Jobs at Colorado State University System

Manages the review, preparation, compliance analysis, and submission of sponsored project proposals. Advises faculty and staff on sponsor requirements, budgets, cost allowability, institutional approvals, and pre-award processes. Maintains proposal records, resolves administrative issues, identifies non-standard terms, and serves as an Authorized Organizational Representative. The senior-level version independently handles a larger portfolio of complex proposals and provides training, guidance, and support for special initiatives.

Greets and orients students, families, guests, and visitors at CSU Spur’s front desks. Answers questions, directs visitors to appropriate locations or staff, maintains informational materials, distributes catering and event supplies, and handles incoming mail, packages, and deliveries. Provides additional administrative support as assigned while working onsite in Denver.

Manages access services and circulation operations at a university library. Supervises approximately 25 student employees, including recruiting, hiring, training, scheduling, mentoring, and performance management. Resolves complex customer service issues, supports safety and incident de-escalation, uses library systems and data to improve services, and collaborates on operational guidelines, training, and user experience improvements.

Provides confidential executive support to senior university leaders by managing calendars, priorities, travel, meetings, communications, briefings, records, and strategic administrative coordination. The role serves as a trusted point of contact across internal and external stakeholders, supports divisional initiatives and special projects, and maintains organized executive office systems. Regular on-site presence in Fort Collins is expected, with occasional evening and weekend work.

Coordinates site operations, facilities requests, front desk and learner services, scheduling, purchasing, vendor coordination, records, onboarding, events, and administrative workflows. Supports operational readiness, resource stewardship, safety activities, and divisional leaders while maintaining an organized, welcoming, learner-centered environment. The role may supervise student employees and requires regular on-site presence in Fort Collins, with occasional evening or weekend work.

Develop and lead an internationally recognized research program in electric propulsion and plasma-based systems. Conduct experiments, publish research, secure patents and external funding, manage sponsored projects, collaborate with industry and government partners, and supervise high-vacuum testing and laboratory operations. Mentor undergraduate and graduate students, advise PhD and master’s research, teach effectively, and provide departmental, university, professional, and community service.

Leads academic records administration and office services for a university registrar’s office. Oversees student records workflows, specialized registration and conferral processes, communications, purchasing, facilities coordination, and process improvement. Supervises professional and student employees, ensures policy and regulatory compliance, supports institutional research and benchmarking, and collaborates across campus to resolve complex records issues and improve service delivery.

Provides learner-centered advising and administrative support for online CSU students. Assists with registration, onboarding, orientation, university systems, tuition and billing, course changes, appeals, and student resources. Responds to Salesforce cases and advising inbox inquiries, conducts outreach, connects learners with academic resources, and tracks transfer evaluation, retention, and matriculation data. Collaborates with the advising team to support learner persistence and success.

Develops and supports research reporting solutions, including Power BI dashboards, data models, datasets, data flows, SQL queries, and ETL processes. Integrates data from databases, cloud services, APIs, and SaaS platforms; maintains warehouse reporting accuracy; provides data to external stakeholders; documents solutions; trains users; and collaborates with administrators and university stakeholders to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, and improve reporting products.

Coordinates biosecurity operations across Guam and neighboring military installations, including inspection scheduling, project plans, stakeholder communications, meetings, logistics, team deployments, reporting, data quality, SOP updates, and training. Supervises inspection staff, manages a 24-hour duty phone, coordinates site access authorizations, and supports invasive-species prevention and control activities. Requires flexible hours, extensive island travel, physical fieldwork, and collaboration with military and government stakeholders.

Supports a large-scale ArcGIS Hub Premium site for Air Force infrastructure and environmental programs. Designs and manages spatial data services, mobile collection tools, dashboards, and web applications; maintains metadata and data integrity; develops automated workflows; troubleshoots GIS systems; and supports interdisciplinary teams and field surveys. The role requires ArcGIS expertise, geospatial workflow management, federal data standards knowledge, communication skills, and occasional work in remote terrain.

Provides engineering expertise and program management for Air National Guard military construction and facilities sustainment programs. Reviews designs, budgets, scopes, schedules, and technical documents; conducts feasibility and economic analyses; ensures compliance with policies, codes, and standards; coordinates federal, military, state, and contractor stakeholders; and supports planning, construction, renovation, and modernization projects across multiple locations.

Provides one-on-one academic mentoring to student-athletes in study skills, research skills, time management, and access to academic resources. Builds rapport, maintains confidentiality, completes daily session reports, and works varied weekday time blocks under the Academic Mentor Coordinator.

Coordinates pre-award grant and contract proposals for engineering faculty and researchers. Responsibilities include researching funding opportunities, preparing compliant budgets and justifications, managing cost-share requirements, coordinating submissions across institutions and university offices, consulting with sponsors, and maintaining proposal and financial systems. The role may also manage small post-award portfolios, monitor regulatory changes, improve internal processes, and support research administration across federal, state, commercial, foundation, and nonprofit sponsors.

Supports university leaders and employees across the employee lifecycle. Provides HR guidance, interprets policies and employment regulations, administers HR transactions, maintains employee records, and advises on employee relations, performance, leave, benefits, recruitment, onboarding, and related programs. Partners with HR leadership to ensure compliance, support organizational goals, and manage sensitive employee matters with sound judgment and confidentiality.

Administers and supports the Banner Accounts Receivable system, including configuration, troubleshooting, testing, enhancements, tuition and fee assessment, transaction reconciliation, processing schedules, system jobs, and 1098-T tax reporting. The role ensures accurate financial processing, data flow between Accounts Receivable and the General Ledger, regulatory compliance, and process improvement while supporting university stakeholders.

Provides first-level technical support for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, peripherals, network connectivity, VPN access, classroom audiovisual equipment, and specialized laboratory and hospital systems. Installs and upgrades hardware and software, maintains inventory, documents incidents, educates users, coordinates with vendors and technical stakeholders, and supports reliable, compliant clinical and research operations.

Leads the School of Education, supervising approximately 40 faculty and staff while overseeing strategic planning, personnel, fiscal management, facilities, development, research growth, and academic engagement. The role is primarily administrative, with responsibilities for collaborative research, community engagement, and mentoring graduate students and faculty. Candidates must hold an earned doctorate, possess professor-level credentials and a nationally or internationally recognized research record, and demonstrate strategic academic leadership, fiscal management, and philanthropic development experience.

Leads an embedded HR team supporting a college or division, advising senior leaders on workforce strategy, organizational design, employee relations, talent management, and organizational effectiveness. Translates enterprise HR strategy into unit-level actions, coaches leaders through complex people decisions, manages HR staff, coordinates with HR centers of expertise and shared services, and uses workforce data to identify risks and inform decisions.

Leads strategic sourcing and public procurement initiatives for the university, including solicitation strategy, category management, supplier research, competitive bidding, negotiations, contract awards, and partnership development. Advises departments and evaluation committees on procurement rules, compliance, performance measures, and vendor issues. Collaborates with executive, partnership, advancement, marketing, and legal stakeholders while pursuing cost savings, revenue growth, innovation, and best value.