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University of Missouri-Columbia · 2 days ago

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR II

Columbia, MO

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$22/hr - $30/hr

1+ years exp

The University of Missouri-Columbia is seeking an Educational Program Coordinator II for a grant-funded project focusing on child, adolescent, and family homelessness. The role involves creating professional development trainings, conducting interviews and focus groups, and updating training materials based on feedback.

Higher Education

Diversity & Inclusion

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create 2 or more (2 minimum) professional development trainings aimed at education professionals (birth through high school) and relevant stakeholders within the state, as identified by project directors, including MS Powerpoint presentations with text and graphics, each for an equivalent of at least 3 clock hours in the Missouri early education training system, focused on project topic and using project-generated information

Create 5 or more (5 minimum) two- to five-page (can be slightly longer) aimed at education professionals (birth through high school) and relevant stakeholders within the state, as identified by project directors, text and graphic, information briefs (also known as brief reports) using MS Word or equivalent software that is available to the project directors, similar to those found on meric.mo.gov (e.g., https://meric.mo.gov/sites/g/files/zuston356/files/media/pdf/2018/08/annual_wages_brief_2016.pdf) and dss.mo.gov (e.g., https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/general/pdf/mfp-information-brief-2-employment.pdf), focused on project topic and using project-generated information

Conduct interviews and focus groups, at multiple times throughout the project, with relevant potential consumers of these trainings and briefs, including educators and stakeholders, as identified by project directors, to obtain feedback about the developed trainings and briefs to inform usefulness and needed improvements

Write a report, for each iteration of interviews and focus groups, about the feedback received during them, including an overview/summary of the primary points and details about information received based on subgroups of individuals included in the process

Update training and information briefs based on feedback, documenting what was changed and how it addressed the identified concern

Conduct searches for existing trainings and information briefs on project topics to include in research teams gathered artifacts and to inform creation of trainings and briefs

Conduct searches of popular media and Internet to identify, download (for the gathered project artifacts), and use to inform the creation of trainings and information briefs

Assist with writing project-required reports and other artifacts based on information gathered and creation of trainings and information briefs

Provide general support to the full research team on various tasks required to accomplish other goals of the project

Qualification

Professional development trainingMS PowerPointMS WordReport writingConducting interviewsTeam supportResearch skills

Required

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

At least 1 year of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired

Preferred

Master's degree preferred

Benefits

Individuals in non benefit eligible positions may choose to participate in the Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (403b).

Company

University of Missouri-Columbia

The University of Missouri-Columbia offers a comprehensive range of programs, services, and activities as a public research university.

Founded in 2011

Columbia, Missouri, USA

10001+ employees

https://missouri.edu

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