Associate Director, TRIO Educational Talent Search , Center Educational Partnerships

Associate Director, TRIO Educational Talent Search (4536U), Center for Educational Partnerships - #89156

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The Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) is the primary department on the UC Berkeley campus charged with developing and implementing programs and strategies to improve academic preparation, expand educational opportunities, and ensure access to higher education for low-income, first generation, and underrepresented students. Working in partnership with local schools and communities, CEP improves academic achievement and expands post-secondary educational opportunities for students who face significant barriers to college.

The Associate Director of Educational Talent Search maintains K-12 college advising and academic enrichment programming and manages the training and supervision of the College Advisors serving the targeted high schools and community resource centers. In collaboration with the Director of Pre-College TRIO Programs, this position develops and implements strategies for advising services and provides leadership in program management. The Associate Director oversees day-to-day operations, evaluates outcomes, and ensures goals and objectives are met.

This position assists in monitoring and maintaining working relationships with all target school administrators, faculty and staff. The Associate Director also works with the Director to foster program recognition by district personnel and superintendents, and maintains close communication with colleagues in other CEP Programs and other educational equity programs. This position is responsible for the design, planning, and implementation of college preparation services and activities to ensure recruitment goals are met.

Additionally, the Associate Director establishes new organizational relationships with K-14 and higher education institutions and provides supervision of the college advising staff.

The First Review Date for this job is:
November 12, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Program Staff Supervision, Team Leadership and Training - 40%

• Provides leadership in strategic and program planning efforts.
• Recruits and hires professional staff, student assistants and tutors, and/or temporary staff and contractors.
• Supervises, coaches, provides direction and assigns work tasks to college advising team members.
• Ensures staff are meeting grant objectives and supports them in this work.
• Reports on the status of team members work assignments to the Director.
• Designs and implements training for professional, non-senate academic, student, and temporary staff.
• Develops and maintains trainings, policies and procedural manuals for advising and enrichment programming.
• Facilitates regularly scheduled advising staff meetings for advisers.
• Responsible for performance evaluations and professional development plans of team members.
• Develops short and long term advising strategies, evaluates outcomes, and ensures program goals and objectives are met.
• Resolves disputes and inter-staff conflicts.
• In consultation with Director, Implements appropriate corrective actions in accordance with university personnel policies and contracts.
• Develops cultural, professional and educational workshops aimed at sharpening critical-thinking skills, and heightening the social and cultural awareness of project participants.

Program Development and Management - 30%

• Coordinates annual recruitment of new participants.
• Works closely with advising team to determine ETS recruitment targets and develops strategies to meet goals.
• Coordinates…