About the role
Title: Director, Veterans Upward Bound
Position Type: Fulltime Staff
Search Type: External - minimum 7 days
Department: 77G010 - Student Affairs-Restricted Funds
Division: 5G0000 - Student Success, Engage & Opp-Restr
Position Location: Richmond Campus
Driver Classification: University Driver
FLSA: Exempt
Schedule Type: Full Time (37.5 hrs per week or more)
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Additional Schedule Details
Posted Salary Grade: Exempt - G22
Retirement: KTRS
Contact Person: Joshua Maynard
Job Summary/Basic Functions
Oversees and manages services within the regulations set forth by the U.S. Department of Education to assist first- generation, low-income, and/or academically at-risk eligible veterans in eight target area counties to be prepared to succeed in postsecondary education.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree in education, counseling, higher education, education administration, public administration, or other related field is required.
Experience: Three (3) years of related experience in higher education is required, as well as direct service experience with meeting academic, social and economic needs of low-income/first-generation/disabled or disadvantaged student populations.
Licensure & Certifications
Preferred Qualifications
Veteran Status or experience serving veteran population preferred
Job Duties
- 40% - Oversee all EKU Veterans Upward Bound program activities, including but not limited to, establishing relationships with service agencies and other external stakeholders and ensuring the program is compliant with laws and regulations. - (Essential)
- 20% - Supervise and professionally develop program staff. - (Essential)
- 20% - Develop and disseminate budgets, grant proposals, and other reports and maintain and submit required records of program activity and participants. - (Essential)
- 10% - Support the office functions by completing all other duties and special projects as assigned. - (Essential)
Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Funding Source: Grant
Open Until Filled: Yes
Special Instructions
EEO Statement
Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information in the admission to, or participation in, any educational program or activity (e.g., athletics, academics and housing) which it conducts or any employment policy or practice.
Background Check Statement
Offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.