Associate Director for Outreach, Recruitment, Retention, and Grants

• Job no: 562781
• Work type: Staff
• Location: Long Beach
• Categories: Unit 4 - APC - Academic Professionals of California, Temporary, Full Time

Located just three miles from the Pacific Ocean, CSULB offers an inspiring workplace and an exceptional Southern California lifestyle. Our 322-acre campus—one of the largest in the CSU system—serves more than 42,000 students and is known for its commitment to student success, innovation, and impactful academic and research initiatives.

As a member of the CSULB community, you’ll experience a dynamic environment filled with cultural landmarks, collaborative energy, and opportunities to make a meaningful difference.

Work-life balance thrives here. Long Beach blends coastal relaxation with urban vibrancy, offering miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, a thriving arts and food scene, and convenient access to both Los Angeles and Orange County. It’s an ideal place to grow your career while enjoying everything Southern California has to offer.

Join the California State University (CSU) and explore career opportunities that advance student success and strengthen California’s future—offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and professional growth.

The Associate Director of Outreach, Recruitment, Retention, and Grants will work under the general direction of the Associate Dean for Academic Programs to lead, implement, and assess all the operations of the Outreach and Recruitment Office and of all the MESA programs in the college. The incumbent will also be responsible for identifying opportunities and participating in the development of internal and external grant proposals to support recruitment and retention of students in engineering.

The selected individual will collaborate with faculty and staff in the Engineering Student Success Center to organize and host outreach and recruitment events. Finally, the incumbent will collaborate with the Learning Communities Coordinator on the recruitment in, and implementation and administration of existing and new retention programs in the college, and with the Recruitment and Outreach Specialist on outreach and fundraising activities to increase the recruitment of high school and community college students in engineering programs at CSULB.

• Outreach, Recruitment, Retention
  
  Activities:
  
  Develop and maintain sustaining working relationships with ESSC staff, College of Engineering faculty, middle and high school with district and school site personnel, including school board superintendents, principals, teachers, and counselors.
• Planning, Administration and Implementation of New Student Recruitment and Retention Programs.
• Grant Development and Fund Raising:
  Identify opportunities for funding college initiatives to increase recruitment and retention of students in engineering and collaborate with the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, faculty and staff on the development of internal and external grant proposal to support student success initiatives and events.
• MESA Program Planning, Development, Implementation, Administration and Assessment.
• Program Planning and Statewide MESA Participation.

Program Planning and Statewide MESA Participation

1.0 time-base, 40 hours per week.

This is a temporary position for one year with no permanent status granted. Temporary assignments may expire prior to the ending date.

Student Services Professional IV

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources.

• Hiring Range:
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