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Madison, OH - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.

Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Stdnt Affairs Prog Spec

Job Summary:

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.

Key Job Responsibilities:

  • 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

Department:

Student Affairs Student Advocacy Office of Student Transition and Family Engagement (OSTFE)

The Office of Student Transition and Family Engagement (OSTFE) supports the successful transition of all new undergraduate students to UW-Madison and their families. As campus leaders in student transition and family engagement we facilitate this work through a long-term inclusive strategy of intentional programming ongoing communications and outreach and collaboration with campus partners.

OSTFE is part of Student Affairs at the University of WisconsinMadison led by the vice chancellor for student affairs. Our staff is dedicated to serving students and to helping them succeed in and out of the classroom in areas including health and well-being student success and belonging leadership and engagement and student advocacy. Student Affairs includes departments led by the dean of students; departments that provide belonging-based spaces and leadership resources; the Wisconsin Union; University Health Services; and University Recreation and Wellbeing.

Compensation:

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:

Preferred Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelors Degree Preferred

How to Apply:

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:

1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that addresses your experience and qualifications relevant to this position.


Application reviewers will evaluate your resume and cover letter to identify qualified applicants who will advance in the recruitment process. Please ensure that your application is complete and submitted by the deadline to be considered for this position. Successful applicants must be authorized to work in the United States by their start date and must maintain continuous work authorization for the duration of their employment (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).

Contact Information:

Angel Cartagena

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

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 fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students faculty and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

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.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.


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