Director of TRiO Student Support Services

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Leads the development implementation and ongoing operations of one or more academic programs to ensure effectiveness in meeting strategic departmental and student development goals. Manages the program budget and outreach activities and supervise program staff. Strives to create a welcoming equitable and inclusive work environment.

The director is responsible for fulfilling the grant objectives for the TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) program by providing leadership and oversight of the SSS program ensuring full compliance with U.S. Department of Education regulations institutional and state policies. The director manages program operations fiscal accountability staff supervision and assessment to promote student success.
This includes overseeing the comprehensive provision of services to eligible student participants. These services encompass advising tutoring mentorship career and personal development as well as various educational experiences aimed at fostering student achievement and belonging through graduation.

This is a grant funded position through the Department of Education for the period of 9/25/2025-9/24/2030. This is an academic staff appointment that will be reviewed annually and is contingent on continuation of funding by the U.S. Department of Education.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Assists stakeholders with preparing and/or maintaining documentation financial management and/or reporting requirements related to sponsored grants contracts or agreements

• Provides full service advising resources and services provides information about educational options and academic requirements and communicates directly with students regarding all aspects of the advising process

• Manages degree programs and/or certificates high impact practice programming and events and curriculum development and implementation

• Leads the development and implementation of academic program initiatives

• May exercise supervisory authority including hiring transferring suspending promoting managing conduct and performance discharging assigning rewarding disciplining and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees

• Serves as the liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups to identify and maintain academic program-related partnerships

• Identifies proposes and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures to comply with regulations institutional policies and academic program objectives

• Evaluates existing academic program strategy and makes recommendations to unit leadership for program enhancement

• May manage the unit budget and approve unit expenditures

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Student Experience and Transformation

Compensation:

Minimum $55000 annually based on education and experience

Required Qualifications:

• MS/MA required in higher education administration counseling social work or another relevant field
• Minimum 3 years administrative advising or teaching experience in higher education
• A minimum of one year supervising students or a full-time professional staff
• Significant experience working with students at academic risk first generation low-income students or persons with disabilities
• Demonstrated experience or evidence of effective interpersonal communication skills that demonstrate the ability to work with and build rapport with students university partners and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with TRIO programs or other grant-funded programs
• A minimum of two years of experience as a supervisor of at least one full-time person
• A minimum of two years of experience with grant funded units or related Budget experience
• Have five or more years of administrative advising or teaching experience in higher education
• Demonstrated knowledge of student assessment related to academic achievement
• Demonstrated computer skills in working with student record keeping databases (i.e. Peoplesoft Navigate or similar system) data analysis skills and MS Office Suite.

Terms of Employment:

This is a full-time grant funded position. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States a lawful permanent resident a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of -Stevens Point does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position.

How to Apply:

TO ENSURE CONSIDERATION: Applications received by 11/09/2025 are ensured full consideration. Applications received after that date may be given consideration at the discretion of the search committee. Application materials will be evaluated and the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. Incomplete and/or late application materials may not receive consideration.

Files must be complete to be considered. Submission in PDF format is preferred for all attachments. Please include the following documents:

- Cover letter addressing qualifications and experience

- Resume/Curriculum Vitae

- Unofficial Transcripts

(Official Transcripts may be required of finalist)

Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you to supply three (3) professional references/one (1) of which being a current or former supervisor. (Preference to supply five (5) professional references/two (2) of which being a current or former supervisors.) Your references will be required to answer questions regarding misconduct sexual violence and sexual harassment.

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For additional information regarding the position please call or email:

Judy Young Position Contact Search and Screen Committee

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An offer of employment will require a criminal background check and authorization to work within the United States as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

UW is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age pregnancy disability status as a protected veteran or any other bases protected by applicable federal or State law and UW System policies. We are committed to building a workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.