CLAVE Graduate Student Services Coordinator

2 weeks ago


Chicago, United States National Louis University Full time
CLAVE Graduate Student Services Coordinator ID 2023-1340 Job Locations US-IL-Chicago Category Student Services/Engagement Position Type Staff (Full-Time) Overview

Who We Are:

National Louis is a 135+ year old university that has been grounded in the values of innovation, access, excellence, and equity from its inception. As an institution we believe in providing access to educational opportunity and that education is our greatest lever for social and economic mobility. We are a student-focused community that is committed to continuous improvement and asks how do we become more "student ready" so that we may better serve our students. We believe that through education we are able to empower change and build healthy communities. Our community works hard in the service of students and supports one another like a family.

What We Offer:

At National Louis University we offer our employees an innovative environment to work together and inspire the ideas that will make an impact. As our external environment changes, our employees are provided the opportunities and tools needed to grow both personally and professionally to remain successful. NLU employees and dependents are offered a wide range of benefits, including but not limited to, Health Insurance benefits, Retirement benefits, Paid Time Off and Educational Benefits.

What You Will Do:

Reporting to the Director of the Centro de Excelencia at NLU, this role will be responsible for coordinating all program activities related to the success of Latinx graduate students including recruitment, retention/graduation and career transition support. Working collaboratively with other departments, ensures highly effective, integrated support services supporting academic and scholarly outcomes for Latinx graduate students in support of the goals and objectives of NLU's Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) program, a grant from the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division of the Department of Education.

Essential Responsibilities
  • Provides overall strategic coordination to the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute overseeing daily operations that involve providing support to students, working with key stakeholders in developing culturally relevant and intentional programming that builds strong support networks for students and captures student learning outcomes via executing CLAVE Graduate Student Open Houses, Graduate Student Success Summits, and CLAVE community spaces. Provides mentorship and individualized, culturally relevant support to Latinx and underrepresented graduate students, engaging them via CLAVE programming and connecting them with appropriate services to ensure academic, personal, and other forms of support.
  • Collaborates with faculty mentors to implement the CLAVE Doctoral Fellowship experience and supports the CLAVE doctoral fellows. This includes planning monthly cohort meetings, tracking fellows' program participation to ensure engagement and achievement of outlined outcomes, tracking expenditures, and collaborating with CLAVE team to assess and ensure CLAVE doctoral fellows' academic and scholarly outcomes. Available to support this programming outside of traditional work hours.
  • Cultivates relationships with internal and external stakeholders to outreach and recruit Latina/o/x and underrepresented graduate students in order to meet grant goals. Serve as main contact for CLAVE partnerships, build awareness and visibility of CLAVE, and work collaboratively with partner stakeholders to grow the Latina/o/x Higher Education Network to support recruitment objectives and establish a community of shared best practices.
  • Represents the University and the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute in NLU professional meetings, tabling events, and functions related to Hispanic-Serving Institution matters that may take place outside of traditional work hours. Advances the institution's reputation as an HSI and Minority-Serving Institution by providing logistical supports to events aligning to HSI activities (e.g, HSI Week, Latina/o/x Heritage programming, Latina/o/x Graduation, etc.). Available and able to travel to other campuses as needed
  • Collaborates and provides support to the Centro de Excelencia in its offerings of cultural programming through-out the year.
  • Responsible for other duties as assigned, and within the scope of responsibilities for the incumbent, to ensure appropriate execution of grant, program and Division activities (e.g. support on website content on graduate student programming, team support for Division efforts)
Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred.
  • Bilingual in Spanish is strongly preferred.
  • 1-3 years of related work experience required serving Latinx students in a higher education setting.
  • 1-3 years of demonstrated competency to communicate effectively in a culturally responsive way that shows understanding of the challenges Latina/o/x students face in higher education.
  • 1-3 years of proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Excel, Outlook, and social media skills and utilization to reach target audience.
  • 1-3 years demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating student activities and events
  • Detail Orientation/Focus: Has established a track record of producing work that is highly accurate, demonstrates attention to detail and reflects well on the organization. Is personally committed to high quality work and encourages others to have similar standards.
  • Interpersonal Communication: Communicates effectively and appropriately. Uses good judgement as to what to communicate to whom as well as the best way to get that accomplished. Speaks in a clear and credible manner, selecting the right tone for the situation and audience. Listens to others and allows them to make their point.
  • Team Orientation: Establishes an environment that creates incentives for, and eliminates barriers to, a team environment. For example, articulates common goals, communicates how individual roles contribute to team success, provides both clear direction and sufficient resources while removing or reducing obstacles to team success.

NLU Inclusion Statement:

National Louis University is deeply committed to serving its community, advancing access and equity, and ensuring that all individuals are welcomed and valued. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion remain at the core of who we are. These are more than just words to us: they are truly a way of life for the NLU community. We recognize that differences in abilities, age, ethnicity, gender (identity and expression), race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and background bring richness to our work environment. We affirm diverse perspectives, innovative contributions, and authentic presentations of self from every member within the NLU community. We believe inclusion is grounded in the actions we intentionally take each day. Our goal is to inspire and empower NLU employees and community members to cultivate an environment where we collectively focus on uplifting and advancing our institutional culture.

Special Instructions Please Include the following along with your application:
- Resume (Required)
- Cover Letter (Required)
NLU Employees please also submit an Internal Posting Form
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