The School of Social Welfare is seeking a professional, knowledgeable, and reliable support coordinator for students enrolled in the School of Social Welfare at KU. The support coordinator promotes student wellbeing, retention, and success by collaborating with students, staff, community providers, and other campus partners in the planning, implementation, and coordination of student support plans. This full-time position assists the Field Office, the Assistant Dean, student advisors/success coaches, and Program Directors with coordinating processes for addressing the needs of students who have challenges with academic, physical and mental health, wellness, conduct, safety or their general welfare through providing referral and follow-up services. The Student Support Coordinator will meet with students and help facilitate their access to and utilization of university and/or community resources. The Student Support Coordinator is expected to work a flexible schedule, in-person and online, to accommodate the various needs of the diverse student body they serve, which may include some evening and weekend hours. This position also requires operation of a motor vehicle as a part of the job duties.
In addition to daily supervision provided by the Assistant Dean, this position will receive regular social work supervision from a licensed master social worker (LMSW) to support professional development.
This position requires a compassionate and self-motivated individual with strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills accompanied by exceptional organizational skills and proficient computer skills, including familiarity with the Microsoft Suite of Office Applications. The successful candidate must have a strong work ethic, as well as a passion for helping students, a commitment to service excellence, and student success. The successful candidate must maintain appropriate ethical and professional conduct while working with diverse groups of students, staff, and faculty. Further, it is expected the employee have the ability to create an inclusive and safe environment for students through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement. Adherence to School, university, state and federal regulations and policy, including the maintaining strict confidentiality, privacy and security of student records and other sensitive information is also expected.
The KU School of Social Welfare is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive educational environment for students, faculty, and staff. The successful candidate will have a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, the university actively encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups in higher education. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. prior to the start of the position.

A complete online application consists of a resume/curriculum vitae, cover letter, and contact Information of three references who can speak to applicant’s ability to deliver care coordination services to a diverse group of adults and/or adult learners.
Review of applications begins on May 4th and continues until a qualified pool of applicants is identified.

Contact Information to Applicants