Program Coordinator - Students

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RGrand Canyon University!  One of Arizona’s leading institutions of higher learning. Located in the Valley of Sun in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, GCU is a regionally accredited, private, nondenominational Christian University.

The Program Coordinator-Students coordinates and manages all student programming for the GCU Canyon Center for Character Education (CCCE), serving as a leader for student-facing Christian character initiatives on-ground and online. This role advances student growth through events, trainings, mentorship, and community-facing activities rooted in GCU’s Christ-centered mission and the CCCE’s Christian character framework.

Through student engagement and support, the Student Program Coordinator helps GCU pursue its vision of cultivating Christ-like character rooted in faith, oriented by hope, and inspired to love, forming transformative leaders who pursue virtue through practiced wisdom for the common good.
** Target Hire:
** January 5, 2026  
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* Schedule:

** Mon-Fri, 8am to 5pm onsite  
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* Location:

** GCU Main Campus
** Benefits:
** Full benefits portfolio including tuition benefit
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* What You Will Do:

*** Coordinate all student and alumni programming with a focus on nurturing Christian character and virtues.
* Design and launch mentoring programs, college-specific speaker series, and leadership development initiatives focused on Christian character.
* Organize and support events that encourage students to grow in Christlike character, service, and leadership.
* Develop and facilitate training sessions that promote Christian character and virtues informing ethical decision-making among students.
* Lead community-facing activities that foster integrity, responsibility, and service in alignment with GCU’s mission and the Integration of Faith, Learning, and Work (IFLW).
* Lead all student-facing Christian character programs, building a culture of faith-driven, transformative leadership among students and alumni.
* Develop and deliver engaging campus events highlighting faith, hope, and love by facilitating dialogue series, speaker forums, service opportunities, and enhancing groups like Lopes Lead with Character, both on-ground and online.
* Support an annual Christian Character in the Professions Conference with participants who exemplify virtuous leadership and faithful Christian character; organize keynote events, Q&A sessions, post-event reflections, faculty/student panels, produce podcast interviews, and integrate conference content for co-curricular activities.
* Launch and maintain a Christian character mentorship program among students, ensuring effective mentor matching and progress tracking.
* Manage Christian character mentor training, personalized character action plans, student growth metrics, and longitudinal impact tracking.
* Develop GCU student leadership training emphasizing Christian character, conflict management, and civil discourse, in partnership with students and specified GCU staff to deliver workshops and peer-led programming.
* Integrate Christian character into student leadership cohorts and scholarships.
* Encourage student engagement in service, mentoring, and transformative leadership in alignment with GCU’s Christ-centered vision for character formation.
* Create, update, and disseminate targeted student resources for training and character formation efforts across campus.
* Support effective integration of Christian character expectations and virtue literacy across Residence Life, Athletics, ASGCU, and other student-centric divisions.
* Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with Associated Students of GCU (ASGCU), Spiritual Life, Residence Life, and student-worker hiring managers to support the embedding of Christian character and virtue literacy in student hiring, onboarding, and development processes.
* Coordinate campus-wide recognition pathways that acknowledge Christian character among students, including a formal Christian character recognition framework with Student Affairs, the Honors College, and…