First-Year Experience Coordinator

Skidmore • Saratoga Springs, NY

18h • $25 - $28

About The Position

The Office of the First-Year Experience seeks to hire a First-Year Experience (FYE) Coordinator. The First-Year Experience Coordinator is an important member of the Office of the First-Year Experience (FYE) Team. This staff member coordinates all orientation events and resource allocations for New Student, Transfer, London, and January orientations. New Student Orientation serves a large campus community (approximately 700 incoming students), and all orientations include externally-facing events involving families, guests, and community members. In addition, the FYE Administrative Coordinator coordinates the Peer Mentor program, manages the Office of the First-Year Experience including its three budgets (Orientation, Scribner Seminars, and Operations) which total close to $180K, and supports the Director of the FYE.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required.
• 5 years of experience in higher education roles, orientation experience especially helpful
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both in written and oral forms, with colleagues across campus and with first-year students and their families.
• Must be able to collaborate with a variety of offices.
• Must be able to apply good judgment and an awareness of College policies.
• Must be organized and able to manage multiple, disparate projects with varying timelines simultaneously.
• Must have demonstrable experience in events planning, writing instruction, and presentation skills.
• Strong aptitude for leading, influencing, and managing change is required.
• Must be comfortable working with MS Office products and able to train into systems supporting communication with students and families.
• Must be able to work overtime leading up to and during Orientation, including Labor Day Weekend

Responsibilities

• Coordinates all Orientations (London, New Student & Transfers)
• Provides on-the-ground (direct) management of New Student Orientation in collaboration with the Associate Director of First-Year Experience
• Coordinates Peer Mentors
• Manages the Office of First-Year Experience
• Manages the three First-Year Experience budgets (Orientation, Scribner Seminars, and Operations) which total close to $180,000. In the management of the budget, the Coordinator makes independent decisions regarding budgeted expenses.
• Supports the Director of First-Year Experience

What This Job Offers

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