Activity Director/Support Specialist (Title III Grant)

Missouri Southern State University • Joplin, MO

11d

About The Position

Reporting to the Project Manager, with access to the President, Provost, and Vice Presidents, the Activity Director/Support Specialist will direct day-to-day progress, supervise project staff, oversee and participate in service development and faculty/staff training, and support evaluation and institutionalization of new practices and improvements. The position ends after funding.

Requirements

• Masters degree in student support, education, or discipline required.
• At least 3 years of experience in support service design, development, and delivery, preferably at the university level
• Experience in project, budget and personnel management and evaluation.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, faculty, staff and members of the public.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and by written means at a very high level to convey a confident and positive attitude.
• Ability to deal with a variety of information presented in oral or written formats.
• Ability to deal with non-verbal behavior in assisting with problem resolution.
• Ability to make ethical decisions in doing what is best for both students and the University.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to presents facts to faculty/staff for departmental response.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to effectively operate a computer (prefer Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, e-mail and internet skills).
• Ability to use (or quickly learn) the Purchase Order, Student Data and other software systems
• Ability to effectively use a variety of office machines (such as adding machines, fax, multi-line telephones, etc.).
• Ability to multi-task, yet maintain close attention to detail and timeliness of work production.
• Ability to maintain highest level of confidentiality.
• Ability to be self-motivated and willing to finish unexpected work and meet deadlines.
• Must have good interpersonal skills and be able to cheerfully handle stress in a busy office.
• Ability to work in a positive team-oriented manner with a variety of people (students, faculty, staff, administrators, and members of the public).

Responsibilities

• Oversee implementation of activity.
• Supervise and monitor the activity of staff.
• Participate in developing services and training faculty and staff.
• Assist in purchase and inventory of equipment according to fiscal policies and procedures.
• Assist in revising Year 2-5 budget and proposals if needed.
• Assist in institutionalizing new practices and improvements in ongoing operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level