Hybrid Senior Program Coordinator, Community Engagement

Rutgers University; New Brunswick (NJ); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, and dental

Paid vacation and holidays

Competitive retirement benefits

Educational benefits

Life insurance

Employee discount programs

Job summary

Rutgers University, located in New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ, seeks a Senior Program Coordinator to embed community voice in the engineering student design cycle and ensure ABET-aligned outcomes. You will partner with university offices, faculty advisors, and community organizations to validate and integrate projects within the School of Engineering.

The role involves coordinating engagements, supporting senior design projects, and working with industry sponsors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a STEM field and at least 2 years of experience with community outreach programs.
• A valid driver's license would be required for this position.
• Experience with engineering design, analysis, prototyping, or testing.
• Familiarity with ABET outcomes and engineering education practices.
• Experience working with community organizations or service-learning contexts.
• Excellent oral/written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• 3 years of experience with community outreach programs and related activities.
• Experience coordinating community-engaged or experiential learning programs.
• Familiarity with sustainability, ethics in design, or community-partnered research.
• CAD/CAE analysis tools and Microsoft 365, LMS, Qualtrics, Python, and assessment tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the engineering validation and academic integration of community-engaged engineering student projects within the School of Engineering (SoE).
• Supports senior design/course-embedded projects and student organization community engagement projects.
• Coordinates with the SoE Development Team where industry sponsorship or in-kind support for student projects is involved.
• Assists with planning, scheduling, organizing school of engineering community engagements.

Skills

Community outreach

Communication skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM

Tools

MATLAB

SolidWorks

COMSOL/FEA

Microsoft 365

LMS platforms

Qualtrics

Python

Assessment tools

Job description

Rutgers University, located in New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ, seeks a Senior Program Coordinator to embed community voice in the engineering student design cycle and ensure ABET-aligned outcomes. You will partner with university offices, faculty advisors, and community organizations to validate and integrate projects within the School of Engineering.

The role involves coordinating engagements, supporting senior design projects, and working with industry sponsors.