Project Assistant

National Science Teaching Association; Portland (OR); Presencial; USD 28.000 - 41.000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da vaga

Warner Pacific University is seeking a part-time Project Assistant (.5 FTE) reporting to the Associate Dean of the School of Education. The role supports grant administration, records management, scheduling, and budget reconciliation, and helps coordinate Advisory Council activities.

Responsibilities include maintaining advising and early-alert records with the Activity Director and Student Assistants, and participating in university professional development while upholding the university’s

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in science education or business.
• Ability to multi-task with accuracy and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in a project coordination role.
• Experience working with diverse populations.

Responsabilidades

• Support grant administration, records management, scheduling, budget reconciliation, and Advisory Council logistics.
• Maintain advising and early-alert records with the Activity Director and Student Assistants.
• Participate in professional development opportunities.
• Adhere to University policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate commitment to a Christian liberal arts education and the University's mission.

Conhecimentos

Multi-tasking

Deadline-driven

Project coordination

Diversity awareness

Formação

Bachelor's degree in science education or business

Descrição da vaga

Summary Description:

The Project Assistant supports grant administration, records management, scheduling, budget reconciliation, and Advisory Council logistics, and maintains advising and early-alert records with the Activity Director and Students Assistants. This is a .5 FTE, non-exempt position reporting to the Associate Dean of the School of Education.

Primary Job Duties:

• Support grant administration, records management, scheduling, budget reconciliation, and Advisory Council logistics
• Maintain advising and early alert records with the Activity Director and Student Assistants.

General Responsibilities:

• Participate in Warner Pacific University professional development opportunities.
• Adhere to University policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate a commitment to a Christian liberal arts education by upholding the mission of the University and abiding by the Employment Standards and Lifestyle Agreement.
• Exhibit commitment to inclusiveness and sensitivity in areas of national origin, ethnicity, culture, gender, and disabilities.
• Maintain confidential department records and files.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have any combination equivalent to a bachelor’s degree preferably in science education, or business.
• Ability to multi-task with accuracy and work effectively in order to adapt and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in a project coordination role.
• Experience working with diverse populations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in grant funded projects.
• Two plus years’ experience in project coordination role

Warner Pacific University’s Mission:

Warner Pacific is a Christ-centered, urban, diverse, minority-serving, Hispanic-serving, liberal arts University dedicated to providing students with an education that prepares them to engage actively in a constantly changing world. Our hiring practices reflect our missional commitment to being a Christ-centered institution.

Warner Pacific University’s Commitment to Diversity:

Warner Pacific University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks a diverse workforce of committed Christians from all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds. Warner Pacific University is committed to hiring staff and faculty with an intentionality that demonstrates the importance of having an employee community that reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of the students we serve.

Employment and Lifestyle Standards:

Warner Pacific is a Christ-centered urban liberal arts University dedicated to providing students from diverse backgrounds an education that prepares them to engage actively in a constantly changing world. The University was founded in 1937 by the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana). Central to Warner Pacific’s identity as a Christ-centered higher education institution is the policy of hiring persons whose personal and professional lives reflect:

1. 1. A belief in the deity of and commitment to Jesus Christ and the Christian faith, as interpreted through the historic witness of Scripture and the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit.
2. 2. The practice of following Christ through day-to-day personal lifestyle choices.
3. 3. A vitality of Christian experience maturing in insight and application and appreciative of differing viewpoints.
4. 4. A commitment to life-long learning and service through personal and professional development.
5. 5. For teaching faculty, the expression of artful teaching, based on mastery of relevant subject matter and in an environment of purposeful and rigorous inquiry amongst a community of scholars who support one another.
6. 6. A capability, by temperament, preparation, and will, to support students as they confront the intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of their lives.
7. 7. A sensitivity to and support for the mission, core themes, vision, values, ethos and traditions of the Warner Pacific University community.
8. 8. A commitment to teaching and serving in harmony with the doctrines of the Holy Bible.

Employee Agreement:

Mission-based hiring is of critical importance to Warner Pacific University. Employees are expected to demonstrate and articulate a vital Christian faith and to live in a manner consistent with a Christ-centered lifestyle as informed by the Scriptures of the New Testament.

Warner Pacific’s students, faculty and staff are expected to foster an environment of mutual respect and accountability, to care for the personal dignity of others and to exercise integrity in their conduct and communication. The University environment is expected to be free from discrimination and harassment (including bullying). When an individual’s behavior has direct implications for others and/or the well‑being of the University community, there may be cause for institutional involvement, regardless of where the situation occurs.

Warner Pacific University desires to provide a safe and healthy environment for staff, faculty, students, visitors and guests. Therefore, smoking is not permitted on University property, in its vehicles, or at any University sponsored event. The use of illegal drugs or non-prescribed controlled substances is strictly prohibited. Use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products is strictly prohibited on Warner Pacific University campuses.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Warner Pacific provides equal opportunity for employment and advancement for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status and any other status protected by laws and regulations to which Warner Pacific is subject. All employment decisions, including hiring, promotions, compensation, benefits, transfers, and terminations are made in a manner that does not discriminate against individuals in the categories discussed above. Because Warner Pacific is a Christian liberal arts University, the University exercises its legal right to hire Christian employees to fulfill its mission and purpose.