Specialist - Outreach-Continuing

Position Summary

Michigan State University seeks a strategic, creative, and community-minded leader to join the Transfer and Transitions team as a Program Director for the Detroit M.A.D.E. Scholars Program. This role provides overall leadership and vision for a cohort-based initiative designed to increase the number of Detroit students who graduate from MSU. The program Director will oversee holistic student support services and promote outreach, transition, student success, retention, and degree completion through a data-informed and assessment-based lens.

The position is responsible for developing and implementing core service components on MSU’s five opportunity areas for student success:
Educational Success, Sense of Belonging, Community, Sense of Purpose, and Well-being. These include:

• High Impact Practices (First-Year Seminar, Education Abroad, Service Learning, Internships, Undergraduate Research)
• Advising and student development workshops
• Outreach to Detroit schools and community organizations
• Relationship-building with Detroit-based partners to maintain continuous connection points before, during, and after students’ time at MSU

The position provides strategic planning in long- and short-term goals, including the development of program learning outcomes and assessment. The position also has responsibility for keeping students connected to the city of Detroit through partnerships with people and organizations in Detroit. As a campus leader for student success, this role is important in living out the land-grant mission with its outreach in urban areas and enhancing student success to meet the goals and outcomes of Michigan State University’s strategic plan.

Primary Duties:

Outreach (50%)

• Lead partnership development with Detroit public and charter schools, community organizations, and local businesses to enhance collaborative opportunities.
• Collaborate with MSU Admissions and Detroit partners (Detroit Promise, Detroit College Access Network, Detroit Dollars for Scholars) to develop and implement strategic outreach and recruitment plans.
• Facilitate workshops for students, families, school staff, and community members.
• Represent the program on relevant city, state, and community committees.
• Oversees and develops the application process for new cohorts.

Other (20%)

• Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate program staff, and graduate and undergraduate student employees.
• Manage program budget and donor-based funds to align with program, donor, and institutional goals.
• Coordinate student support efforts, referrals, data sharing, outreach, and program activities with campus partners (Admissions, Student Life, Student Retention, and the colleges).
• Develop and manage programming efforts including workshops and summer transition programs.
• Lead strategic planning and fundraising efforts for the program.
• Maintain efficient program operations and documentation.
• Represent the program on institutional and regional committees to advance Detroit M.A.D.E. to reach goals and priorities.
• Collaborate with REHS on leading DMADE living learning community.

Advising (15%)

• Develop comprehensive academic advising and coaching programs in alignment with university advising policies and practices for Detroit M.A.D.E. Scholars Program.
• Advise program participants on both academic and social needs, using holistic, intrusive, and proactive advising techniques.

Research (10%)

• Develop and implement a comprehensive assessment plan and strategies to evaluate learning outcomes and program effectiveness.
• Utilize institutional data, engagement data, and student feedback to evaluate past interventions, guide programming, and monitor student success and persistence.
• Collaborate with MSU’s Assessment and Data Analytics team to produce reports that highlight program outcomes to funders and stakeholders.

Teaching (5%)

• Coordinate, develop curriculum, and teach 1-credit UGS 110 first-year seminar courses for students in the Detroit M.A.D.E. Scholars Program.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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