Student Advocacy Specialist
Student Advocacy Specialist
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
$ 46400 - 74000
1 Vacancy
Job Description
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty staff technical service or student) please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here apply internally through Workday.
CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here apply internally through Workday.
If you are NOT a current employee or student please click Apply and complete the application process for external applicants.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications seeks a Student Advocacy Specialist to coordinate student retention and student success efforts.
The Student Advocacy Specialist will assist in improving efforts around first year seminars as well as focus on retention of underrepresented students students who are Pelleligible and FirstGen students. This new role will report to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and coordinate these areas. This position will be filled at the Advanced or Senior Professional level.
Responsibilities: Following are the key responsibilities of this position:
- Monitoring College retention persistence and graduation rates for undergraduates including subsets for comparison to the general population (e.g. 22 Pellgrant recipients underrepresented minorities First Gen etc.
- Designing and implementing programs and outreach to increase student success especially where needed for targeted populations and monitoring the success of those programs.
- Overseeing our LivingLearning Community as a liaison with Residence Life
- Working closely with student organizations and overseeing student mentoring programs and federal workstudy programs to ensure these are effective in increasing engagement and retention.
- Working closely with our scholarships coordinator to consider how scholarships can most effectively be deployed for student success/graduation.
- Considering ways our FirstYear Seminars can most effectively increase retention/persistence and designing effective curricular/cocurricular approaches to ensure transfer/22 students are positioned for success
- May oversee student employees.
Education and Experience: A minimum of a Bachelors degree 3 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience for the Advanced Professional level. Additional education/experience is required for the Senior Professional level. The level will be determined based on the successful candidates skill and qualifications.
Penn State is committed to and accountable for advancing diversity equity and inclusion in all of its forms. We embrace individual uniqueness foster a culture of inclusion that supports both broad and specific diversity initiatives leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity and engage all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusion as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission.
Penn State offers competitive benefits to fulltime employees including medical dental vision and retirement plans in addition to tuition discounts 75 discount for spouse and children) and paid holidays. Please visit for more detailed information.
The salary range for this position including all possible grades is:
$46400.00 $74000.00Salary Structure additional information on Penn States job and salary structure.
CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS:
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988 Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security such as those concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
EEO IS THE LAW
Penn State is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability please contact.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
