Part-Time Assistant to the Associate Dean

Coordinate and attend GEC and GSAC meetings

Plan and execute special events

Schedule semester classes in Unitime with approval from Associate Dean and Department Chairs

Plan, prepare and promote PNW graduate showcase and in-person and virtual COT graduate student recruitment events

Conduct targeted outreach to community colleges and prospective transfer students

Help to facilitate and participate in class visits to target community colleges with COT faculty members and students

Help develop, expand, and establish transfer pathways and articulation agreements between community colleges and the PNW College of Technology

Assist community college outreach in Associate Dean’s absence

Education

• High School diploma/GED
• Bachelor's degree preferred

Experience

• Four years’ of clerical and high level administrative support experience
• Higher education academic setting a plus

Core Competencies

• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to supervise staff and students
• Ability to plan and execute regular community college campus visits, information sessions, transfer fairs, and drop-in advising hours at partner community colleges
• Present transfer options, admissions requirements, financial aid information, and degree benefits to prospective community college transfer students
• Ability to develop targeted outreach campaigns, promotional materials, and digital communications tailored specifically to community college students and transfer counselors
• Ability to evaluate community college syllabi and course descriptions for credit equivalency
• Ability to build and sustain strong working relationships with community college transfer directors, academic advisors, department chairs, and counselors
• Ability to conduct oneself in a professional manner is essential

Additional Information

Professional references will be verified prior to any offer of employment. Employment is contingent upon completion of successful background check along with a motor vehicle records check if applicable.

Purdue University Northwest is an equal opportunity/equal access university.

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a student-centered university that transforms lives through innovative education, impactful research and community engagement. L ocated in Northwest Indiana in the greater Chicago area and near the Indiana Dunes National Park, PNW serves approximately 9,000 students, including 6,000 core students, in a wide range of academic programs at the baccalaureate, master’s and applied doctoral levels.

Purdue Northwest employs more than 1,000 faculty and staff members for operations at its main campus in Hammond, Ind., and its branch campus in Westville, Ind., plus additional sites in Northwest Indiana including the Gabis Arboretum near Valparaiso, Ind. PNW’s values reflect the university’s commitment to respect, innovation, a student-centric university, and excellence.

PNW is consistently ranked among the best public regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges report and is recognized as a First Scholars institution as well as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. With its vision to cultivate leaders, inspire excellence, and impact our world, PNW advances the socioeconomic mobility of its students and positively impacts regional development.

FLSA Status
Non-Exempt