Coordinator 2, Student Service Project

Salary:

$51,026.49 - $52,557.12 Annually

Location:

Taylorsville Campus, UT

Job Type:

Non Exempt Staff Full Time

Job Number:

202500792

Division:

Student Affairs

Department:

Thayne Center

Closing Date:

5/25/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Exempt

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

The Coordinator for Student Service Project is responsible for several Thayne Center programs that introduce students to leadership through service and community engagement. Reporting to the Assistant Director for Community Engagement, this role's primary responsibilities include oversight of the Thayne Center community engagement entry point programs, including student service projects, promotion of community service opportunities for students, and providing educational content for student club community engagement. While focused on students, this role supports numerous stakeholders, including SLCC staff, faculty, and community-based organizations. The long-term success of this role is measured by program engagement, program visibility, peer leader retention and graduation, and fulfillment of student learning outcomes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of best practices in service-leadership programming in higher education, including recruitment, retention, and development of student leaders.
• Ability to partner with community organizations, non-profit agencies, and social change stakeholders.
• Knowledge of effective marketing and recruiting strategies.
• Promoting programming and resources to ensure programmatic visibility among students across the institution.
• Knowledge of student leadership development theories and practices.
• Proven skills in program coordination, including program management, needs assessment, strategic planning, procedure development, evaluation, critical thinking, programmatic development, participant learning outcomes, and budgeting.
• Skilled in volunteer communication and management.
• Ability to travel to multiple sites and campuses.
• Ability to recruit, hire, train, and supervise students for a peer leader role.
• Create and implement an agreement of peer leader responsibilities.
• Document and address performance issues.
• Maintain accurate rosters and contact information for engaged students.
• Ability to create agendas and incorporate multiple sources of information to facilitate meetings.
• Plan and lead trainings and developmental conversations.
• Works successfully whether independent or collaboratively.
• Sets and meets deadlines individually and with a team.
• Supervisor may be remote or at a different campus location.
• Excellent written communication, including email and writing external facing documents.
• Excellent oral and interpersonal communication skills with a demonstrated ability for public speaking.
• Tailoring communication to different constituents, including students, staff, faculty, and community partners.
• Strong technology skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Zoom, and other telecommunication platforms.
• Creation of surveys, forms, and use of an online engagement platform. Tracking expenses and following a budget.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly.
• Strong decision-making, problem solving, and collaborative partnership skills.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Ability to strategically build relationships and connect with campus partners.
• As assigned, support office coverage at multiple SLCC sites and campuses.
• Ability to arrange safe student travel while following college travel policies.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work with a broad range of people with various backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as education, social sciences, humanities, communications, community organization, or related field.
• ONE (1) to FOUR (4) years of direct, full-time, paid experience in related areas such as student activities, student leadership, student club advising, community engagement, community organizing, event planning, and/or volunteer management.
• Trade off 2:1 in experience/education requirement.
• Part-time experience may be considered on a prorated basis.
• Applicant must have scheduling flexibility to accommodate attendance at occasional early mornings, late evenings and weekend programs, retreats, and conferences.
• May occasionally be required to work evenings and/or weekends as determined by student programming needs.
• Ability to complete Utah state defensive driving training and drive authorized vehicles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field, such as higher education administration, cultural and social sciences, humanities, or a related field.
• Direct experience coordinating educational programs.
• Bilingual or multi-lingual.
• Strong knowledge of and proven experience with student leadership development theory and practices, working with college students and/or volunteer and service management, event planning, and educational workshops.
• Advising strategies in the context of student clubs, organizations, and student leadership.
• Working with community-based organizations.
• Assessment - designing, implementing, and measuring learning outcomes.

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