Project Specialist

Position Summary:

This full-time, benefits eligible, position is funded through the Title V Ascender grant to provide daily administrative support. This position will report to the Title V Project Director and Activity Coordinator. This grant funded position that conclude with the end of the grant.

The Project Specialist will be responsible for a range of duties, including but not limited to:

• Administrative support
  • Manage in-take and filing of paperwork that is entered into Workday
  • Coordinate meetings including scheduling, set-up, and recording minutes
  • Serving as a liaison
• Budget
  • Assist with budget management as needed
  • Maintain purchasing logs to reconcile with budget
• Event support
  • Coordinate travel to conferences and events
  • Assist with set-up and take-down of events on and off campus
  • Develop required documents for events
• Communications
  • Assist with communications for Title V office
  • Prepare communication plan as needed for initiatives
• Data management
  • Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment
  • Compile evaluation data for reports

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Technology proficiency, including: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Dropbox, email, word processing, media set-up, graphic design, video-conferencing
• Excellent organizational/communication skills
• Experience working in data management preferred
• Knowledge of higher education academic and non-academic programs required to complete essential functions and responsibilities
• Experience working with underserved student populations
• Relevant ability working with diverse populations.
• Understanding the role of ASU as an Hispanic Serving Institution
• Ability to treat others with respect, civility, and courtesy and to work honestly, effectively, and collegiality with employees, students, and the community.  This includes the ability to use appropriate conflict management skills to effectively manage any disagreement that might arise or to bring the disagreement to management for assistance in productive resolution when the situation requires.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills

Salary and Benefits:

The salary range for this position is $38,412-$43,692.  In addition to salary, Adams State University offers a competitive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit our Human Resources Benefits Page. 

How to Apply: 

All interested candidates must submit application materials electronically through Adams State University’s Workday application portal.

Completed applications include the following:

• Cover letter

• Resume

• Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts will be necessary at the time of appointment)

• Three professional references, including phone number and email for each

No other format of application material will be accepted.

Review of completed applications will begin 11/25/2024 and continue until the position is filled.

Questions about the position may be directed to Andrea Benton-Maestas at andrea@adams.edu

Disclosures:

In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.

About Us- Diversity & Inclusive Excellence

Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, Director Ana Guevara, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's  sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed  procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at  https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/.  These  procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.  

Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.

Adams State University is dedicated to fostering Inclusive Excellence and especially encourages applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and other historically underrepresented populations. Given the university’s mission and student body composition, the institution is committed to increasing the diversity of its professional staff and is actively seeking qualified applicants who have experiences, skills, and/or personal attributes that augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff; we will give particular consideration to qualified applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings or who possess varied language skills and have a record of successful experience in engaging diverse communities and student populations. Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/

Salary : $38,412 - $43,692