Senior Program Coordinator, Residential Colleges

Position Summary

Residential Colleges seeks focused, creative, and team-oriented candidates to collaborate with residential faculty in program planning and mentoring undergraduates, while spearheading the implementation of student leadership initiatives. The senior program coordinator will implement programs within Residential Colleges that help develop students’ academic identities outside the classroom. Specifically, the senior program coordinator will organize, attend, support, and assess a multitude of programs, events, and resources such as academic seminars, student professional development opportunities, and large-scale community events. Additionally, the senior program coordinator will serve as the primary adviser for the orientation leader organization Transfer Connect and implement training and development opportunities for student leadership positions across Residential Colleges. This role will also be responsible for assessing the effectiveness of student leadership trainings and initiatives. In this role, the senior program coordinator will advise student leaders, work closely in partnership with residential faculty, and collaborate with staff from across the university. 

About the Work Unit

Residential Colleges is a cornerstone of Vanderbilt’s approach to undergraduate education, intentionally linking academic life with residential education to support student learning, discovery, and growth. Aligned with the goals of the Provost’s Office of Undergraduate Education, the colleges create environments where intellectual engagement extends beyond the classroom and becomes a natural part of daily life. These communities bring students and faculty together in shared spaces that encourage thoughtful dialogue, interdisciplinary exploration, creative inquiry, and a strong sense of belonging. Through academic programs, faculty led discussions, research-oriented experiences, and opportunities for reflection and mentorship, students are supported in developing their academic identities throughout their undergraduate careers.

The residential college system includes The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons for first-year students and upper division colleges along West End Avenue, including Warren and Moore Colleges, E. Bronson Ingram College, Nicholas S. Zeppos College, Rothschild College, and Oliver C. Carmichael College. Across these communities, Residential Colleges partners with faculty, staff, and programs to integrate academic enrichment with holistic student development. This collaborative and community centered model ensures that students have frequent and meaningful opportunities to engage with faculty, explore ideas, build connections, and contribute to the vibrant intellectual life of the university.

About Undergraduate Education at Vanderbilt

The Provost’s Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) advances Vanderbilt’s academic mission by supporting more than 7,200 undergraduate students in pursuing rigorous and inquiry-driven learning experiences. OUE collaborates closely with faculty and academic units to develop and sustain programs that promote undergraduate research, scholarly engagement, global learning, and other high impact academic practices that extend beyond the classroom. Through strategic coordination of curricular and co-curricular academic initiatives, including Immersion Vanderbilt, study abroad, and faculty driven academic programming, OUE ensures that students have access to meaningful opportunities for intellectual growth and discovery. By aligning resources, services, and academic support structures, OUE strengthens the undergraduate academic experience and fosters a community committed to learning, curiosity, and academic excellence.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Works with residential faculty within Residential Colleges to implement and develop programmatic initiatives focusing on the residential college system learning outcomes.
• Advises student leaders in programming councils, focusing on student development.
• Implements student leadership development series for all councils across Residential Colleges. 
• Produces an annual “Foster Your Leadership Potential” report highlighting achievements in student leadership learning outcomes.

• Advises transfer student leaders within the Transfer Connect organization; recruits, selects, and trains undergraduate peer mentors.

• Ideates and implements special projects for orientation.

• Supervises student office assistant(s), coordinating recruitment, training, scheduling, task management, evaluation, etc.

• Assists with other residential colleges-wide programs, such as large-scale community events and the