Program Coordinator

Plans and coordinates the day-to-day administrative and operational activities of student support programs, including the Emergency Scholarship Program and Parents Families Programs. Duties include developing program guidelines and procedures, communicating with and advising students throughout the scholarship process, reviewing applications, advising a scholarship review committee, and coordinating awards and disbursements with University departments. Responsibilities also include program assessment, data collection and reporting, fundraising support, event planning, newsletters, website administration, and marketing and outreach. Provides administrative support for purchasing and office operations and supervises student employees. Duties Responsibilities Program Specific Duties: Emergency Scholarship Program Writes and updates program guidelines and procedures. Maintains a changelog of programmatic improvements and updates. Communicates with students during all points of the application process, including scholarship inquiries, application coaching, committee decisions, and carries out initial review for all scholarship applications. Advises an internal scholarship review committee to maintain a consistent scholarship process and equitable student outcomes. Works directly with UNM departments in the administration of expedited awards, payments, and disbursements. Assists with fundraising tasks such as; writing opportunity stories, collaborating with the UNM Foundation on funding drives, monitoring fund health, etc. Maintains a record of all applications for tracking purposes and data collection. Performs programmatic assessments and generates reports for internal and public use. Collaborates closely with other emergency aid programs, including Dean of Students Short-term Loan Program, providing backup for application decisions, communication, and processing as needed. Program Specific Duties: Parents Families Programs Acts as an advisor to the UNM Parent Family Association (UNMPFA) on behalf of the University. Provides administrative assistance to the UNMPFA such as purchasing support, document maintenance, note taking, etc. Plans, writes, edits, and publishes newsletters with assistance from UNMPFA members. Organizes parent and family events such as Fall Family Weekend. Maintains event booking sites, facilitates space reservations and equipment rentals, coordinates volunteer recruitment, etc. Collaborates with department marketing staff to promote parent family events. Maintains the parent.unm.edu website. Attends and coordinates Office of Parents and Families and UNMPFA events within the campus community. General Dean of Students Office Duties Coordinates marketing and promotional efforts for the Dean of Students Office, including supervision of marketing and outreach student assistant, coordinating tabling efforts, ordering promotional items, and consistent branding of services. Serves as primary website administrator for the Dean of Students Office and relevant programs and services. Coordinates efforts to organize and collect basic student intake data and program-specific data to help demonstrate the impact of programs on students. Provides back-up services for administrative functions such as purchasing, timekeeping, and general office administration. Supervises student employees. Additional duties as assigned.