Program Coordinator, Posse Houston Job in Houston, Texas US

The Posse Foundation is a nationally recognized youth leadership development and college access program that identifies, recruits, and trains diverse teams – posses – of public high school students and sends them to top colleges and universities.  To date, a total of 4,223 Posse Scholars have been accepted into top-tier institutions of higher education throughout the country. These young people have received $485 million in full-tuition leadership scholarships from Posse’s college and university partners and have been agents of positive change on their campuses. Posse’s unique and carefully structured, three-month selection process identifies candidates using criteria beyond academic achievement, including leadership talent, desire to succeed and ability to work constructively with people from diverse backgrounds.  Posse’s high school through college programming makes it one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation.  Most recently The Posse Foundation was identified by President Obama as one of 10 national non-profit organizations to receive a portion of his Nobel Peace Prize grant.  The foundation is poised to double in size over the next ten years and dramatically increase its national impact.

 

Posse’s current university partners include Babson, Bard, Boston University, Brandeis, Bryn Mawr, Bucknell, Carleton, Centre, Colby, The College of Wooster, Connecticut College, Denison, DePauw, Dickinson, Franklin Marshall, Grinnell, Hamilton, Kalamazoo, Lafayette, Lawrence, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Oberlin, Pepperdine, Pomona, Sewanee, Syracuse, Texas AM, Trinity, Tulane, Union, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Vanderbilt, and Wheaton. 

 

Posse’s 2012 budget of $14.8 million supports programs in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City and Washington, D.C.  Posse has a staff of 115 nationally.  There is a national board of directors, as well as advisory boards in each city. 

 

Posse Houston is currently looking for a program coordinator.  Posse Houston is a start-up site.


The Program Coordinator acts as a project organizer.  S/he is a main support to the Program Director and supports the entire program team.  S/he directly supports the dynamic assessment process/recruitment, pre-collegiate training, and the career and campus programs.  S/he maintains the student database and networks, organizes volunteers, plans special events, maintains other critical databases and files, keeps calendars and schedules, makes travel plans, coordinates major mailings, and manages phone calls.  The Program Coordinator is responsible for organizing and managing special project logistics including the awards ceremony, pre-collegiate writing program, the summer Posse Olympics, and retreats.   S/he reports to the Program Director.


Qualities/Qualifications:


Cover letter

In your cover letter, please share in detail how Posse’s mission and goals intersect with your previous work experience. In addition, please share your thoughts on the importance of diversity within a higher educational setting.

 

Salary commensurate with experience.

 

How to Apply:

 

Please send résumé and covers letter to:

           

 

No Phone Calls Please.

Deadline for submission of application is April 23, 2012. 

 

The Posse Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.  For more information about The Posse Foundation please visit www.possefoundation.org.