Budget Title: Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)

Salary: $54,000 - $56,000

The Coordinator for First Year Success supports a variety of functions encompassing services and programs offered to new students and the general campus community. The coordinator is a full-time calendar year professional, supervised by the AD for First Year Success within the Office for Student Transition & Success.

Coordinator for First Year Success primary responsibilities include the following:

Emerging Leaders Program (ELP):

• Assisting with the overall administration of a multi-faceted first year leadership development program
• Assisting with recruitment, selection, training and ongoing supervision of graduate assistants and undergraduate/graduate interns and/or student assistant staff
• Assisting with design and implementation of in-service training of student staff, which includes facilitating meetings and co-teaching weekly seminar classes for twelve practicum students and a second internship course for student interns
• Serving as program advisor for a leadership team of faculty, staff, undergraduate interns and first-year students
• Supporting program undergraduate/graduate interns in developing and facilitating multi-faceted leadership workshop series program for undergraduate students
• Assisting with development, implementation and assessment of program-wide activities for students, faculty and staff, involving the campus and local community
• Incorporating communication and student success tools into ongoing support for program participants through targeted programming & meetings

FYE (First Year Experience) Program:

• Assisting and supporting departmental programming efforts for new students including:
  • UNIV 101/103 course administration:
    • Recruiting instructors
    • Teaching course sections when appropriate
    • Assisting with course assessment processes
    • Supporting instructors with first year success materials
    • Supporting peer roles aligned with course goals
  • First Year Success programming:
    • Identifying, recruiting and supporting faculty/staff lecture presenters
    • Assisting with operational aspects of lecture series
    • Assisting with program assessment process

Related Duties:

• Serve as point of contact for individual appointments and meetings with Emerging Leaders Program participants and/or other first year students
• Work as part of a team with the office of Student Transition & Success
• Represent the office and the University on campus, local, regional, state, and national events
• Engage in professional development activities

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience with the unique needs of First Year Students
• Ability to work within and support the needs of a diverse environment
• Experience working with student leadership development programs
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

Preferred:

• Master's degree in student affairs, higher education, or related field
• 2 years of professional experience working within higher education
• Formal education and training in student development/success
• Experience as a course instructor
• Experience supervising undergraduate and/or graduate staff

Offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials.

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