Jobs at Fort Hays State University

Provides confidential, high-level administrative support to the university president’s office. Responsibilities include managing communications, scheduling meetings, coordinating events and committees, preparing documents, supporting scholarships and personnel processes, arranging travel, tracking budgets and resources, maintaining records, and assisting executive stakeholders. The role requires strong organization, communication, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Partners with faculty to design and improve online, hybrid, and in-person courses, assessments, and learning experiences. Delivers faculty development on instructional design, educational technology, accessibility, learning data, and responsible generative AI use. Evaluates learning tools, supports LMS adoption, applies course quality frameworks, and contributes to continuous improvement in student engagement and learning outcomes. The role is campus-based in Hays, Kansas.

Administers federal and state work-study programs, grants, consortium agreements, and financial aid eligibility processes. Responsibilities include monitoring earnings and compliance, processing Pell and TEACH Grants, counseling students and families, managing satisfactory academic progress activities, supervising student employees, updating communications, and presenting financial aid information at university events. The role also supports office management and requires occasional evening and weekend events.

The Energy Manager oversees energy usage, conducts audits, purchases natural gas, manages HVAC systems, and ensures efficient energy practices in university buildings.