Program Coordnator
Title of the Position: Program Coordinator
Department: Office of Student Life—Women’s Resource Center (WRC)
Reports to: WRC Assistant Director
Mission: We use an intersectional lens to advocate for the education, empowerment, and agency of women-identified students.
Overview: WRC Program Coordinators are responsible for the daily operations of the WRC as well as coordinating small-scale programs for the Center.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan, implement, attend, and evaluate WRC programming (e.g., Juntas, I’m First, She’s First, We’re First Sisters Like Me).
- Maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and informative environment for the campus community.
- Orient visitors to the WRC's on-site and web-based resources, including but not limited to: the lending library, website, and additional services available through the WRC.
- Assist with daily administrative and clerical tasks, including but not limited to: making copies, scanning documents, data entry, word processing, delivering items to other UWM offices, and other miscellaneous tasks.
- Oversee a positive presentation of the office as a clean, comfortable, functional space.
- Oversee administrative functions related to the WRC lending library; research and acquire new material and integrate into our library.
- Manage the UWM Union lactation room; assist walk-in users to the physical space.
- Attend mandatory weekly WRC staff meetings, bi-weekly one-on-one meetings, mandatory staff trainings, as well as participating in professional development.
- Maintain confidentiality and follow Title IX reporting procedures.
- Other duties assigned.
Qualifications
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills; comfortable developing and leading programs, as well as managing assigned volunteers
- Comfortable with responding to and intervening in student crisis situations
- Willingness to work with diverse and culturally pluralistic staff and student populations
- Interpersonal skills (ability to interact effectively and enthusiastically with others)
- Ability to develop/demonstrate cultural competencies
- Experience doing social justice or advocacy work and/or feminist or gender studies related coursework
- Must be an enrolled student
- Flexible schedule; requires a minimum of 10 hours commitment per week.
- Anticipated start date January 2021, rate $9.00/hour
Career Applications: Employee will gain an increased awareness and knowledge base of identity-based topics and social justice concepts. They will also increase in understanding of one’s own identity development and appreciation of others’ identity development. The employee will actively strengthen leadership skills and abilities, including building and maintaining collaborative relationships and group facilitation skills.
How to Apply: Submit Resume, Class Schedule, and a Cover Letter (250-word response to the following questions: "Why do you want to work in the WRC? What do you hope to learn from your experience in the WRC?") to wmncntr@uwm.edu