Project Management Specialist

ROLE SUMMARY: As a Project Management Specialist at BJU Press, the ideal candidate will play a supporting role on the Project Management team by fostering a culture of continuous communication and collaboration, encouraging the team to start and finish tasks on time. The role requires an understanding of people, processes and workflow in order to have the best project management fit in contributing to the long-term success of BJU Press.

About Bju Press & The Role

Vision: We want Christian education to be transformational in the lives of students as they grow in their faith and knowledge of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Mission: We produce transformational products and services for Christian educators.

Brand Promise: We empower educators to prepare students to live in light of eternity.

About the Team: The purpose of the Project Management team is to ensure that projects are planned, executed, and completed successfully. They serve as the central hub, coordinating resources, schedules, and stakeholders to achieve project goals within the constraints of time, budget, and quality. The Project Management team seeks to support the mission of BJU Press by fostering growth and development within the department and project teams, enabling them to fulfill their purpose with resilience and an optimistic spirit.

Key Responsibilities

• Project manage a minimum of 2 product lines
• Communicate with management and project team members
• Collaborate with other project coordinators in regard to shared resources
• Communicate with vendors and freelance team members
• Coordinate the implementation of product line plans
• Lead various team meetings
• Schedule work tasks and break them down into achievable goals
• Monitor and updates work progress
• Identify weak areas and offer solutions
• Facilitate issue resolution
• Gain knowledge of the current physical book and video production process and offer solutions for a more efficient process
• Complete any additional tasks required
  
  

Skills And Attributes Needed To Succeed In This Role

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use project management tools
• Ability to plan, schedule, update, track, and communicate status of projects
• Ability to adjust, recover, troubleshoot, brainstorm and work under pressure
• Ability to lead a team to hit due dates
• Ability to help a team understand and follow established processes
• Ability to facilitate issue resolution for a team
• Ability to start/finish reports on time
• Ability to be proactive in communication and the handling of project challenges
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to create a fun/happy work environment
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 3+ YOE OR Associate’s degree with 4+ YOE or trade certification with 5+ YOE OR equivalent demonstrated aptitude
  
  

An applicant for a position in the Bob Jones University group — Bob Jones University, Bob Jones Academy or BJU Press — must be a born-again Christian who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Each applicant must agree with and affirm the Bob Jones University creed, mission (see https://www.bju.edu/about/creed-mission.php) and core biblical doctrines regarding areas such as the Bible, the triune God, man and salvation, etc. Employees are expected to maintain a conservative lifestyle and support the group’s positions on issues such as beverage alcohol and addictive substances, creation, marriage and human sexuality and the sanctity of life, etc., (https://www.bju.edu/about/positions.php). Employees are to be active members of a local Bible-believing church which holds orthodox theology. Whether in the classroom, online, through student activities, or through the preparation of educational materials for Christian schools and homeschool families, applicants must be committed to providing students an excellent, world-class education from a biblical worldview that prepares them for a lifetime of service for Jesus Christ.