What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Specialist, Center for Economic and Financial Education position at Western Washington University?
Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
The Western Washington University Center for Economic and Financial Education provides in-service and pre-service training of elementary and secondary teachers in economic and financial education.
The Center also engages in the following:
- Consultation with school districts on curriculum development.
- Development of curriculum materials for specific needs.
- Coordination of community resources useful for teaching economics.
- Distribution of materials useful in economic education.
- Research and evaluation of economic education materials and programs presently available.
The Department of Economics is seeking a Program Specialist for the Center for Economic and Financial Education (CEFE) to support, develop, and implement educational training and outreach initiatives under the direction of the Director of CEFE.
This position provides a wide range of support to CEFE and the Department of Economics to assist teachers, students, and community members in reaching goals around financial and economic literacy. This includes consulting with school districts on curriculum development, coordinating resources for teaching, and implementing professional development opportunities. In this role, you will develop and deliver engaging training programs, workshops, and resources to help educators effectively teach financial and economic concepts to students. You will collaborate with educators to enhance their understanding of key economic and financial principles white equipping them with the tools needed to foster financial literacy in the classroom. Strong communication skills as well as the ability to work both as a member of a team and independently are critical to this position.
This a full-time, project-employment position (ending no later than March 31, 2027) based at WWU in Bellingham, WA but will require occasional travel to school districts and other locations for on-site professional development and workshops. This position will be in-person, with possibilities for occasional remote work as determined by the Director.
- High school graduation or equivalent
- Two years of experience working in education or clerical experience with administrative responsibilities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated clarity in verbal and written communication
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)
- Willingness to learn new software skills
- Able to perform lifting related to office and event work activities.
- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent/experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage events
- Demonstrated subject-level knowledge in economics or personal finance
- Experience working with Drupal (website editor)
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator
- Demonstrated presentation and teaching skills
- Experience working with diverse populations
- Experience in higher education
- Experience with curriculum coordination
- Ability to foster a collegial environment and work will in a collaborative setting.
Application review begins February 19, 2025; position is open until filled
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Salary : $4,174 - $5,611
