Program Coordinator for Transitions

Position Summary:

As an integral member of the Orientation and Transition Programs team, the Program Coordinator for Transitions supports the department’s mission to successfully orient and transition new students to VCU ensuring that they have the foundation to student success in their educational career. This position leads the planning and execution of transition programs that align with university and division goals and outcomes; assists in the implementation and execution of new initiatives related to orientation programming for students and families; builds and maintains a peer leader program that will support the planning and implementation of transition programming; supports peer leadership education and facilitation; and develops and assesses peer leader outcomes.

Core Responsibilities:

Transition programming (50%): Oversee the logistics, operations, and execution of transition programming.

• Serve as the contact for New Student Convocation and facilitate the associated planning meetings for the event.
• Coordinate transition events for students including New Student Convocation, Summer Send-Offs, Welcome events and Weeks of Welcome programming.
• Collaborate with campus partners and serve on university wide committees to support transition programming within the first six weeks of the semester.
• Research current trends in transition and retention programming to develop and create innovative programming that supports student success initiatives.
• Development of new transition initiatives and a peer leader program that support the mission and vision of the office and the division.

Orientation programming (20%): Assist in the planning and execution of orientation programming.

• Assist in planning the overall orientation experience for new students and their families and supporters by collaborating with campus partners to create engaging and innovative student programming that aligns with university and division goals.
• Serve in an on-call rotation for overnight programming and events or trips related to orientation and transition programming.
• Support the recruitment and selection process for new and returning orientation leaders, Senior Orientation Leaders, and graduate student staff.
• Assist in developing content for web, social media and other office communications and platforms related to orientation and transition programming in collaboration with the SEMSS Student Communications team.
• Serve as a secondary Social Media Administrator for the office, assist with the office’s social media accounts, and ensure adherence to relevant policies and brand standards with the support of a student intern.

Manage required trainings for new students (20%): Oversee required trainings for new students to ensure compliance and accurate reporting.

• Serve as the contact for the Ram Ready Orientation Modules through Advantage Design Group software.
• Update pre-orientation content within the modules by collaborating with campus partners to ensure information is accurate and engaging.
Oversee completion of trainings required by state and/or federal law for new students in coordination with those who oversee the respective content to support accurate reporting and maintain compliance.

Program assessment and evaluation (10%): Develop and implement an assessment strategy for student transition programming.

• Assist with the preparation of various reports based on assessments of orientation and transition programming.

Other Position Details:

• This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule with 40% virtual.
• This position does require some evenings and weekend work in support of peer leader training, enrollment and yield events, and orientation and transition programs.
• A cover letter is required for this application.
• This posting closes at 7PM on April 13th.