SEO Project Coordinator - Upward Bound Laramie County Coordinator

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Upward Bound Laramie County Coordinator – SEO

This position is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in UW’s Outreach Center at Laramie County Community College. This position will serve high school students in Cheyenne and Burns, WY.

Under limited supervision, this position provides services to first generation and low-income high school students and their families to ensure academic success in high school and successful application to and graduation from college. The coordinator will design and implement academic, career, personal, college access, retention, and graduation, and financial aid and financial/economic literacy advising and programming. This position provides services under the federally-funded Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math/Science TRIO programs.

PLEASE NOTE: Temporary relocation to the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY for seven weeks during June and July to participate in coordinating and implementing a residential summer academic program for participants is required. Housing and food costs are covered.

This position is grant-funded and considered 'at-will' employment.

• Independently recruit eligible and suitable first generation/low-income high school students for participation in this college preparatory program.
• Develop and maintain positive, productive relationships with teachers, administrators, and counselors in the schools served as well as with community agencies and state and federal agency staff serving low-income clients.
• Design provide grade-appropriate, individualized services, group workshops, and enrichments for eligible participants.
• Collect, verify, and document extensive participant data and educational outcomes, including accurate data entry and organized participant file management.
• Maintain confidentiality of student records as well as strict compliance with federal legislation and regulations, OMB directives, and UW and SEO policies and procedures.
• Undertake small- and large-scale event planning and implementation and advertise program services and successes to the public.
• Engage in planning and execution of Upward Bound’s six-week summer program and manage administrative, oversight, supervisory, and instructional duties for participants, which will require working additional evening and weekend hours on the UW campus in Laramie in June and July.

• Provide training to program and activity support staff, and supervise hourly staff.
• Serve on committees and represent the program at meetings and events.
• Work effectively under distance supervision.
• Travel by personal vehicle, in all seasons,…