Graduate Programs Coordinator-Department of Architecture

Graduate Programs CoordinatorDepartment of Architecture

About the Department of Architecture

The Department of Architecture dates to the founding of Cornell University. The department engages urgent global issues through a foundation of conceptual thinking and processes of making and is committed to architectural practices informed by and embedding within evolving and dynamic social environmental and technical contexts. Degree programs include a professional Bachelor of Architecture a professional Master of Architecture postprofessional Master of Science degrees in Advanced Architectural Design and Advanced Urban Design and a doctoral program in the History of Architecture and Urban Development. Cornell Architecture students and faculty benefit from extensive maker spaces in AAP and a worldrenowned library collection and participate in an expanded footprint that includes AAP NYC and Cornell in Rome.

The Opportunity

The Department of Architecture is seeking a detailoriented and collaborative Graduate Programs Coordinator to join our administrative team. This role is essential in supporting our graduate degree programs including the Master of Architecture (M. Arch) Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (M.S. AAD) Master of Science in Advanced Urban Design (M.S. AUD) and the Ph.D. in History of Architecture and Urban Development. The coordinator will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of these programs and fostering a supportive environment for students faculty and staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the fullcycle admissions process for all graduate programs.

• Serve as a primary resource for graduate students and faculty providing guidance on procedures policies and deadlines.

• Facilitate the resolution of student concerns and administrative issues.

• Administer graduate student assistantship assignments and funding award processes.

• Manage graduate field and allocation budgets.

• Assist in the development implementation and maintenance of university databases for graduate program administration.

• Support curricular development and program enhancements.

• Strong collaboration with other administrative teams across the college including Admissions Student Services Finance HR Communications and Facilities.

• Foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for students faculty and visitors.

This is a fulltime 40 hours/week) endowed position that is based in Ithaca NY and fully onsite. Typical work hours are 8am4:30pm Monday through Friday.

What You Need

We are seeking a team member who is organized collaborative and successful at meeting deadlines. Additionally you will:

• Hold an Associates degree and 46 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination.

• Be a great communicator (exhibiting professionalism in spoken and written encounters) with the desire to provide excellent service.

• Establish and maintain excellent relationships with people from diverse racial ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

• Be capable of working independently and in collaboration with others and to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students faculty staff and community members.

• Be a topnotch problemsolver who wants to use these skills to help others.

• Demonstrate sound judgment within your sphere of influence and able to take empowered action when there are unknowns.

• Be flexible and able to adjust priorities as needed.

• Have attention to detail.

• Be organized and proactive.

• Have expertise with typical business software including Microsoft Office Suite as well as database management and manipulation (e.g. Airtable Smartsheet) and financial management tools and/or the ability to gain fluency quickly.

• Be able to adapt to changing policies and procedures.

• Demonstrate a commitment to supporting diversity equity access inclusion and wellbeing.

Having familiarity with Cornellspecific systems policies and procedures is a plus but not required what will be necessary are the abilities to learn these quickly and to keep skills and knowledge uptodate.

If you possess these experiences and skills this may be the role for you! There are a few other qualifications we would view as incredibly helpful in this role to include:

• Bachelors degree and additional experience in a busy office or academic setting.

• Significant experience within higher education particularly working directly with students and/or faculty.

A cover letter and resume are required for further consideration for this position.

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is based in Ithaca New York and is fully onsite.

• Cornell receives national recognition as an awardwinning workplace for our health wellbeing sustainability and diversity initiatives.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options generous retirement contributions access to wellness programs and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: leave provisions include health and personal leave three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and the day after and an end of the year winter break from December 25January 1 and two floating holidays. Learn more about holiday and accrued time off visit: impressive educational benefits include tuitionfree Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program tuition aid for external education and Cornell Childrens Tuition Assistance Program.

• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Sponsorship is not available for this position.

  University Job Title:

  Student Services Asst V

  Job Family:

  Student Services

  Level:

  E

  Pay Rate Type:

  Hourly

  Pay Range:

  $27.70 $31.14

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  Onsite

  Company:

  Endowed

  Contact Name:

  Jamie Doss

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