Executive Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Executive Coordinator provides recruitment, strategic and administrative leadership for the LL.M./J.S.D. Program in Intercultural Human Rights (ICHRP). Reporting to the Program Director, the Executive Coordinator leads student recruitment, program promotion, and enrollment initiatives to advance the Program’s outreach, partnerships, and public impact and engagement efforts. The Executive Coordinator also supports budgeting and project administration.

This role also supports executive-level functions such as strategic planning, event creation and oversight, communications, grant development, and media relations while serving as the primary point of contact for prospective students, faculty, government agencies, NGOs, and international partners.

ABOUT ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW:

Founded in 1984, College of Law is one of the most diverse access law schools in the United States. It is part of St. Thomas University, founded in 1961 as Biscayne College by the order of the Augustinian Friars. St. Thomas University is an urban, student-centered, Catholic university with rich cultural and international diversity, dedicated to developing leaders who contribute to the economic and cultural vitality of the regions they serve.

To this end, the College of Law remains committed in teaching, scholarship, and service, to fostering a public order of human dignity, to training lawyers sensitive to the needs of the region’s underrepresented communities, and to expanding access to professional opportunities which includes active partnerships with business, government, and the South Florida Community.

Equal Opportunity:
St. Thomas University provides equality of opportunity in education for all persons, including faculty and staff (with respect to recruitment, hiring, retention, promotion, tenure, compensation, terms and conditions of employment, termination, and the like) and students, including applicants for admission and enrolled students (with respect to admission, retention, and the like), except that the University (1) will maintain its Catholic values in the operation of the University, and (2) may exercise a preference for Catholic faculty in recruitment and hiring.

(The general norm of the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities states that “the number of non-Catholic teachers should not be allowed to constitute a majority within the institution.”) St. Thomas University also provides its students and graduates with equal opportunity to obtain employment, including the requirement that every employer to whom it furnishes assistance and facilities for interviewing and other placement services must observe the principles of equal opportunity.

Nondiscrimination:
Except for the maintenance of Catholic values in the operation of the University and a preference for Catholic faculty in recruitment and hiring, discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or military status, marital or familial status, or any other category that is or becomes protected by law, is strictly prohibited.

Accreditation:
St. Thomas University College of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). St. Thomas University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Principal responsibility: recruitment and enrollment of LL.M. and J.S.D. students in Intercultural Human Rights.

Research, consult, plan, and design constituent components (including budgeting) of a good promotional strategy for the Master’s and Doctoral programs.

Establish…