Pathways to Purpose: Student Success Program Lead

FHLB Des Moines; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Washington Tacoma is seeking a Pathways to Purpose Program Specialist to advance gift-funded initiatives aimed at improving career mobility for first-generation and economically marginalized students. You will join a team that partners with students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders to drive meaningful change.

You will lead operational elements, supervise student employees, administer mini-grants, and build campus partnerships while ensuring fiscal integrity and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least three years in program coordination or related roles.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects.
• Experience working with students or youth populations.
• Ability to manage purchasing, reimbursements, and data tracking.

Responsibilities

• Serve as core initiative team member and liaison among initiative leadership, faculty, students, staff, and external stakeholders to ensure effective execution and measurable impact of gift-funded initiatives.
• Manage initiative activities and stakeholder engagement, including events, trainings, workshops, and convenings that advance initiative goals.
• Develop and implement communications strategies to inform and engage campus and external stakeholders, ensuring clarity and transparency of initiative objectives and outcomes.
• Recruit, hire, train, and supervise student employees (20%): Provide direct supervision, training, and ongoing support for gift-funded student employees who serve as ambassadors, peer leaders, and contributors to initiative planning, assessment, outreach, and decision-making processes in support of the strategic aims of the Pathways to Purpose initiative.
• Oversee mini-grant administration and implementation (15%): Manage the administration of gift-funded mini-grant programs designed to support career-connected learning and innovative student success initiatives across the university.
• Cultivate partnerships and engagement with first-generation and economically marginalized students and campus stakeholders (15%): Develop authentic partnerships with first-generation and economically marginalized students that recognize and leverage students' strengths, cultural assets, lived experiences, and aspirations regarding career development and educational success.
• Work closely with administrative leads and offices within Academic Success Programs and Career and Social Mobility.
• Serve as a connector among initiative stakeholders to enhance awareness of gift opportunities, support implementation of project initiatives, identify emerging needs, and promote engagement among first-generation and economically marginalized students.
• Other Duties as Assigned (5%).

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Event planning

Supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The University of Washington Tacoma is seeking a Pathways to Purpose Program Specialist to advance gift-funded initiatives aimed at improving career mobility for first-generation and economically marginalized students. You will join a team that partners with students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders to drive meaningful change.

You will lead operational elements, supervise student employees, administer mini-grants, and build campus partnerships while ensuring fiscal integrity and