Program Assistant - TRIO

Overview

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• Administer and assist the Program Manager with all aspects of the Upward Bound program.
• Deliver direct services to UB program participants, including recruiting eligible students, coordinating the tutoring initiative, planning and executing exposure activities, engaging parents and families, and planning and executing the six-week summer program.
• Ensure that the objectives of the grant proposal are met by working with the high schools' administration, teachers, and staff to coordinate services for students.

• Bachelor's degree in education, human services, or related field
• At least two years of experience in higher education or K-12 education settings
• Excellent written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills required
• Excellent computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office

• Ability to work with individual and groups of students from diverse academic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds
• Ability to assist the teacher, staff, and the partnership with the target schools
• Ability to work independently and to respond flexibly to changing events
• Possess computer, verbal, and communication skills
• High level of initiative and organization, good judgment, and discretion required
• Ability to assist in improving the program enhancement and communication through advertisement and social media
• Ability to develop and bring to completion multiple assignments concurrently
• Ability to analyze data and other information utilizing and maintaining spreadsheets and databases

• Assist in planning, implementing, administering, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating the various specific activities, functions, and services of the Upward Bound Program
• Participate in modifying program goals, objectives, services, activities, and policies following student needs, objectives and resources, and funding agency requirements
• Prepare program activities and funding agencies status reports
• Generate daily, weekly, monthly demographic, and contact reports from the Project database
• Arrange and conduct workshops for participants and parents, college visits, cultural, and career tours per academic year for participant exposure
• Assist the Program Manager with the preparation and submission of internal and external reports, including the Department of Education Annual Performance Report (APR)
• Generate daily, weekly, monthly demographic, and contact reports from the project database