What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coordinator Building Site Gear Up Learning Center Program position at Western Michigan University?
Position Details
Posting Summary
College
Assoc Provost Enrollment Mgmt
Executive Area
Provost & VP Academic Affairs
Department
Assoc Provost Enrollment Mgmt
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
S1742P
Job Type
Full Time, Regular
Pay Type
Exempt/Salaried
Pay Grade
D
Campus Location
WMU-Kalamazoo - Main Campus
Salary Range
Pay is commensurate with qualifications and experience, combined with an excellent benefits package.
General Summary
Assists leadership in developing and implementing programs and services for the Gear Up Learning Center (GULC) cohort students in assigned school buildings. Assists participants with college preparedness, success, and graduation.
Major Duties
- Partners with GULC leadership to plan, coordinate, and implement all GULC activities, programs, events, and student and family support services at assigned school buildings, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and the effective delivery of academic, college readiness, and family engagement initiatives.
- Collaborates to provide effective academic skills and college preparatory services to students.
- Recruits GULC cohort students to participate in GULC programs, activities, and events.
- Maintains and documents all records of student, parent or guardian interactions, monitors student progress.
- Collects, organizes, and inputs all program data for annual performance reports and other needed reports and evaluation measures.
- Assist leadership with the planning, implementation, and participant recruitment of the summer campus for GULC students.
- May organize and coordinate tutoring and mentoring services during the academic year.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related field from an accredited institution.
- One year’s relevant experience.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with office software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software.
- Experience working with K-12 youth.
- Familiarity with relational databases.
- Strong organizational skills.
Desired Qualifications
Special Instructions to Applicants
- External applicants should use the WMU – Application.
- Internal applicants should use the WMU – Internal Application.
Additional Position Information
- Terminal position with possibility of renewal.
- Western Michigan University offers generous benefits to its employees including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, and tuition discount for the employee and tuition remission for eligible dependents. To access information about the specific benefits available for this position, s://www.wmich.edu/hr/enrollment-staff
- Staff Compensation System pay grades and rates are available at: https://wmich.edu/hr/staffcompensation
Physical requirements and working conditions
- Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.
- Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.