Brandeis University
Orientation Specialist
Brandeis - Waltham Campus, USA · Junior
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About the role
- Engage with students through initiatives for incoming first year and transfer students.
- The hiring range for this position is $53,200 - $61,700.
- Pay Range Disclosure The University's pay ranges represent a good faith estimate of what Brandeis reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting.
Responsibilities
- Support orientation and first year program development and implementation including liaising with vendors, University Events, and campus partners.
- Selects, trains, advises, and evaluates 6-8 First Year Ambassadors and Transfer Ambassadors who work throughout the academic year to provide outreach, programming and support to new students.
- Support strategic planning, development of leadership programs, and student advising. Manage related program budgets. Support departmental programs and events and participate in divisional/university committees and initiatives as applicable.
Requirements
- Driver's license preferred to drive vans, community living vehicles, and golf carts; nights and weekend work required for community living and orientation programming.
- The University's pay ranges represent a good faith estimate of what Brandeis reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting.
- Equal Opportunity Statement
Nice to have
- BA/BS required/M.A./M.S. preferred plus 1-3 years' experience
- nights and weekend work required for community living and orientation programming.
Compensation
- The University's pay ranges represent a good faith estimate of what Brandeis reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of posting.
- The pay offered to a selected candidate during hiring will be based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and applicable legal requirements.
Benefits
- At Brandeis University, we believe education extends far beyond the classroom.
Company info
- Serve as part of the Community Living Area Coordinator team, sharing in duty and on-call responsibilities.
- We are seeking an energetic, creative, and collaborative Orientation Specialist who will have oversight of the Orientation Leader selection process, support summer Orientation program development, and contributes to the overall retention and success initiatives for incoming first year and transfer students.
- This is a live-on position and will serve as part of the duty rotation for the Department of Community Living and will participate in cross-training opportunities to support this work.
Equal opportunity
- Statement
- Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer which does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religious creed, gender identity and expression, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, caste, military or veteran status or any other category protected by law (also known as membership in a "protected class").
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