Upward Bound Program Director, Rockville High School

Based out of the Storrs Campus, the Program Director will manage and administer college preparation programming for first-generation and low-income high school students interested in STEM at Rockville High School.

Responsibilities

• Plans and administers day-to-day program operations and monitors compliance with departmental, institutional, state, and federal policies and procedures.
• Leads development and implementation of college outreach and preparation programming to achieve goals aligned with increasing postsecondary enrollment and persistence for students traditionally underrepresented in higher education.
• Recruits, hires, trains, and supervises staff; assigns tasks in accordance with program objectives and evaluates completion of assignments.
• Monitors approved budgets; prepares budget reports and projections in collaboration with department fiscal staff.
• Ensures compliance with university, state, federal, and foundation operational, fiscal, and grant requirements; prepares necessary reports.
• Engages, plans, and organizes activities with school personnel, district leaders, and local/state education organizations for program promotion, student recruitment, and collaborations to enhance opportunities for high school students.
• Provides support to parents/guardians to help them support students in navigating college and financial aid application processes and transitioning to college.
• Establishes and maintains partnerships with university stakeholders, school and community members, and educational opportunity/TRIO organizations.
• Completes annual program evaluation and formative assessments; collects data, analyzes outcomes, and identifies issues or opportunities affecting objectives; makes recommendations for program improvement.
• Assists in grant and development initiatives, including fundraising and writing grant proposals to secure resources to support service delivery.
• Travels to/from campus site, UConn campuses, target school, and community organizations.
• Works flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 6-7 years of related experience; OR Master's degree in a related field and four years of related experience. Two years of experience must be serving as an advanced team member or working as a project lead.
• Demonstrated experience working with students who are first-generation to college, from low-income backgrounds, and/or other populations underrepresented in higher education.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the challenges faced by students who attend under-resourced schools, and who are first-generation to college, from low-income backgrounds and/or populations underrepresented in higher education.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience working in college access programming and/or postsecondary preparation for K-12 students.
• Demonstrated experience in budget and/or fiscal management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated administrative abilities in strategic planning, budgeting, resource management, and staff supervision.
• Experience with organizational, institutional, state, and/or federal reporting.
• Demonstrated experience with program evaluation and/or assessment.
• Experience in coordinating professional development workshops and training.
• Demonstrated administrative and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems independently.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Grant writing and/or grant management experience.

Benefits

• Employee and dependent tuition waivers at UConn.
• Competitive salary and outstanding benefits package.

Pay

$75,786 (fixed starting salary).

Schedule

Full-time (35 hours per week), end-dated position with the possibility of renewal subject to performance and funding.