Program Coordinator - Student Engagement Transitions

Extra Help
- Program Coordinator
- Student Engagement Transitions

This Position is temporary and limited to 900 hours.

Hiring Department:
Student Engagement Transitions

Location:

Chicago, IL USA

Requisition

Hours per Week: 20

# of Positions: 1

Workplace Type:
On-Site

Salary:
The rate of pay for this position is $24.39 per hour.

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities.

UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is not eligible for benefits.

The Extra Help Program Coordinator for Commuter and Off-Campus Life (COCL) support the coordination, supervision, and execution of departmental events/tabling as well as the operations of the Commuter Student Resource Center. This position assists in ensuring that all aspects of event/activity operations including logistics, support, communication, and customer service run smoothly, compliant, and efficiently. This is a temporary role within COCL.

• Provides leadership in the administration of the Commuter Student Resource Center including space policies, coffee program evaluation, and supervision of the Commuter Assistants to staff the CSRC.
• Implement new programs for target populations including transfer students, adult learner students, and graduate and professional students in alignment with student affairs curricular approach.
• Maintain existing programs while evaluating successes in alignment with office goals. Some examples include COCL Open House, Commuter Connect, and Transfer Connect.
• Coordinate the recruitment, selection, and training of student staff in Spring 2027 for the following academic year.
• Coordinate and facilitate logistics for events and tabling, determining the staffing needs while supervising events.
• Lead in the planning and coordination of the Off Campus Housing Month and East and West Campus Fair, managing an allocated budget for this initiative.
• Support with the monthly newsletter going out to various commuter populations including graduate + professional students.
• Act as point of contact with campus, agency and university departments and represents COCL/ the Interim Director on committees.
• Some evening and weekend events may be required for student training, enrollment management events, and other programming.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.