Program Assistant - CAMP Program

CSU College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Program Assistant

The CSU College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is housed in the Academic Advancement Center in the Division of Student Affairs. CAMP boasts a student-centered philosophy of advocacy and validating seasonal agricultural workers and migrant farm working background students through programs, activities, and services. CAMP has three full-time, exempt professionals, and 4-6 student staff employees, and the Program Assistant reports directly to the CAMP Outreach and Enrollment Coordinator.

We embrace equity and inclusive practices with a student-centered lens.

The primary responsibility of the Program Assistant is to plan and facilitate administrative tasks in support of student-centered programs and events towards recruitment, retention, and student wellness in an in-person services setting. These are accomplished by the following expectations:

• Assist CAMP Coordinator with recruitment efforts including but not limited to phone banking, tabling, and presenting.
• Work with CAMP Coordinator to develop ongoing workshops and assist with execution of the efforts
• Communicate with other AAC programs staff and work together on student centered events
• Assist with academic year event planning and execution of campus and community partners collaborations
• Responsible for event promotion logistics related to flyer creation and advertisement to CAMP scholars
• Develop a digital trail of documents for assigned events and other job responsibilities efforts executed
• Serve as coordinator for the office social media outlets, including creation or delegation of content creation and posting
• Serve as Lead staff for CAMP Student selection and travel logistics towards the Annual Leadership National HEP/CAMP conference
• Assist with assessing and evaluating programs and efforts and report thematical data analysis of summary findings
• Understand the program's eligibility and compliance requirements in supporting all areas of recruitment.
• Collaborate with full time staff on planning and execution of office and department student staff training and CAMP Scholars Fall and Spring Orientations
• Serve in the planning committee for the Northern Colorado Migrant Youth Leadership Institute
• Serve in the planning committee for the Academic Advancement Center End of Year Celebration
• Attend lead staff meetings and assigned events programs
• Track expenses to permit program's operation within the AY 26-27 budget
• Collaborate with other CAMP staff to identify student's areas of need
• Other duties as assigned upon capacity and availability

• Staff the office front desk
• Assist with New Student Orientation workshop presentations and involvement in resources fair tableting
• Assist with New Student Orientation Spanish sessions
• Conduct special research projects relevant to academic success and trending best practices for student success
• Assist with interviews, selection, and onboarding procedures of undergraduate student staff
• Serve as CAMP representative committee member for the Annual C4E Welcome Back Event

• One year of college experience from an accredited institution of higher education
• Previous leadership or other experience in working with first-generation and/or underrepresented students
• A high degree of organization, administrative, and communication skills as a team member
• Ability to problem-solve, think creatively, and maximize available resources
• Flexible to changing environments and high level of self-direction, initiative, and reliability
• Must be available 3 to 4 days a week to perform assigned duties
• Ability to work some nights and weekends

• Bachelor's degree and enrolled in a graduate degree at Colorado State University
• Previous experiences working with grant funded programs and event planning
• Previous experience with temporary agriculture and seasonal farm workers (and their communities)
• Fluent in Spanish

• Historically, onboarding or ongoing training begins two weeks before the first day of each Fall and Spring Semesters.