Education Specialist

University of New Mexico • Los Lunas, NM

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of New Mexico Valencia Campus is seeking an Education Specialist. The Education Specialist will have direct oversight of the Pasos Resource Center to include the STEM Tutoring and all college-level UNM Valencia Campus peer tutors including hiring, training, scheduling, performance evaluations, tutoring data collection, analysis, and reporting. The Education Specialist will become proficient via tracking system, student retention, scheduling, and reporting system. In collaboration with the Writing Center Director, this position creates and provides relevant training for student tutors, front desk receptionists, and peer mentors that is accessible, practical, relationship-centered, equity focused, data-informed, sustainable, with an emphasis on instructional design; providing training to faculty on how to evaluate tutoring needs and best serve the student population. The Education Specialist will collaborate with the Director of the Writing Center in training STEM and Writing tutors.
This individual must possess strong interpersonal skills to manage and facilitate program activities including monitoring of the program budget. This individual will interact collaboratively with faculty to recruit qualified peer tutors and in providing individual, group, and embedded tutoring services specific to the academic needs of the UNM Valencia Campus. Duties will include the development of curricula, relevant presentations and materials workshops, and other academic and tutoring training services including a focus on assisting students with learning challenges.
Located about 30 miles south of Albuquerque in rural Valencia county, the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus is a two-year branch campus of the University of New Mexico which functions as a community college in the region and is designated a Hispanic Serving Institution. With an emphasis on teaching excellence, Valencia Campus offers academic transfer programs, technical vocational programs, Adult Basic Education, and Dual Credit High School/College courses to Valencia and Socorro Counties. The faculty and staff serve a student body of approximately 2,000 credit students per semester.
See the Position Description for additional information.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Nice To Haves

• More than three years experience with direct supervision of peer tutors and the coordination and support of peer tutoring services
• More than three years experience in the development of relevant relationship-centered training for student tutors and peer mentors that is accessible and sustainable, with an emphasis on instructional design
• STEM background
• Demonstrated relationship base collaboration with faculty, staff, and students
• More than three years demonstrated relationship based collaboration with faculty, staff, and students

Responsibilities

• Direct oversight of the Pasos Resource Center to include the STEM Tutoring and all college-level UNM Valencia Campus peer tutors including hiring, training, scheduling, performance evaluations, tutoring data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Become proficient via tracking system, student retention, scheduling, and reporting system.
• In collaboration with the Writing Center Director, this position creates and provides relevant training for student tutors, front desk receptionists, and peer mentors that is accessible, practical, relationship-centered, equity focused, data-informed, sustainable, with an emphasis on instructional design; providing training to faculty on how to evaluate tutoring needs and best serve the student population.
• Collaborate with the Director of the Writing Center in training STEM and Writing tutors.
• Manage and facilitate program activities including monitoring of the program budget.
• Interact collaboratively with faculty to recruit qualified peer tutors and in providing individual, group, and embedded tutoring services specific to the academic needs of the UNM Valencia Campus.
• Development of curricula, relevant presentations and materials workshops, and other academic and tutoring training services including a focus on assisting students with learning challenges.

Benefits

• This is a benefits eligible position. The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time