, CampusVue, or similar platforms
Why work at GCU:
- Exceptional workplace benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401K savings plan
- Generous time off plan and 11 paid holidays
- Paid time off to volunteer in the community or at GCU sponsored events
- Free covered parking
- We also offer full-time employees, their spouses, and dependent children an Education Tuition Discount Program
- Free on-site gyms on campus
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