Job description
Title:
New Student Orientation Graduate Coordinator
Department:
Student Orientation
Reports To:
Director of New Student Orientation
Position Type:
Staff
Position Summary:
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey is excited to offer an NSO Coordinator position. This role will assist the Director and the Program Manager of New Student Orientation to organize and implement the summer and winter new student orientations and family orientations. Anticipated start date: end of May 2023.
Essential Functions:
Summer & Winter
- Assist in the preparation and implementation of the orientation-leader training
- Serve as part of the Orientation Lead Team and assist with supervision of 40 orientation leaders
- Assist the professional staff in organizing and preparing for event logistics prior to each program, and help oversee all aspects of programs during events
- Responsible for assisting with the daily operations of New Student Orientation and Family Programs
- Generate and maintain the content within an online orientation platform
- Design and manage website content and email communication campaigns to ensure accurate information
- Assist in the debriefing of each orientation session and organize changes to the next program
- Manage the design and implementation of survey assessment and generate reports based on collected data
- Be an active participant in helping students to transition and feel welcome at NJIT
- Send communications to appropriate parties as needed
- Serve as an on-call representative in case of an emergency or other policy violations
- Other duties as assigned
Additional Functions:
- Other duties as assigned
Prerequisite Qualifications:
- Must be a current or incoming masters student in student affairs, college student personnel, higher education, counseling, or related graduate program
- Must demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and patience
- Must be able to work collaboratively in a team setting, as well as with various campus partners, students, and parents
- Must have excellent verbal and communication skills
- Must have a commitment to working with and supporting diverse student populations
- At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with orientation programs at an institution of higher education
- Experience in working with parents and guardians
- Knowledge or experience in dealing with student issues and emergencies
FLSA:
Non-Exempt
Part-Time
- As an EEO employer NJIT is committed to building a diverse and inclusive teaching, research, and working environment and strongly encourages applications from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women.
- Diversity is a core value of NJIT and we are committed to make diversity, equity and inclusion, part of everything we do. We celebrate the diversity of our university community and
recognize the cultural and personal differences. We strive to cultivate an inclusive campus culture that promotes excellence among
our faculty, staff and students. Building a robust and diverse community is critical to NJIT’s continuing status as a premier institution
of higher education and a leading polytechnic university.
- Employment at NJIT is subject to the provisions of New Jersey First Act which mandates new employees, who are not NJ residents, to establish primary residence in New Jersey within one year of their appointment to certain positions. The law does not apply to any individual employed at NJIT on a temporary or per semester basis as a visiting or adjunct professor, teacher, lecturer, researcher or administrator. For more information on the act
- If special accommodations are needed in applying for a position, please visit the Department of Human Resources located in Fenster Hall, Room 500, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102 or call (973) 596-3140. If you have questions, please email the Human Resources Department at hr@njit.edu.
- Information regarding NJIT campus security, personal safety, and fire safety including topics such as, disciplinary procedures, crime prevention, NJIT Police law enforcement authority, crime reporting policies, and crime statistics for the most recent three year period is available on the NJIT Department of Public Safety website. If you would like to obtain a copy of NJIT's Annual Security Report containing this information, you may contact the NJIT Department of Public Safety, 154 Summit Street, Newark NJ or by phone at 973-596-3120.
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