Academic Initiatives Coordinator

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Within Residential Life, the Academics & First Year Experience team focuses on enriching the residential academic experience and oversees the transition of all students into the University. Under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Academics & First Year Experience, the Academic Initiatives Coordinator oversees the development, oversight, and assessment of Academic Success Programs, Events, and Resources, using assessment outcomes to inform recommendations on the academic enrichment opportunities and activities the department provides across the residential communities and the greater UCLA campus. The Academic Initiatives Coordinator serves as a key connector among students, faculty, and campus academic resources, building and maintaining partnerships across academic disciplines-including through close support of the Faculty in Residence program. The Academic Initiatives Coordinator supervises a team of approximately 20 proctors. The Coordinator is responsible for the onboarding, development, and ongoing training of these student staff. The Coordinator serves as the point person for large-scale events including, but not limited to, Major Blast, Nuts and Bolts of Grad School, Bruins Around the World, the Undergraduate Research Forum, College Bowl, and select Faculty in Residence-initiated programming. As a member of the Academics & First Year Experience team, the Coordinator may also support the broader portfolio of team programming, including True Bruin Welcome, Living Learning Communities, and other first-year transition initiatives, as needed. In partnership with the Assistant Director, the Academic Initiatives Coordinator oversees academic study spaces within the residential communities, assesses these spaces regularly, and makes ongoing recommendations for how study environments and academic resources can better serve students based on current trends. This includes oversight of proctoring during Late Night Study in Dining Halls, seasonal Finals Study Nights, and Community Centers on the Hill when in operation. The Coordinator regularly analyzes student engagement patterns, study trends, and program outcomes to inform department decision-making and produces reports that demonstrate the academic impact of residential life programming, supporting collaboration within and between Residential Life, First Year Experience, the Faculty in Residence Program, and UCLA at large. The Academic Initiatives Coordinator must be able to work independently and with others to manage multiple administrative university programs with competing priorities. This requires effective skills in planning, organization, coordination, resource allocation, delegation, and adaptability. The ability to supervise student staff and manage several projects requires an understanding of a dynamic environment and changing organizational context. The incumbent will have developed skills to analyze information, identify alternatives, and exercise innovation with ingenuity and resourcefulness in selecting appropriate solutions or directions.