SUNY Oswego Looking for Focus Forward Coordinator at Oswego, NY Full Time

Description of Department: EXCEL: Experiential Courses and Engaged
Learning offers a variety of opportunities for students to earn academic credit through hands-on experiences. Internships, co-ops, service
learning, and experiential courses provide students the ability to apply knowledge and theories learned in the classroom to “real world”
businesses, non-profit organizations, and community agencies. Students can develop key competencies, explore career goals, and gain valuable
professional connections through local, national, or international positions.

The EXCEL Office at the State University of New York at
Oswego invites applications to fill a full time Focus Forward Coordinator

Posting Date: September 25,
2023

Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Compensation: Salary
range (SL-3) commensurate with experience plus full New York State benefits package.

Benefit Information: The
State University of New York provides an excellent benefit package. Click here for more
information.

Date of Appointment: As soon as possible

Description of Responsibilities:

With guidance from the Director of EXCEL and in collaboration with School Administration, the Focus Forward Coordinator will work
with staff and faculty to coordinate support programming for “at-risk” students to foster improved school connectedness and higher
graduation rates. The coordinator will support SUNY Oswego undergraduates in their role as mentors while creating spaces for student growth
in leadership, community engagement, and professionalism. Major responsibilities include facilitating the Focus Forward Program; recruiting
participants; designing programs to build students’ academic, leadership, and self-management skills; and incorporating opportunities for
family involvement.

The Focus Forward Coordinator responsibilities include:

• Coordinate, develop, monitor,
  and acts as site liaison for Focus Forward partnership to multiple schools.
• Recruit program participants, district and
  undergraduates
• Maintain presence at assigned sites to build supportive relationships with mentees and mentors to encourage
  participation and commitment to the program
• Support Focus Forward Activities at SUNY Oswego
• Submit annual assessment report
  and goals on the effectiveness of the program and student learning outcomes
• Meet regularly with the student support teams at each of
  the program sites to discuss individual students and most appropriate interventions.
• Serve as point person for family communication
  regarding program applications, policies, and procedures
• Coordinate with other team members on event planning and
  facilitation
• Coordinate, develop, monitor, and act as site liaison for Focus Forward partnership with assigned sites located within
  and around Oswego County.
• Develop curriculum and teach mentoring and team leader courses
• Participate in campus
  committees
• Grant writing and budget review

SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment which
respects, embraces, and promotes cultural safety, belonging, civil discourse, cultural humility, and other values and goals outlined in SUNY
Oswego’s Strategic
Diversity and Inclusion Plan. As such, the Focus Forward Coordinator will be expected to contribute to these efforts and possess
communication and interpersonal skills necessary to engage effectively with an increasingly diverse community of students and
colleagues.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in education
  or related field at time of appointment
• Experience in teaching, mentoring or service-learning
• Strong interpersonal and
  communication skills
• Planning, organizing, and multi-tasking skills
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and
  effectively interact with a diverse population of students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years’ experience
  facilitating partnerships within the community
• Two years’ experience in project management or program coordination
• Proven
  effectiveness assessing student data and evaluating mentor performance
• Experience delivering programming to underrepresented
  minority students, LGBTQ+ students, and other marginalized populations

At SUNY Oswego we value the diversity found in each member
of our campus community and strive to create a community where that diversity is embraced and enhanced. Recognizing the strength of
diversity, our mission is to foster an environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural competence, civil discourse and active
engagement in developing an inclusive and vibrant community of scholars who act as transformational agents of change and responsible
citizens of the world. For more information see SUNY Oswego’s Strategic Diversity and
Inclusion Plan.

As a candidate seeking consideration you are asked to submit a separate statement specifically addressing how
your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been evidenced in your career experience and professional activity, and/or community
service (volunteer work, etc.), and/or professional development. (Please see Application Instructions)

Additional
Information:

Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and
is actively engaged in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. We encourage
applications from qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim
SUNY status, or criminal conviction. Please click here to see our full non-discrimination policy.

In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants
must be legally able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Requests for reasonable
accommodations of a disability during the application and/or interview process should be made to the Human Resources Office by calling
315-312-2230 or emailing [email protected].

For Campus Safety information, please click here
to see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).

SUNY Oswego is a smoke free/tobacco/e-cigarette free campus. Click here for further policy details, including education and cessation
resources.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in
any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as
the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such
time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at [email protected].

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Chair:

Jennifer Joyce at [email protected]

Visa sponsorship not available for this position

Application
Instructions:

To Apply Submit:

1. Cover letter addressing qualifications
2. A separate statement
   describing your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in your professional experience or personal life or community engagement
3. Resume or CV
4. Copy of unofficial (or copy of official) transcript for required degree showing degree awarded and date
   conferred
5. Contact information for three professional references, including a previous supervisor

electronically by
clicking on the APPLY NOW button.

Official transcripts are required at time of appointment.

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