Graduate Programs Navigator

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Tech is seeking a graduate program coordinator to support the Institute for Advanced Computing (IAC) educational programs. The role spans Alexandria and Blacksburg campuses and involves onboarding, records maintenance, and handling inquiries for Graduate School processes.

The position reports to the director of graduate programs and involves coordinating events, serving as a liaison to prospective students and partners, and providing clerical support to the graduate program staff.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative support in academic or business settings.
• Strong computer skills with spreadsheets and databases used for records.
• Ability to evaluate needs, set priorities, and follow school policies.
• Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal abilities.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support to graduate and accelerated students, manage records and registrations.
• Serve as contact and representative of IAC graduate programs to students, partners, vendors.
• Assist with scheduling, preparation and promotion of events (open houses, info sessions, fairs).
• Provide backup support to academic staff and assist the graduate program director and faculty.

Skills

Customer service

Administrative support

Computer skills

Initiative

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

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Job description

Virginia Tech is seeking a graduate program coordinator to support the Institute for Advanced Computing (IAC) educational programs. The role spans Alexandria and Blacksburg campuses and involves onboarding, records maintenance, and handling inquiries for Graduate School processes.

The position reports to the director of graduate programs and involves coordinating events, serving as a liaison to prospective students and partners, and providing clerical support to the graduate program staff.