The Student Orientation Advising and Registration (SOAR) program part of the Office of Student Transition and Family Engagement (OSTFE) includes both in-person and virtual components designed to engage every new undergraduate student. This program facilitates their introduction to campus life academic advising and course enrollment.
The Orientation Specialist is responsible for developing the content of the program coordinating with campus partners supervising student leaders and assessing the programs effectiveness in collaboration with the OSTFE team and other key campus partners.
In this role the Orientation Specialist will focus on enhancing the SOAR experience for new students and their families. This position will involve working with campus partners to create a comprehensive schedule for the SOAR program. Responsibilities include reserving spaces developing the schedule curating content for presentations and crafting scripts. Additionally the Orientation Specialist will oversee a team of 20 to 30 student staff members throughout the year with the majority of them working during the summer.
Creates and maintains schedules logistics and resources for one or multiple student affairs programs activities and/or services
Organizes student-focused programming and resources to promote new and ongoing educational initiatives
Supervise a group of 20 to 30 students. This involves hiring transferring suspending promoting managing their conduct and performance discharging assigning tasks rewarding disciplining and approving work hours.
Writes edits and publishes content for various communication projects and marketing platforms to align with strategic initiatives and established communication campaigns
Generates and analyzes reports of curricular and unit outcomes
Serves as a subject matter expert regarding student affairs to internal and external stakeholders
Student Affairs Student Advocacy Office of Student Transition and Family Engagement (OSTFE)
The expected minimum starting salary for this position is $54000.00 annually. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous paid time off competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance tax-advantaged savings accounts and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits please see Qualifications: Bachelors Degree Preferred To begin the application process please click on the Apply Now button. As part of your application you will need to upload the following documents: Diversity is a source of strength creativity and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity culture background experience status abilities and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching research outreach and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal OpportunityEmployer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to including but not limited to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin age pregnancy disability or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgroundsand encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website. To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodationfor any step in the hiring process (e.g. application interview pre-employment testing etc.) please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR)in the division you are applying make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you. Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct including sexual violence and sexual harassment.Preferred Qualifications:
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1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that addresses your experience and qualifications relevant to this position.
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