The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School is seeking an Assistant Director of Graduate Experiential Programs for GradFUTURES®, a campus-wide professional development initiative designed to empower graduate students with professional skills and competencies and help them explore their unique interests and diverse professional pathways via transformative programs and experiences. The position reports directly to the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development and is part of an entrepreneurial and highly collaborative team that embraces innovation and seeks to make professional development an intrinsic part of every graduate student’s experience at Princeton.
With the goal of scaling access to experiential opportunities for all graduate students, the assistant director will plan, administer, and assess six bespoke experiential fellowship programs funded and/or managed by the GradFUTURES team. These programs include: the University Administrative Fellowships, the Community College Teaching Fellowships, the GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellowships, the Pre-Matriculation Internships, Higher Education Leadership Fellowships, and the Micro-Internships in Industry programs. This professional will work in close collaboration with the Assistant Deans to enhance awareness of programs across campus, steadily increase unique graduate student participation, and manage the implementation of a new technology platform to support a major expansion of all experiential programs. The assistant director will develop and implement processes and workflows, applying project management skills and leveraging technology to curate and promote opportunities, manage applications and candidate referrals, assess learning outcomes and satisfaction, and boost the visibility of these programs via storytelling. They will oversee the onboarding of partners, conduct routine check-ins, manage information sessions, create community-building events with hosts/mentors and cohorts of fellows, ensure timely payment of fellowship stipends, and support capstone assignments and presentations.
Applying evidence-based approaches and engaged and integrative learning practices, they will continuously assess and refine all experiential programs led by the Graduate School to ensure that graduate students are developing the eight core competencies of the GradFUTURES model and that each experience is transformative. They will conduct benchmarking with peer institutions to build awareness of best practices for experiential programs within graduate education. In collaboration with the assistant deans, they will also curate best practices and explore potential participation in professional development grants and/or national programs sponsored by government agencies such as the NEH and NSF, and higher education associations such as the AAU, CGS and the AAC&U. For academic departments with required graduate internships, the assistant director will provide support for internship development as requested.
The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School offers an inclusive and supportive work environment. Engaged and dedicated staff members within the office collaborate to improve the educational experience of all graduate students at Princeton. The work itself is extraordinarily rewarding: it is multi-faceted, always evolving, and meaningful. This is a full-time position with an anticipated start date of fall 2024. Apply by August 20 for fullest consideration.
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