CLAVE Graduate Student Services Coordinator
Company: National Louis University
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 19, 2024
Job Description:
CLAVE Graduate Student Services Coordinator
ID
2023-1340
Job Locations
US-IL-Chicago
Category
Student Services/Engagement
Position Type
Staff (Full-Time)
Overview
Who We Are: National Louis is a 135+ year old university that has
been grounded in the values of innovation, access, excellence, and
equity from its inception. As an institution we believe in
providing access to educational opportunity and that education is
our greatest lever for social and economic mobility. We are a
student-focused community that is committed to continuous
improvement and asks how do we become more "student ready" so that
we may better serve our students. We believe that through education
we are able to empower change and build healthy communities. Our
community works hard in the service of students and supports one
another like a family. What We Offer: At National Louis University
we offer our employees an innovative environment to work together
and inspire the ideas that will make an impact. As our external
environment changes, our employees are provided the opportunities
and tools needed to grow both personally and professionally to
remain successful. NLU employees and dependents are offered a wide
range of benefits, including but not limited to, Health Insurance
benefits, Retirement benefits, Paid Time Off and Educational
Benefits.
What You Will Do: Reporting to the Director of the Centro de
Excelencia at NLU, this role will be responsible for coordinating
all program activities related to the success of Latinx graduate
students including recruitment, retention/graduation and career
transition support. Working collaboratively with other departments,
ensures highly effective, integrated support services supporting
academic and scholarly outcomes for Latinx graduate students in
support of the goals and objectives of NLU's Promoting
Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA)
program, a grant from the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division of
the Department of Education.
Essential Responsibilities
- Provides overall strategic
coordination to the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute overseeing
daily operations that involve providing support to students,
working with key stakeholders in developing culturally relevant and
intentional programming that builds strong support networks for
students and captures student learning outcomes via executing CLAVE
Graduate Student Open Houses, Graduate Student Success Summits, and
CLAVE community spaces. Provides mentorship and individualized,
culturally relevant support to Latinx and underrepresented graduate
students, engaging them via CLAVE programming and connecting them
with appropriate services to ensure academic, personal, and other
forms of support.
- Collaborates with faculty mentors to implement the CLAVE
Doctoral Fellowship experience and supports the CLAVE doctoral
fellows. This includes planning monthly cohort meetings, tracking
fellows' program participation to ensure engagement and achievement
of outlined outcomes, tracking expenditures, and collaborating with
CLAVE team to assess and ensure CLAVE doctoral fellows' academic
and scholarly outcomes. Available to support this programming
outside of traditional work hours.
- Cultivates relationships with internal and external
stakeholders to outreach and recruit Latina/o/x and
underrepresented graduate students in order to meet grant goals.
Serve as main contact for CLAVE partnerships, build awareness and
visibility of CLAVE, and work collaboratively with partner
stakeholders to grow the Latina/o/x Higher Education Network to
support recruitment objectives and establish a community of shared
best practices.
- Represents the University and the CLAVE Graduate Student
Institute in NLU professional meetings, tabling events, and
functions related to Hispanic-Serving Institution matters that may
take place outside of traditional work hours. Advances the
institution's reputation as an HSI and Minority-Serving Institution
by providing logistical supports to events aligning to HSI
activities (e.g, HSI Week, Latina/o/x Heritage programming,
Latina/o/x Graduation, etc.). Available and able to travel to other
campuses as needed
- Collaborates and provides support to the Centro de Excelencia
in its offerings of cultural programming through-out the year.
- Responsible for other duties as assigned, and within the scope
of responsibilities for the incumbent, to ensure appropriate
execution of grant, program and Division activities (e.g. support
on website content on graduate student programming, team support
for Division efforts)
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred.
- Bilingual in Spanish is strongly preferred.
- 1-3 years of related work experience required serving Latinx
students in a higher education setting.
- 1-3 years of demonstrated competency to communicate effectively
in a culturally responsive way that shows understanding of the
challenges Latina/o/x students face in higher education.
- 1-3 years of proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Excel, Outlook,
and social media skills and utilization to reach target
audience.
- 1-3 years demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating,
implementing, and evaluating student activities and events
- Detail Orientation/Focus: Has established a track record of
producing work that is highly accurate, demonstrates attention to
detail and reflects well on the organization. Is personally
committed to high quality work and encourages others to have
similar standards.
- Interpersonal Communication: Communicates effectively and
appropriately. Uses good judgement as to what to communicate to
whom as well as the best way to get that accomplished. Speaks in a
clear and credible manner, selecting the right tone for the
situation and audience. Listens to others and allows them to make
their point.
- Team Orientation: Establishes an environment that creates
incentives for, and eliminates barriers to, a team environment. For
example, articulates common goals, communicates how individual
roles contribute to team success, provides both clear direction and
sufficient resources while removing or reducing obstacles to team
success. NLU Inclusion Statement: National Louis University is
deeply committed to serving its community, advancing access and
equity, and ensuring that all individuals are welcomed and valued.
We are dedicated to fostering a culture where diversity, equity,
and inclusion remain at the core of who we are. These are more than
just words to us: they are truly a way of life for the NLU
community. We recognize that differences in abilities, age,
ethnicity, gender (identity and expression), race, religion, sexual
orientation, socio-economic status, and background bring richness
to our work environment. We affirm diverse perspectives, innovative
contributions, and authentic presentations of self from every
member within the NLU community. We believe inclusion is grounded
in the actions we intentionally take each day. Our goal is to
inspire and empower NLU employees and community members to
cultivate an environment where we collectively focus on uplifting
and advancing our institutional culture.
Special Instructions
Please Include the following along with your application:
- Resume (Required)
- Cover Letter (Required)
NLU Employees please also submit an Internal Posting Form
Keywords: National Louis University, Milwaukee , CLAVE Graduate Student Services Coordinator, Other , Chicago, Wisconsin
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