Student Leadership Program Coordinator

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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The Office of Interprofessional Health Initiatives ( IHI) supports the intentional integration of interprofessional education, practice, and collaboration across UNC-CH. The mission of this unit is to support interprofessional endeavors that enhance the capacity and capability to improve health outcomes. Interprofessional Health Initiatives contains the Office of IPEP, Office of Health Professions Advising, and UNC Rural, all pan-university initiatives with many internal and external partners. Collaborating units include the Schools of Business, Dentistry, Education, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work; the department Health Sciences; Biomedical Engineering, and the Health Sciences Library. Building on this collaborative powerhouse of institutions with rich traditions of excellence, UNC-CH is uniquely positioned to transform health and human systems by preparing students, faculty, staff, and practitioners from different disciplines to work better together.

The Student Leadership Program Coordinator will focus primarily on supporting the Student Leadership Team within the Academic Excellence Unit and Division of Student Success. They will collaborate with the Associate Provost for Student Leadership, Director of Relational Leadership at Carolina, and others. This position will serve as the program coordinator for multiple pan-university initiatives, delivered through campus-wide co-curricular and curricular partnerships.
Responsibilities include developing and maintaining productive collaborative work relationships internally within with faculty, staff, students and affiliated partner institutions; assessing and responding to key student and partner needs; contributing to the development, planning, and implementation of new initiatives; assessing reoccurring initiatives to determine value to participants; and demonstrating an ability to think critically and problem solve.
Project Management
Administers assigned educational programs/projects that support learning including the Relational Leadership Curriculum and the Strengths Initiative. Supports program/project accountability, which involves maintaining oversight of timelines, deliverables, and outcomes across multiple, pan-university partners. Accountability also includes tracking and ensuring program goals are met, and reporting progress to internal leadership and external funders.
Collaborates across departments and partner sites to ensure clarity in responsibilities, workflows, and expected outcomes. Monitor program budgets, and play a direct role in forecasting, tracking, and monitoring expenditures to remain within funding parameters. This position will coordinate with the finance lead to ensure proper allocation of resources and to adjust project scopes if financial needs shift.
Analyzes student engagement data, partner capacity, and logistical infrastructure to identify areas where additional resources or redesigns are necessary. Where gaps are discovered whether in program design, workflow inefficiencies, or resource allocation, this position would recommend and implement changes in procedures or assignments to improve both effectiveness and sustainability.
Develop and monitor project databases, schedules, and reports, using data analytics to inform decisions. These reports not only help with internal tracking but are also crucial for demonstrating return on investment for funders and leadership. Ensuring accuracy of data and compliance is critical.
Coordinates logistics for workshops and events and partner-led workshops and events.
Program Administration
Takes initiative to identify and relieve administrative burden on the Associate Provost for Student Leadership and Director of Relational Leadership.
Serves as liaison with internal and external stakeholders.
Manage and supports office operations, communications, reporting, budgeting, meetings, retreats, and program administration.
Provides comprehensive office management, including records management, scheduling, event coordination, purchasing, reimbursements, travel support, and related administrative functions.
Works independently to anticipate and solve challenges and act on behalf of the Associate Provost for Student Leadership as authorized.
Assesses workflow and suggests improvements to operations, including new procedures, documentation, and training.
Marketing & Communications
Maintains and enhances professional relationships for building support and reaching consensus with internal and external constituents.
Plans, implements, and leads tailored marketing/communication strategies for assigned educational program(s)/project(s) in collaboration with the Academic Success Unit, Student Success Division, and with strategic partners.
*This position requires driving; a driving record check will be conducted as part of the hiring process.

Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

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H-1B sponsorship is not available for this position.

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