Coordinator For Student Success

Job Title: Coordinator for Student Success

Job ID: 10440

Department: Graduate School

Reports To: Assistant Director for Student Support

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $40,000 Annually

Hours per Week: 40.00 Standard from 8:00am to 5:00pm

Flexibility to work occasional evenings

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A resume, letter of interest, and a list of 3 professional references.

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Purpose of Position

The Coordinator-Graduate Student Success is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and assessment of Graduate School student support, professional development, outreach, and recruitment activities that serve graduate students from UTEP’s 24 doctoral programs and 100+ master’s and certificate programs. The Coordinator-Graduate Student Success works closely with Graduate School staff to support programs that advance key unit and institutional measures for student success, with a particular focus on degree completion (including time to degree), retention, and research productivity.

Working at UTEP and the Graduate School:

The University of Texas at El Paso is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university, with a student body that is 84% Hispanic. It enrolls more than 24,000 students in 169 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in 10 colleges and schools. With more than $109 million in total annual research expenditures, UTEP is an R1 research university, a designation given to the top 5% of colleges and universities nationally, and ranked sixth in Texas for federal research expenditures at public universities.

At UTEP, our graduate programs are growing in breadth, depth and academic reputation. We have 24 doctoral programs, 72 master's programs and 53 certificate programs.

The vision of the UTEP Graduate School is to be nationally recognized as a student-centered model of excellence in graduate education by offering outstanding scholarship, innovative research activities, effective professional development, and exceptional administrative support. We strive to have a graduate student body that represents the American 21st century demographic and whose academic and professional contributions will have regional, national, and global impacts.

Essential Functions

·Manages the planning, coordination, and implementation of student support and professional development activities (virtual and in-person) including graduate student orientation and onboarding and other workshops that support graduate student success.

·Leads the administration of Graduate School internal funding mechanisms (e.g., Travel Grant, Research Grant) including application, review, and selection processes.

·Supports the planning, coordination, and implementation of the annual Grad Expo research symposium and Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

·Supports the planning, coordination, and implementation of outreach and recruitment activities (virtual and in-person), including the development of print, web-based, and social media content.

·Collaborates with Graduate School staff in maintaining email and social media communications calendars highlighting key dates and deadlines related to admissions, enrollment, degree completion, professional development, funding, and related outreach activities.

·Assists with Graduate School website to ensure ease of navigation, accurate content, and effective messaging that engages prospective students, supports the student life cycle, and provides necessary information to graduate program staff and faculty.

·Flexibility to work occasional evenings and/or weekends to support Graduate School events.

·Other duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to conduct each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·Bachelor’s degree and two years of related experience and training.

Preferred Qualifications

·Demonstrated customer service, project management, and team-oriented skills.

·Evidence of strong written and verbal communication skills.

·Proficiency with standard office software applications.

·Graduate degree and awareness of graduate education.

·Written and spoken proficiency in Spanish

Please Note

The primary accountabilities below are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or some of the primary accountabilities listed below. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented in the incumbents’ performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents’ immediate supervisor or manager. This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information. Must possess a valid driver’s license issued by the State where the applicant resides and must be insurable as defined in the UT System UTS 157, as applicable to the performance of essential duties and responsibilities of the position.

Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentialfunctions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand;walk; sit; stoop, kneel and crouch.The employee is frequently required to use hands to feel;reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to lift andmove up to 25 pounds. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics describedhere are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functionsof this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities toperform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate.

EO/AA Statement

In keeping with its Access and Excellence mission, The University of Texas at El Paso is committed to an open, diverse, and inclusive learning and working environment that honors the talents, respects the differences, and nurtures the growth and development of all. We seek to attract faculty and staff who share our commitment.

The University of Texas at El Paso is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or sexual orientation and gender in employment or the provision of services in accordance with state and federal law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes an employee’s or prospective employee’s right to be free from sexual harassment under Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972.

For accommodation information for employees and applicants with disabilities, please contact UTEP's Equal Opportunity Office at [email protected].