Center for Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Coordinator

About Us

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.

Job Summary

The coordinator will assist with the day-to-day operations of the CURS Program, which includes recruiting, advising, and mentoring students in research and scholarship. The coordinator will manage the office in the absence of the Director. The coordinator provides planning of programming that encourages and supports student engagement in research as well as relevant opportunities for faculty mentor development. The broad scope of the position is one that will assist the Director in overseeing and expanding inquiry-based activities that prepare highly qualified students who are competitive for graduate and professional school programs and the workforce.

Responsibilities

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the Director in planning and executing data collection for learning outcomes, office assessments, and impact reports.
• Plan, schedule, and facilitate ongoing programming, including workshops, tours, conferences, summer programs, and grants. Assist the Director in developing new programming as needed. Ensure communication with relevant parties.
• Coordinate CURS office communications and publications, including the Newsletter and Arsenal Journal submission, editing, and publication process. Recruit and train reviewers and staff.
• Coordinate the student hiring process for office staff and the Summer Scholars Program. Approve employee time reporting and work with HR on maintenance. Supervise office assistants and Student Ambassadors.
• Conduct advising and education with students interested in research participation, Student Ambassadors, and prospective AU students.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of one year of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience in advising, tutoring, or leading students in a higher education setting.
• Experience in programming to enhance student leadership and professional development.
• Experience in carrying out research at the undergraduate or graduate level.
• Experience in preparing budgets, purchasing, and fiscal projections.
• Experience mentoring students in undergraduate research.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Experience with manuscript preparation and/or review for publication.
• Experience with social media management.
• Successful experience with grant writing and management.
• Experience teaching in higher education and/or professional development.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• MS Office Suite.
• Public speaking skills.
• One-on-one advising and consulting skills.

Pay & Schedule

• Shift: Days; M-F (Work outside of normal business hours may be required)
• Pay Band: B6
• Salary: $39,200.00/Annually - $43,848.00/Annually

Benefits

Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.