Multicultural Student Programs Coordinator

Wheaton College•Wheaton, IL

3d•$24 - $26

About The Position

The Multicultural Student Programs Coordinator is responsible for leading programmatic and administrative tasks for the Office of Graduate Student Life. The Multicultural Student Programs Coordinator is a part time position (25 hours/week for 12 months – summer hours can be flexible) and reports to the Director of Graduate Student Life. This position pays $24-$26/hr.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred
Experience in multicultural student programming
Experience in Higher Education preferred
The employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear; frequently required to use repetitive hand motion, handle or feel, and to stand, walk, reach, bend or lift up to 10 pounds.
As a Christ-centered community, Wheaton College faculty and staff must affirm the College’s Statement of Faith as expressing their own theological convictions and agree to live by the moral standards in Wheaton’s Community Covenant, modeling these commitments for the Christian formation of our students.
Wheaton College faculty and staff also support the Christ-Centered Diversity Commitment which highlights our desire to treat all individuals as equal image-bearers of Jesus Christ through diversity, inclusion, justice and unity.

Responsibilities

Assist with the planning and implementation of international graduate student orientation and graduate student orientation sessions in August.
Provide support for graduate students of color and plan programs in cooperation with the Grad School academic programs, the Chaplin’s Office and Graduate Student Council.
Plan programming that will unite domestic and international students representing Asian, Hispanic, and African diasporas.
Supervise the Students of Color Office Assistant.
Help to plan the itinerary and travel details of the Civil Rights Trip and market the trip and recruit students.
Oversee the Technical Reader Program for Ph.D. students; manage Technical Reading Submissions from students and coordinator forms and communication between students, technical readers and Buswell library.
Manage Dine with a Mind program.
Serve as maintenance DSO (Designated Student Official) and assist with general immigration processes.
Help to provide welcome and hospitality at the Graduate School and maintain the Second Floor Lounge.
This job description is intended to represent key areas of responsibilities; specific assignments may vary from time to time, and other duties may be assigned.