Full Job Description
Req #: 247035
Department: UW TACOMA
Appointing Department Web
Address: Date: 06/16/2025
Closing Info:
Open Until
Filled
Salary: $4,506 - $5,150 per month
Shift: First
Shift
Notes:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits
and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for
this position, please visit our website, click here. ( University of
Washington Tacoma** is an anchor institution that is deeply invested
in its local communities and in student success. As one of three
campuses of a world-class university, UW Tacoma is dedicated to
interdisciplinary and innovative teaching and scholarship and to
engaging the community in mutually beneficial partnerships. UW
Tacoma's commitment to access and diversity is central to an
environment where students, staff, faculty and South Sound residents
find abundant opportunities for intellectual, personal and
professional growth. More information about UW Tacoma and its
strategic plan can be found here. ( a UW employee, you have a unique
opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around
the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative
problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a
healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits,
professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an
environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic
pursuits, and natural beauty.
**The Veteran and Military Resource
Center has an outstanding opportunity for a Counseling Services
Coordinator to join their team.**
Under the direction of the
Director of Veteran and Military Resource Center, the Counseling
Services Coordinator will assist the department to support the
transition of new military connected students and their families by
providing oversight of the PAVE program, support the initiatives of
Student Affairs and connect with campus partners.
With an
increasing population of military connected college students,
providing high-quality orientation services with a guided importance
in the way students feel a sense of belonging, customer service and
how we support retention and persistence have to begin with the
success of new students' successful transition into UW Tacoma.
The
new Counseling Services Coordinator will directly affect, through the
work with student employees, the transition of new students and their
families. They will implement new ideals and structures for the PAVE
program to interact directly with students and their families and to
gather stakeholder input and feedback to better support them as
representatives of UW Tacoma. They will ensure best practices to
protect student privacy and evaluate the efficacy of partnerships.
Additionally, this position will develop and foster relationships with
other UW Tacoma departments. Under the direction of the Director of
Veteran and Military Resource Center, they will also support the
Student Veterans Organization and The Veterans Incubator for Better
Entrepreneurship (VIBE).
The numbers of incoming students has more
than doubled since 2006 and student populations are requiring a more
diverse set of supports for their transition (e.g., increasing
populations from our military-connected students and the local U.S.
military installations). A Counseling Services Coordinator will help
ensure the PAVE Program, partnerships, and orientation resources set
students up to successfully enter UW Tacoma and persist through
graduation.
**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** Student Staff
Leadership (45%)
+ Recruit, select, train and supervise PAVE
mentors
+ Provide ongoing mentoring to support the development of
the PAVE
+ Provide feedback and coaching to improve performance as
neededProgram Development (10%)
+ Work with the Director of Veteran
and Military Resource Center (VMRC) to develop operational and
programmatic goals, objectives and key performance indicators
+
Research best practices for supporting military-connected student
persistence through their first year (Freshmen, Running Start, and
Transfer students)
+ Work with campus stakeholders to connect
mentors to program resources that support students' transition into UW
Tacoma, persistence through their first year and sense of
belonging
+ Work with the Director of VMRC to design how PAVE
Mentors will interact with students
+ Build programs that reinforce
the camaraderie veterans experience in the military to create a sense
of community and connectedness that contributes to academic and
personal success.Program Delivery (35%)
+ Deliver orientation and
first year persistence programming
+ Execute day-to-day management
of PAVE Mentors' programs and activities including coordinating
resources, and administrative and operational functions
+ Assist in
the enhancement and implementation of operational and programmatic
goals and objectives
+ Track and report on key performance
indicatorsBudget Oversight (5%)
+ Monitor budget status
+
Approve expenditures and ensure compliance with fiscal policies and
proceduresOther duties as assigned (5%) **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**
+
Bachelor's degree in human services, social services, communications
and/or marketing plans and at least two years of relevant experience.
_Equivalent education/experience can substitute for all minimum
qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a
license/certification/registration._ **ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS**
+
Experience in developing and implementing undergraduate and graduate
student programs at UW Tacoma
+ PAVE certificate
+ Experience
with student supervision
+ Strong oral and written communication
skills with the ability to work within a multi-cultural environment;
Must be detail-oriented and organized
+ Proven ability to work
independently and in teams; Ability to use independent judgment in
working with faculty, staff, students, parents and families and
represent the University appropriately
+ Demonstrated strong
organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects of
different scales
+ Experience working with a variety of university
constituents including students, faculty, staff, administrators,
parents and family
+ Proficiency in performing complex functions
using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and social media **DESIRED
QUALIFICATIONS**
+ An understanding of the UW Tacoma culture and
student population
+ Two years of experience managing student
employees, implementing and assessing programming for a targeted
audience
+ Higher education experience in student affairs or
related discipline
+ Knowledge and application of student
development theory
+ Experience with university retention
efforts
+ Experience building partnerships and collaborating across
university departments' members, community members and other external
constituents **Application Process:** The application process may
include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain
additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.
These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or
others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your
screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin
an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not
complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time
you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it
will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready.
Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will
not be considered for this position until all required assessments
have been completed.
University of Washington is an affirmative
action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other
things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or
genetic information.