Coordinator of Family and Transfer

• Bachelors Degree Required.
• Minimum of two years' experience in post-bachelor's experience working in student affairs, counseling, advising, or related experience.
• Experience in program development, assessment, and public speaking.
• Experience with large scale programming, event planning or project management.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse constituencies both on and off campus.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication.
• Ability to hold and serve two distinct constituent populations with equal attentiveness and responsiveness based on the makeup of the Texas State population.
• Ability to create campus-wide relationships and foster strategic collaborations.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously with professionalism and results orientation.

• Master's or other advanced degree in Higher Education Administration, Counseling, or related field.
• Understanding of fundamental event planning practices.
• Understanding of the transition needs of both family member and new transfer student populations.
• Familiarity with transfer student success research, community college pipelines, and transfer-specific challenges.
• General student development theory, with application to family engagement and student transition programming.
• Program development and assessment.
• Budget management concepts.

The Coordinator of Family and Transfer Experiences leads, manages programming, engagement, and support initiatives for two distinct yet interconnected populations. Parents/family members of new and continuing students, incoming, current transfer students at Texas State University.

• Support and host an educational and engaging experience for over 7,000 new families and 3,000 transfers through New Student Orientation.
• Coordinate annual Family Weekend and Spring Family Day experiences for over 8,000 individuals to connect families to the life of the university.
• Assist with the development and implementation of department-wide programs including New Student Orientation, Welcome week, and other new orientation, transition, and retention initiatives.
• Provide on-site supervision of designated events to oversee use of facilities, compliance with policies, hospitality, and assistance in problem resolution.

• Coordinate and implement Transfer Orientation programming for incoming transfer students, in partnership with the Assistant Director and campus collaborators.
• Host and execute transfer-specific retention and transition programming across the academic year, informed by transfer student success research and institutional data.
• Serve as a programmatic point of contact for transfer student engagement, connecting students to resources, communities, and belonging opportunities.
• Provide on-site supervision of designated events to oversee use of facilities, compliance with policies, hospitality, and assistance in problem resolution.

• Support communication and engagement with families through established communication channels including the Bobcat Family Portal, social media and webpages.
• Support project teams consisting of internal and external stakeholders to host an engaging weekend-long program of activities.
• Develop and execute print and electronic resources to serve families and transfer students.

• Steward revenue accounts totaling over $200,000 and multiple endowed scholarships.
• Administer scholarship programs and competitions to award over $25,000 of financial resources to current students.

• Coordinate special projects and other duties as assigned by the Director of New Student and Family Experiences or designee.