Experiential Learning Program Coordinator, UMKC Bloch School of Management, 91440

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UMKC Bloch School of Management

Job Description

The Experiential-Learning Program Coordinator plays a crucial role in creating high-impact learning opportunities for students enrolled at UMKC’s Bloch School of Management. The coordinator supports experience-based learning design by working with Bloch School faculty and community partners. The coordinator supports delivery of experiences by coordinating events and programs and facilitating student and partner engagement. The coordinator focuses on application-based learning designed to provide opportunities for practice and feedback, helping to develop critical skills for the workplace. By building professional relationships with local businesses, industry partners, and internal stakeholders, you will promote employment opportunities and educational achievement, aligning with the Bloch School's mission to provide distinctive educational experiences that enhance talent development and foster career success.

Key Responsibilities

Program Planning:

• Benchmark the use of experience-based learning within the curriculum at leading business schools. Develop models applicable for Bloch School courses, ensuring the capacity to address student learning outcomes for our undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Collaborate with faculty to design and plan experience-based learning within undergraduate and courses, with a focus on experience-based learning that offers engagement with partner organizations and industry representatives.
• Partner with student organizations to design and plan co-curricular experience-based learning opportunities.
  
  

Partner Engagement And Volunteer Management

• Promote opportunities for partner organizations and industry representatives to participate in Bloch courses with experience-based learning components. The incumbent will promote opportunities for providing data and organizational information for capstone projects, serving as a live case study, and serving as judges and assessors for experience-based learning course components.
• Connect partner organizations with faculty who are teaching experience-based learning courses. Facilitate efforts to design projects that meet instructional needs and that can be supported by organizational partners.
• Promote micro-internships and consulting projects with partner organizations and support partners by assisting with efforts to identify project parameters and deliverables.
  
  

Program Delivery And Event Management

• Support delivery of experience-based learning through event management and coordination of the logistics associated with partner organizations participating in Bloch programming. The includes scheduling, space management, invitations and instructions to program participants, parking, and arrangements for student travel to partner organizations.
  
  

Program Assessment

• Facilitate program assessment and evaluation by implementing student reflection assignments, self-evaluations, peer evaluations, and assessor evaluations.
• Track engagement by partner organizations and students.
  
  

Communication And Promotion

• Assist in promoting and communicating experience-based learning to students and within the broader community. This includes promoting opportunities for micro-internships, consulting assignments, internships, case competitions, and interactive workshops with community partners.
  
  

Administrative Tasks

• Manage data relating to organizational partners, community volunteers, and student participants.
• Manage student workers and related HR processes
• Manage program budget and expense reports
  
  

Shift

Typical office hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday.

Some flexed work hours outside of "normal" shift hours expected based on event scheduling/ planning.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and 1 year of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of experiential learning principles and practices, especially in a business school context.
• Three years of experience in areas related to program management, event management, student services, instruction and course design, or employer relations.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, education, or a related field.
• Two years of experience in areas related to program management, event management, student services, instruction and course design, or employer relations.
• Strong organizational, communication, and time management skills.
• Proficiency in technology tools for managing data, project management, and communications.
  
  

Anticipated Hiring Range

$24.00 to $28.85 per hour (commensurate with education, experience, and internal equity)

Application Deadline

Application review will begin on 2/3/2025. Applications will be accepted until this position is filled.

Community Information

Kansas City offers the best of both worlds—a vibrant, urban community with Midwestern appeal. The city’s rich history and its modern-day, innovative thinking come together to create an eclectic group of neighborhoods that offer a little something for everyone. From thriving arts districts, an energetic downtown nightlife, casual to upscale shopping and champion sports teams, you will have no problem making yourself at home. Of course, one of Kansas City’s biggest claims to fame is its food, especially its world-famous barbecue. Foodies will delight in the culinary scene found throughout the city. Ranging from award-winning chefs to cozy pizza joints, Kansas City definitely is not lacking any flavor.

UMKC’s campuses are conveniently nestled in the middle of all the action. Volker Campus is just minutes from the legendary Country Club Plaza, perfect for shopping or restaurants for lunch or after-work happy hours. Surrounded by hip neighborhoods and eateries, the Health Sciences Campus is located downtown near University Health Truman Medical Center and Children’s Mercy Hospital.

UMKC is proud to be “Kansas City’s university,” and the campus and its people celebrate all the characteristics of the surrounding community. To learn more about life in Kansas City and find more resources, visit VisitKC.com.

Benefit Eligibility

This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To request ADA accommodations, please call the Office of Equity & Title IX at 816-235-6910.