Program Manager of Scholar Development

Undergraduate Education foster student growth, empowerment, and success by serving, advising, guiding, nurturing, and celebrating our students, and working with them and our faculty to solve problems so that students may successfully navigate the university. We focus on the academic aspect of students' lives at Tufts, providing information, advice, and support to help them successfully complete their degrees in a timely manner while ensuring that our students have an enriching and rewarding academic experience. To that end, we provide students with advising, academic support, direction, and accurate information. We also provide academic enrichment programs and opportunities so that students may reach their full potential and achieve their best. We collaborate with faculty and other departments to advocate for students and improve the academic experience for all students as well as the policies governing undergraduate study at Tufts.

The Program Manager of Scholar Development manages a robust suite of programs to establish Tufts as a national leader in undergraduate research, academic achievement, and intellectual leadership. This will be exemplified by success in securing nationally competitive awards (such as Fulbright Grants, Goldwater Scholarships, Truman Fellowships, and Rhodes Scholarships) and ample opportunities for undergraduates to research alongside faculty mentors and to showcase that research through myriad events.

Demonstrating Tufts' commitment to be an anti-racist institution, the Director of Scholar Development will:

• Shape programs and processes to identify, nurture, and cultivate students from identities and populations who have not traditionally been among those chosen for highly competitive research and fellowship opportunities.
• Adhere to a philosophy in which students striving in competitive processes focuses on individual growth through self-exploration.

Basic Requirements:

• Knowledge and skills as typically acquired by a Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of professional experience advising and mentoring of undergraduate students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD is strongly preferred
• Experience in fellowship advising and/or advising of students underrepresented in their fields strongly preferred
• 4+ years of experience in student advising and mentoring of undergraduate students
• Professional experience as a writer, editor, writing instructor, or writing tutor
• Demonstrated success implementing and coordinating educational programs
• Understanding of and commitment to issues of diversity in higher education
• Strong skills in public speaking and oral communication
• Demonstrated ability to manage detailed records and budgets

Special Work Schedule Requirements:

This is a hybrid role expected to work in person on campus for at least half the work week during the fall and spring semesters while classes are in session, with more flexibility for remote work over portions of the summer and during school breaks.