Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises Employment Services
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION VACANCY
Summary of Position: The Program Coordinator (PC) will create, implement, maintain, and assess projects related to student career preparation, hiring of additional staff and student assistants, coordinating faculty and staff trainings, organizing events and conferences, collaborate with the program partner institution (CSU Northridge), and coordinating among other programs across campus on career
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Organize workshops and training institutes for faculty, working with divisions across campus to implement career preparation, coordinate with partners, coordinate with external evaluator, and assess the impact of program activities on student success.
- Assess, formulate, and evaluate the impact of recommended or implemented policies from a strategic and operational perspective. This will require regular participation in planning and development projects and, as required, independent determination of methods to meet programmatic and administrative goals.
- Develop workshops and training for faculty and staff, develop/set up recognition events.
- Independently determine approaches to project and priorities, develop assessment tools; meet with various organizations, divisions, departments, and colleges for feedback; prepare analyses of findings; and develop recommendations for future plans or actions.
- Serve as the prime contact for the program and is responsible for initiating and carrying on contacts with others on campus, State agencies, federal agencies, private companies, and other academic institutions for information gathering, exchange of ideas, and coordination of findings and recommendations.
- Provide leadership with projects, annual reports, regular updates, and recommendations to the directors, steering committees, and faculty and staff working groups of the project.
- Responsible for recognizing the side issues or related problems for further inquiry and for recommending lines of approach to incorporate them into the main projects or to pursue them through a separate project.
- Provide fiscal and budgetary analysis and management, along with personnel administration.
- Will perform other duties as assigned to assist with project.
- Ability to adhere to regular work schedule, which may include evenings and weekends.
qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree AND two or more (2+) years of professional experience in student services (A Master's degree in Counseling, Public Administration, Social Work or a job-related field may be substituted for one year of professional experience).
· Experience planning, developing, coordinating, supervising and organizing programs and activities.
· Ability to interact with a diverse student population, faculty, staff and the public
· Ability to use independent judgment in the development of policies and procedures related to issues frequently not covered by existing policies and procedures.
· Will need to have ingenuity and innovation to conceive of new approaches and solutions to address complex problems and issues.
· Ability to analyze complex situations accurately and adopt effective courses of action.
· Experience advising students individually and in groups on complex student-related matters.
· Ability to complete assignments without detailed instructions.
· Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to acquire knowledge of the campus procedures and activities and the overall organization is required.
· Experience with grant writing and the grant submission process.
· Ability to effectively use business software such as Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Possession of these knowledge and abilities is typically demonstrated through the equivalent of three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience.
· Prior experience with campus programs and resources and experience working with lower-division students, and first-year transfer students, as well as under-represented and first-generation students are preferred.
· Experience managing grant programs for underrepresented students.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. offers a rich benefits package that constitutes a major portion of total compensation (paid medical/dental/vision, retirement, educational reimbursement, etc.).
ABOUT US: As the largest employer of students on the Cal Poly Pomona campus, the Enterprises offers valuable work experience and hands-on training to approximately 1,500 Cal Poly Pomona students each year. The Enterprises offers positions in various fields; whether it is in the area of technology, science, retail, culinary arts, hospitality management, leadership or research grants, these student employees participate in Cal Poly Pomona's learn-by-doing philosophy and acquire practical skills in their designated field of study.
The Enterprises also contributes operating support to nearly 1,100 Foundation and scholarship programs every year, including Bronco Athletics. In addition, the Enterprises administers grants and contracts, contributes to campus security, and supports several university publications. The Enterprises contributes over $1 million annually to Cal Poly Pomona.
CSU along with Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises strongly recommend faculty, staff, and students who are accessing campus facilities to be immunized against COVID-19 or declare an exemption from doing so. The systemwide policy can be found at COVID-19 Vaccination Interim Policy and any questions may be sent to fdnhr@cpp.edu.
Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises may provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodation with the employer.
BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY:
Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises is committed to protecting the health, well-being, and safety of its campus community and assets. In furtherance of these goals, Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises will make a conditional offer of employment to final job candidates, pending the satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check).
The conditional offer of employment may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information.
In determining the suitability of the candidate for the position, Cal Poly Pomona Enterprises will give an individualized assessment to any information regarding the criminal conviction history that the applicant submits for consideration such as the nature, gravity and recency of the conviction, the candidate’s conduct, performance or rehabilitation efforts since the conviction and the nature of the job applied for.