Coordinator Student Life Programming
6778BR
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
NTID Student Life

Detailed Job Description
Responsibilities include:

• Work with the SLT director to promote the unit's mission providing specific and tailored cultural and identity-development experiences.
• Identify emotional, social, and skill development needs and supports for at-risk deaf and hard of hearing students.
• Provide mentoring services that empower and ignite all deaf and hard of hearing students.
• Evaluate existing efforts in the area and utilize the assessment to make continuous improvement.
• Supervise, recruit, and hire student paraprofessionals during the academic year, including the summer for summer programs.
• Provide curricular mentoring and club & organization leadership training and review evaluations for program and training to ensure continued improvement in service and share the summary report annually with SLT director.
• Work collaboratively with the depts at NTID and RIT Student Affairs to provide ongoing support for deaf and hard of hearing students.

Department/College Description
Student Life Team (SLT) is responsible for providing students with resources and support for their successful transition throughout college and after graduation. SLT works in partnership with NTIDs Academic Affairs, NTIDs Student and Academic Services departments, NTIDs Outreach Consortium, NTID Co-op and Career Center and several departments across RITs Division of Student Affairs for educating, challenging and supporting all Deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf Disabled, Late Deafened, Hard of Hearing, and Oral students who are eager to achieve and improve their abilities and soft skills. SLT is committed to supporting first year students, ALANA (African, Latinx, Asian and Native American) students, international students, and all-recognized NTID clubs and organizations. SLT proudly offer co-curricular and cultural/educational/religious/spiritual activities, trainings, and workshops for all students during academic years.


Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Student Affairs, Human and Social Services, Organizational Development, Psychology, Communication, or closely related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of proven experience in community leadership and an understanding of Deaf and hard of hearing student communities and their sub-groups and Deaf Culture.
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in student development and ability to interpret and apply that knowledge to the intersectional deaf and hard of hearing student community within NTID.
• The ability to create meaningful interactions among students, faculty, and staff for the purpose of promoting student success.
• Sign language proficiency required.
• The ability to manage and communicate multiple projects simultaneously & effectively to various individuals.

Preferred Qualifications


Professional Area:
Employment Category: Fulltime
Staff Job Function: Wage Band: 117A

Required Application Documents


How to Apply
In order to be considered for this position, you must apply for it at: http://careers.rit.edu/staff. Click the link for search openings and in the keyword search field, enter the title of the position or the BR number.

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Additional Details


Rochester Institute of Technology, the 10th largest private university in the U.S., is among the worlds leading technological universities. Its 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries are enrolled in over 200 academic programs, including 7 interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs. A pioneer in experiential education, RIT was the first to offer undergraduate degree programs in biotechnology, information technology, software engineering, and microelectronic engineering. As home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the university offers unparalleled academic opportunities and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Founded in 1829, RIT has 115,000 alumni throughout the United States and around the world. RIT has been named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the 'Great Colleges to Work For.