S-STEM Project Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY

The NSF S-STEM Project Coordinator provides services and administrative support for the NSF S-STEM scholarship grant. The project coordinator organizes the day-to-day operations of the grant, providing support to the principal investigators and co-PIs. The coordinator also supports student success by ensuring that scholars are meeting grant expectations and liaises effectively with the broader college through excellent communications and project management skills.

The project coordinator possesses experience with the systems of higher education and specific knowledge of the supported degree programs:

• Applied Technology (AAS)
• Computer Information Systems (AAS)
• Computer Science (AS, AAS)
• Computer Support Technician (AAS)
• Cybersecurity (AAS)
• Engineering:
  Civil, General, or Mechanical Engineering (AES)
• Metro State CIS Transfer (AAS)
• Physics (AS)
• Programming (AAS)

The coordinator has the experience to understand the college experience from the student’s point of view and is empowered by the grant PI and Co-PIs to serve students.

This is a 20 hour/week, grant-funded position. While grant renewal is possible, neither grant renewal nor employment with the college after the grant-funded period is assured. Grant-funded positions cannot guarantee a payout of leave benefits. Grant-funded employees are encouraged to work with their supervisor to schedule and utilize annual leave benefits during each grant fiscal year.

The Community College of Aurora serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment. We are particularly interested in applicants that demonstrate a commitment to working with individuals and groups from diverse identities, including but not limited to: socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, multilingual learners, veterans, non-traditional, race and ethnic backgrounds.

More than 20 different languages and 60 countries are represented  addition to traditional degree and certificate programs, CCA offers non-credit professional development courses, customized training, and economic and workforce development resources to employer partners and individual professionals seeking to enhance the capacity and productivity of their workforce or individual knowledge and skills. The college centers diversity, equity, and inclusion and we actively seek to employee partners who want to join us in working to reducing outcome gaps among our diverse student population.

The project coordinator will coordinate with the principal investigator to select scholars, to plan and conduct student events, and to manage the operations and reporting responsibilities of the grant. Specifically, the project coordinator will…

• Orient new scholars to grant requirements, including participation in engagement activities and pathways advising
• Provide students with guidance to college resources in support of students’ academic goals
• Coordinate student immersion activities
• Coordinate faculty mentoring for student participants
• Coordinate scholarship recruitment activities and application process
• Collect and manage data related to grant participation and faculty reporting
• Provide administrative support to grant PI and Co-PIs, to include scheduling/coordinating meetings and data collection and maintenance
• Serve as a point of contact for student concerns in conjunction with the department chairs for the supported program areas
• Create well-written and well-designed documents for distribution
• Assist in all grant reporting
• Complete other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution OR professional experience in an academic affairs-related discipline
• Project management experience
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of internal and external constituencies in a diverse community
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and to problem-solve

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a STEM field from a…