Program Assistant (Temporary)
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Job Location:
Lowell, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11-09-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
General Summary of Position:
The River Hawk Scholars Academy (RHSA) is a student success and retention program at UMass Lowell supporting the first-generation college experience as students navigate the transition from high school to college and beyond. The Program Assistant plays a critical role in the delivery and enhancement of programmatic activities aimed at boosting college degree completion and enriching student success. The position helps implement a comprehensive educational program that equips students with a holistic support network promoting wellbeing and fostering seamless pathways to degree attainment.
The position provides general project management and assists on the systematic collection assessment and reporting of data to gauge program effectiveness and inform strategic improvements. This includes monitoring student participation academic progress and program outcomes to ensure alignment with the academys goals and with the intent to translate that data into actionable outreach. They will coordinate and collaborate with campus partners and may develop training material conduct workshops and other duties as assigned.
The Program Assistant is a temporary non-benefited grant funded position (September 2025-May 31 2026) - with schedule up to 35.0 to 37.5hrs/week.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelors degree required.
Experience:
- Relevant experience developing & executing successful programming and initiatives within a dynamic & fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively develop and maintain positive relationships with students to support social emotional and academic wellbeing.
Skills:
- Ability to establish program priorities monitor progress toward achieving program goals and conduct assessments to evaluate program effectiveness.
- Familiarity with or demonstrated ability to learn how to use the following software applications: Salesforce SiS Blackboard Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook and word processing spreadsheet and presentation software
- Excellent collaboration organizational administrative and communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal organizational and communication skills to provide direction in promoting and maintaining collaborative relationships with campus and external constituencies.
- Ability to work independently be organized and balance competing priorities to meet deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters degree preferred.
- Experience in higher education preferred.
- Experience and understanding of first-generation college student experience.
- Knowledge of best practices in student retention in higher education desirable.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Initial review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. However the position may close when an adequate number of qualified applicants is received.
This is a part-time temporary non-unit non-benefited position.
Please include a resume and cover letter with your and contact information of three references will be required during the application process.
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
UMass Lowell, a midsized public research university located north of Boston, offers full- and part-time students bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs online and on campus.
