RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION COORDINATOR

Priority screening deadline: July 7th, 2026. Open until filled. This is a grant-funded position scheduled to end on 06/30/2027, with prospects for renewal.

About the role

The CSUMB College Corps is part of a statewide initiative to support the next generation of leaders while reducing the cost of college for low to modest income students and students of color. Our goal is to develop, mentor, train, and inspire future transformative community leaders through a year of service and mentorship. This program will support 60-70 College Corps Fellows who will contribute 450 hours over an academic year in exchange for $10,000 in educational support. Most Fellows will work in K12 settings to support youth in civic engagement, academic support, and social emotional growth.

Building on the Service Learning mission at CSUMB, the College Corps program seeks to develop future community leaders who: understand their own identities; act with compassion and cultural competence; analyze complex social issues; and develop the collaborative skills to work toward equity.

Under the supervision and direction of the Principal Investigator, the College Corps Recruitment and Retention Coordinator works alongside the College Corps Director to administer and implement the recruitment and onboarding processes for the Fellows.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate member recruitment, selection, supervision, evaluation, and exiting of the College Corps Fellows.
• Support trainings and activities for College Fellows, including orientation, Partner-Fellow Fair, paperwork completion parties, professional development, service days, reflection activities, and closure activities.
• Implement group engagement and participation strategies for College Corps Fellows including using social media, email, meetings, and engagement on CSUMB MyRaft.
• Perform administrative duties including tracking Fellows’ hours, coordinating onboarding processes including background checks and TB testing.
• Coordinate the documentation of files of all correspondence, reports, procedures, and presentations related to the College Corps program.
• Follow procedures and policies for coordinating with University Corporation, Financial Aid, Advising, Student Leadership in Service Learning Program, Service Learning Institute, CSUMB service learning faculty, Basic Needs, and other university partners.
• Collaborate with Service Learning Institute activities and programs by attending staff meetings, participating in outreach events, and contributing to the programs of the Institute.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Working experience with first-generation, low-income youth and/or college students.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with service learning, experiential education, and/or civic engagement.
• A working knowledge of best practices in student-oriented success and mentorship.
• Experience and knowledge of success practices with undocumented students and AB540 eligible students.
• Experience in program development and program evaluation.
• An understanding and analysis of challenges that impact first-generation college students and low-income students and how to develop leadership potential.
• Experience in planning and facilitation training for students, staff, faculty and/or community partners.
• Ability to work collaboratively with educators and administrators in K12 settings, community partners in nonprofits, faculty, and university partners.
• Strong leadership, teambuilding, and group facilitation skills.
• Skills in recruitment, social media, and outreach.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills utilizing tact and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated ability to increase representation, voice, and equitable treatment of underrepresented student, staff, faculty, and/or community groups and to advance the university goals of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the CSUMB Vision Statement and the core values of mutual respect, collaboration and service orientation, multiculturalism and diversity, community service and institutional excellence.

Special Conditions of Employment

• This position has been designated as a sensitive position with responsibility for the care, safety and security of people (including children and minors), animals, and CSU property.
• Access to and responsibility for detailed personally identifiable Level 1 confidential information about students, faculty, staff, or alumni.
• Control over campus business processes, either through functional roles or system security access.
• Required to comply with confidentiality requirements outlined in the Department of Education’s Family Educational Rights and Privacy and California’s Educational Code Chapter 13 regarding sensitive student issues (FERPA).
• Designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) under the Clery Act; required to participate in training and promptly report allegations of reportable crimes.
• Designated as a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act; must comply with applicable CSU Executive Orders, including Title IX reporting requirements.
• May require occasional evenings and/or weekend work.
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.

Pay

$25.00 hourly. Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources. Salary schedule available here.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Voluntary 403(b) savings plan
• Generous vacation and sick leave accruals
• Paid holidays
• Access to campus dining plans
• Eligibility for affordable campus housing (details)

Additional benefits information: review full benefits package.