Program Director

The Program Director will support the Principal Investigator with project management, budgets, and activities on a daily basis. Responsible for supervising graduate assistants and tutors, coordinating mentor selection and training, and serving as liaison to Advisory Panel. Assist with research data collection and analysis and prepare results for evaluation and dissemination.

*This position is grant funded and continuation is contingent upon future funding.

Duties:

• Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate all student employees including Graduate Students, Embedded Tutors, Research Assistants, and Interns.
• Monitor and may approve hours and timesheets for biweekly student employees.
• Complete annual progress report.
• Oversee daily program activities including monitoring the budget and participating in research data collection.
• Create avenues to promote the program; including the grant website, social media accounts, and presentations to faculty, staff, and student groups, and departmental meetings.
• Maintain contact with all shareholders including students, faculty, community, and surrounding industries.
• Organize monthly meetings, prepare meeting agenda, take meeting minutes and performs related duties as assigned.

Required:

Desired:

• Master's degree in an Education, Counseling, Psychology, Student Personnel, STEM field or related field.
• Experience administering federal grants and budgets, developing and maintaining an academic support service, and working with the target population in a student service and retention capacity in a higher education setting.
• Experience with fiscal and data management.
• Experience in overcoming barriers similar to those of the targeted population.
• Experience with specific STEM fields.
• Bilingual skill (English/Spanish).

This is a full-time, grant funded position with benefits. Continuation of the position is dependent upon future funding. Background check required. To apply, please complete the online application and attach a resume, cover letter and transcripts. Applications without the required documents will be considered incomplete and disqualified.