Academic Program Specialist

Posting Details Posting Number: SF2587P Position Title: Academic Program Specialist Position Type: Classified Staff/Hourly Department: Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management - Troy Division: Sorrell College of Business Campus: Troy Work Status: Full-Time (FT) Temporary: No Location: Troy - T01 Job Summary: The Academic Program Specialist provides administrative support and manages a variety of academic and departmental processes for the School of Hospitality, Sport and Tourism Management, reporting to the Department Chair. This position is responsible for general office duties, scheduling, coordinating, and planning meetings, filing and recordkeeping, scholarship assistance, and assisting students and faculty as needed.

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Minimum of one year of customer service experience.
3. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively.
4. Excellent working knowledge of all Microsoft computer programs.
5. Organized in scheduling, record keeping, and filing.
6. Ability to multi-task and handle several projects at one time.

1. Experience using Ellucian Colleague/Datatel. Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility Monday through Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm N/A Does this position have supervisory responsibility? No Posting Date: 08/27/2026 Open Until Filled: Yes Reference Letters Solicit References Through the System? No Applicant Special Instructions Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact View email address on click.appcast.io. Supplemental Questions Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*). * How did you hear about this employment opportunity? Troy University employment website ( Chronicle of Higher Education Higher Ed Jobs Social Media website Indeed Other employment website (please specify below) Employee Referral (please specify below) Local newspaper (please specify below) Professional journal (please specify below) Other source (please specify below) Please specify: (Open Ended Question) * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following: Not a current Troy University employee Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty) Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees) * Do you have a high school diploma or equivalent? Yes No * Do you have at least one year of customer service experience? Yes No Applicant Documents Required Documents Resume Cover Letter List of References Optional Documents #J-18808-Ljbffr Choosecolumbusga