Program Administrator, Silver Student Experience

The Program Administrator Silver Student Experience coordinates day-to-day operational workflows, co-manages transition-based programming (e.g., Orientation through Graduation), and supports initiatives that cultivate belonging and social work readiness through community engagement across co-curricular student experiences. The position requires close coordination across the Silver Student Experience ecosystem and with academic and university partners to ensure an integrated, student-centered approach. The role serves as a key connector between strategy and execution, ensuring that transitions and student community life are seamless, inclusive, and grounded in Silver and NYU institutional priorities.

The Program Administrator supports and helps students experience Silver as a connected and intentional educational environment where social work values and CSWE competencies shape social work identity development, belonging, and student career readiness.

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree Higher Education, Social Work, Social Sciences, Public Administration, or related fields.
• Preferred Education: Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW), Higher Education Administration/Counseling, or a closely related field of practice.
• Required Experience: 2+ years experience in student support, project coordination, transition programming (orientation/graduation), and operational excellence.
• Preferred Experience: 2+ years experience in a University Life unit, or student experience–focused environment. Experience supporting career design, graduation planning, and assessment and evaluation tools. 1+ years experience monitoring budgets and supervising student employees, interns and/or staff.
• Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Strong organizational, planning, and project coordination/management skills. Ability to navigate complex student-facing environments with discretion, humility, and clarity. Understanding of social work mission, core values, and CSWE competencies. Demonstrated ability to work with diverse students, faculty, and colleagues with relational awareness. Proficiency with advanced technological systems, standard office software, and communications tools. Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information responsibly.
• Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Familiarity with student development, belonging, and engagement frameworks. Exposure to adaptive leadership, dialogue facilitation, or restorative practices. Understanding of implicit curriculum and co-curricular learning design. Knowledge of social work organizations and career pathways. Integrity, empathy, ethical judgment, and readiness. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities. Commitment to student well-being and success.
  
  Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. Strong interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to develop and sustain effective relationships in support of organizational goals. Knowledge of language, current trends, and needs of student communities. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong proficiency with word processing/standard office software, Zoom, spreadsheet and presentation applications and with various social media platforms. Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality, discretion, and attention to detail while managing competing priorities in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
  
  Demonstrated ability with various degrees of autonomy, independent work, and collaborative work

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $77,000.00 to USD $77,000.00. New York…