Hawkeye Service Break Coordinator - Leadership & Engagement

Hawkeye Service Break Coordinator

The Hawkeye Service Break Program Coordinator plans, leads, and evaluates immersive service trips for students during academic breaks. They collaborate with community partners, recruit and train student leaders, ensure participant safety, and facilitate reflection activities to enhance social issue understanding and commitment to service. For a detailed job description, please email Michael Washington at [email protected]

About The Division Of Student Life

The Division of Student Life is comprised of staff that embrace new ideas and thoughts, works together to keep our students safe, and provides them with life-changing experiences. The Division of Student Life includes 15 departments that span from Recreation Services to the Office of Leadership, Service and Civic Engagement and everything in between. We believe in working together as one team to achieve our mission: fostering student success by creating and promoting inclusive educationally purposeful services and activities within and beyond the classroom. One of our division priorities is to advance UI’s goals to recruit and retain U.S. racial/ethnic minority (URM) staff and students.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Some (6mo-1yr) experience working in a higher education setting with campus programming and student activities.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.
• Demonstrated commitment to multiculturalism and experience working with students of color.
• Bachelor's degree in College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration, Student Development, or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience with standard office computer applications.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of and commitment to University policies, procedures and regulations.
• Experience coordinating service and volunteer programs such as alternative breaks or days of service
• Experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating co-curricular leadership programs.
• Extensive experience in event management processes and activities; ability to plan, organize and execute large student life or other medium to large-scale events and to coordinate resources before, during and after an event.
• Master's degree in College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration, Student Development, or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Basic knowledge of budgeting and expense management processes.

Application Details

In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. For additional questions, please contact [email protected].

This position is eligible for hybrid work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

Additional Information

• Appointment Type: Professional and Scientific
• Schedule: Full-time
• Classification Title: Student Life Program Coord

Compensation

• Starting Salary Minimum: 45,000
• Pay Level: 3A

Contact Information

• Organization: Student Life
• Contact Email: [email protected]
• Contact Name: Michael Washington