TRiO McNair Program Coordinator

Title: TRiO McNair Program Coordinator

Agency: ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Location: Norfolk, VA

FLSA:

Hiring Range:

Full Time or Part Time:

Additional Detail

• Master’s degree required in higher education administration, student development, counseling, social work, or STEM-related field from an accredited college or university.
• Experience providing academic, career, and financial advising, and assisting underrepresented college students with scholarly activities, graduate school admissions, and financial aid processes.
• Experience coordinating tutorial, mentoring, and program activities.
• Experience with student needs assessment and degree planning.
• Knowledge of assessments, data collection, learning styles, educational advising strategies, academic plans, financial aid, and developing non-cognitive behaviors for success.
• Ability to track participant retention, graduation, and successes.
• Ability to develop assessment and evaluation tools for data collection and academic services.
• Experience with maintaining a caseload of participants and providing them with documented services.
• Knowledge of graduate school admissions procedures, resources, and national research presentation opportunities.
• Ability to establish, and maintain effective working relationships with students and faculty from various racial and ethnic groups and underrepresented populations.

• Experience in collegiate teaching or working with federal TRIO programs, academic support programs, or similar programs serving underrepresented college students.
• Knowledge in effective student “coaching” methods including goal setting, advocacy, and time management.
• Knowledge of barriers and challenges to postsecondary education faced by underrepresented college students.