Are you passionate about higher education and supporting scholars across the nation who pursue their doctorate? The Southern Regional Education Board is seeking a hybrid Program Coordinator for our Doctoral Scholars Program to support the administration of the Doctoral Scholars Program. In this role, you would be responsible for student interactions, as well as facilitating communications with institutions and state liaisons and other responsibilities supporting the program, the Office of Postsecondary Education and SREB initiatives.

If you have great interpersonal skills, organized, detail-oriented, and eager to contribute and support the impactful Doctoral Scholars Program, we want to hear from you!

SREB is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization based in Atlanta. We are an organization of professionals committed to our mission: helping states and educators improve the social and economic vitality of the SREB region.

SREB works with states to improve education at every level, from pre-K through Ph.D. Our vision is that all students in the SREB region will have high-quality educational opportunities that build on the rich diversity of the region and lead to productive, meaningful lives and robust economies. The Doctoral Scholars Program has been supporting this mission/vision for the last 32 years by working to increase the number of students who earn their doctorates and choose to become faculty at colleges and universities.

What does a Program Coordinator do?

• Maintains, supports and manages relationships with students, institutions, and state liaisons
• Manage application processes (review, ranking, notification of awards, interviews, etc.)
• Confirm fall, spring, and summer enrollment and grades
• Manage program database; Analyze and summarize program data for regular and ad hoc reports
• Facilitate and respond to communications and interactions with institutions and state liaisons
• Lead and participate in program area team meetings with regard to scholars, states, and institutions.
• Track legislative and regulatory actions related to the program
• Assists with the development of program policies
• Attend, engage and support the annual Institute of Teaching and Mentoring.
• Prepare memoranda of agreements
• Facilitate/organize Regional Advisory Committee meetings
• Maintains contacts database of individuals related to program
• Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of the Postsecondary Education team
• Represents the organization with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff, students and shareholders.
  
  

What does it take to be a Program Coordinator? Bachelor's degree in public administration, education, or a related field; AND two (2) years of project management and administrative support experience; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

For this opportunity, we seek candidates who have the following attributes:

• Knowledge of and work experience within an institution of higher education
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Respect for inclusivity, demonstrating a commitment to equality and fairness
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Proficiency in online/videoconferencing software (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams)
• Experience in providing administrative support for grant-funded programs at the higher education level
• Higher Education policies, structures, processes, and practices
• Principles, practices, materials and techniques of public information and communication
• Principles and techniques for creating and editing effective written informational or communication materials
• Educational hierarchy structures
• Organizing work, setting priorities, meeting critical deadlines, and following up assignments with a minimum of direction
• Developing and implementing goals, objectives, procedures, and work practices
• Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote environment as well as a face-to-face environment. This hybrid position is located at SREB headquarters in midtown Atlanta
• Successful completion of background investigation and drug screening.
• Ability to travel overnight occasionally.
• Understands database operations and is competent and proficient with Excel
  
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

No supervisory responsibility.

Compensation

To support SREB’s top priorities, compensation decisions balance internal equity and external competitiveness within the boundaries of financial feasibility.Salaries for new employees will be established at levels that recognize the individual’s skills and experience while considering the salary levels of current employees within the same job title and those performing comparable work within the parameters of discipline, function, and individual effectiveness.

Starting Salary: $50,128 - $55,141

• Collaborative culture
• Environment that supports work life balance
• Opportunitiesto collaborate with diverse people, leverage their varied skills and experiences, and foster a culture of inclusivity
• Hybrid schedule
• Medical, dental and vision
• Life and short-term disability insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings account options (FSA/HSA)
• Health reimbursement account (HRA)
• Additional voluntary life and long-term disability options
• Very generous leave programs
• Outstanding 403b retirement plan
  
  

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