Fast Facts

WGU is seeking a Manager for Program Mentoring Faculty to lead and enhance the mentoring experience for students and mentors in a remote setting. This position plays a vital role in establishing performance expectations, conducting performance reviews, and facilitating training initiatives to support team engagement and student satisfaction.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include managing mentor performance, conducting reviews, leading training initiatives, and ensuring high-quality student support.

Skills: The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, and remarkable organizational talent, with proven experience in managing teams and training in a remote environment.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree in a related field and at least three years of relevant experience in project management, data analysis, and leading teams.

Location: Home Office, United States of America

Compensation: $67900 - $112100 / Annually

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Management_Executive 604Pay Range: $67,900.00 - $112,100.00

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Establishes clear performance expectations for, and with input from, assigned mentors.
• Manages mentor performance to achieve OTP, retention, and student satisfaction goals.
• Conducts mentor performance reviews and manages performance improvement plans.
• Develops and leads team- and program-specific training initiatives.
• Coaches assigned mentors via call shadowing and other training methods.
• Catalyst for team morale. Ensures that mentors are connected and engaged with each other.
• Leads team meetings. Designs and leads training meetings.
• Provides direct, comprehensive guidance to assigned students and assigned mentors.
• Maintains appropriate documentation of all student- and employee-related transactions.
• Manages students’ academic progress according to university policies.
• Uses the telephone and email extensively throughout the day.
• Understands WGU degree programs, policies, and procedures.
• Provides accurate information and high-quality customer service at all times.
• Supports university colleagues, as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Ability to lead on-going training for assigned team members.
• Manages team performance.
• Collaboration
• Leads ongoing team- and program-specific training in a distributed (remote employees) environment.
• Strong verbal skills, with ability to present information clearly, concisely, and accurately; friendly, persuasive speaking style.
• Remarkable organization talent is a requisite.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field of study from an accredited institution
• Three (3) years of experience in the following areas: managing projects in a fast paced and complex environment, leading cross-functional teams, leading teams to impact organizational outcomes through specific interventions, facilitating training, analyzing data, using data to drive decisions, and presenting to diverse audiences.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• May be required to work some evenings and weekends.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Works primarily from home within the continental United States and is available to travel to meetings as required.

Position & Application Details

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected].

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.