Job Description Summary

Organization's Summary Statement:

The Graduate School’s Career and Professional Development unit is reorganizing to enhance our support for students in professional, career, and postdoctoral services. By hiring a Program Coordinator for Graduate Student Career and Professional Development, we will expand career/professional development activities directly within graduate housing spaces, bringing this essential resource directly to students, enabling a new way for students to explore diverse career paths, prepare for academic and non-academic job searches, and transition from graduate school to professional positions.

The Program Coordinator will provide leadership and administrative oversight of the Discovery House Grand Challenges Graduate Communities (“GC2”), a new living-learning community for graduate students in a UMD-supported graduate housing facility. The community will support career and professional development activities, including alumni panels, speaker series, workshops, and academic support activities (such as writing support groups); these will be developed in collaboration with residents and the rest of The Graduate School staff. These activities will create opportunities for students living in graduate housing who share different disciplinary perspectives and experiences to explore the grand challenges of our time and prepare to tackle them. These resident-facing activities will supplement our on-campus career and professional development activities, but host such activities at unique times (evenings/weekends) in graduate student housing. The Program Coordinator will also coordinate all aspects of Graduate School programming in graduate housing spaces (e.g., award programs, related student-support programs).

This position reports to the Program Manager for Graduate Student Career and Professional Development and is a member of the Graduate Student Success Team (GSST). This role may require occasional evening and weekend work.

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree in any field with two (2) years of experience in career services or related fields, including direct experience with educational programming, student guidance, faculty and staff collaboration, and administrative responsibilities. Experience with graduate student clients in a university career center, experience working with international students around career development, and knowledge of career exploration in academia, government, industry, and nonprofits is strongly preferred.

Physical Demands:

Working in an office environment. Evening and weekend hours are occasionally required.

License/Certifications: N/A

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: One (1) year of professional program, outreach, or event coordination experience.

Other: Additional work experience as defined above may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to four (4) years of the required education.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

Knowledge of outreach and marketing strategies.
Knowledge of clerical and administrative procedures and systems such as filing and record-keeping.
Skill in oral and written communication.
Skill in the use of Microsoft Office products.
Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments.

Additional Job Details

Required Application Materials: Resume, cover letter and list of references

 

Best Consideration Date: 3/18/26

 

Posting Close Date: N/A

 

Open Until Filled: Yes

UMD will not sponsor the successful candidate for work authorization in the United States now or in the future.

Job Risks

Financial Disclosure Required

No

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Department

GRAD-Graduate School

Worker Sub-Type

Staff Regular

Salary Range

$65,860 - $72,032

Benefits Summary

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