Assistant Director - Upward Bound TRIO

Who is Saint Louis University? Founded in 1818, Saint Louis University is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities. SLU, which also has a campus in Madrid, Spain, is recognized for world-class academics, life-changing research, compassionate health care, and a strong commitment to faith and service.

Job Description

The Assistant Director of TRIO Upward Bound Programs is the primary liaison between the TRIO Upward Bound Director, University staff, faculty, public school district partners, participants, parents, and community representatives interested in the TRIO Upward Bound programs. The Assistant Director of TRIO Upward Bound Programs ensures that the programs meet established goals, objectives, and federal guidelines and is responsible for program development, implementation, and management of day-to-day operations, planning, supervision and evaluation of programs and program staff, budgeting, maintaining appropriate program records, and preparing and submitting time and effort reports and mandated compliance reports. The Assistant Director of TRIO Upward Bound Programs ensures awareness and understanding of TRIO, pre-collegiate, post-secondary/higher education, post-degree graduate, community and local educational programs by providing presentations and networking.

Job Duties

• Ensures that the TRIO Upward Bound programs are understood and accepted as an integral part of the University community by representing the program in formal and informal venues, facilitating communication and discussion regarding the TRIO Upward Bound Program’s operations and goals and the needs of Upward Bound participants, conducting research, managing all administrative tasks and operations to comply with program requirements, and reporting research findings in formal and informal venues.

• Assures that the programs for participants (Upward Bound students, parents, families, schools, community, etc.) are organized, monitored, and managed to meet goals and objectives by designing, developing and directing all facets of the Upward Bound Program and Student Support Services programs under policies and procedures which ensure they are conducted in compliance with the U.S. Department of Education program guidelines and the specific requirements contained in the Saint Louis University grant proposals, reporting data as needed and required, tracking expenditures and keeping financial records in accordance with federal guidelines, ensuring that all student records are complete, current, and confidential, reviewing TRIO Upward Bound Program materials, monitoring programming content, schedules, and budgets against program criteria, preparing federal reports, preparing the continuation proposal, and attending meetings with the U.S. Department of Education Office at the request of the Vice President.

• Ensures that unit data is collected to establish patterns of employee performance and fiscal return on investment for all programs and collaborative initiatives and reports such data quarterly and annually to the Vice President.

• Ensures that eligible students can fully utilize the TRIO Upward Bound programs by interviewing interested students and collecting and reporting data to assess the effectiveness of program components and performing other evaluation of the impact of the TRIO Upward Bound programs.

• Establishes and maintains close working relationships with various University representatives, the federal government (Department of Education), target schools’ faculty and administrators, and community agencies.

• Assures the development and operation of an effective tracking and monitoring system for the TRIO Upward Bound Programs by working with the Marketing and Data Communications Specialist, Office of Admissions, the Registrar, Financial Aid, Enrollment Management, Institutional Research, and Information Technology Services and coordinating with staff to ensure that all required tracking and monitoring systems are maintained and fully utilized.

• Effectively manages the program by ensuring that the TRIO Upward Bound Programs meets all grant obligations in a timely manner to allow the preparation and submission of all necessary U.S. Department of Education reports.

• Documents the progress of TRIO Upward Bound Programs in achieving its funded objectives by coordination and evaluation of the project.

• Develops a competent and effective staff by recruiting, selecting, training, supervising, and evaluating staff members in compliance with the University’s established Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity policies.

• Represents the Upward Bound programs by attendin