Job Description

Student Employment Coordinator, Cornell Bowers CIS Student Services

Who We Are

With departments in computer science, information science, and statistics and data science, the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computer and Information Science (Cornell Bowers CIS) is a research and educational hub for the fields that power today's global information economy. The college's unique vision and commitment to developing state-of-the-art technologies and studying and understanding the societal and human impact of those technologies, allows for new understandings, ethical approaches, and forward-looking technologies.

The Cornell Bowers CIS Student Services Team

The Cornell Bowers CIS Student Services team is dedicated to supporting the college's undergraduate educational mission through academic advising, programming, and other initiatives that prioritize student experience, success, belonging, and well-being.

The Opportunity

Cornell Bowers CIS seeks a highly organized, data-savvy problem solver with a positive customer-service mindset to take on the role of Student Employment Coordinator. Reporting to the Director of Student Services, the Student Employment Coordinator plays a pivotal role in fulfilling the college's academic mission. With just 4% of the university's faculty tasked with teaching 20% of its students, Cornell Bowers CIS relies heavily on undergraduate course staff to support faculty instruction. The Student Employment Coordinator's role as project manager for the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of these students directly affects the education of thousands of Cornell students each year. Additionally, the coordinator's oversight of course staff payroll, record-keeping, and reporting, and their work on financial controls, affects the college's financial health and planning.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance:

• Serve as an internal, college-wide student employment subject-matter expert.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and university student employment policies.
• Advise faculty and staff on employment policies and practices.
• Stay updated on employment practices and policy developments, identifying areas of risk and/or recommending changes as necessary.
• Annually review and recommend changes to student employment compensation in alignment with NYS minimum wage and university guidelines.

Build and Nurture Campus Partnerships:

• Collaborate with the Cornell Office of Student Employment and Financial Aid, Cornell Workday Team, and HR units.
• Partner with Cornell's Workday Team on projects related to student hiring and federal work study compliance.

Student Employment:

• Lead the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of over 1,400 undergraduate course staff annually: set and communicate timelines, promote positions and source applications, maintain hiring website and online dashboard, and ensure targets and deadlines are met.
• Onboard and manage payroll for undergraduate research hires.
• Oversee payroll (including timecard approval) and implement financial controls for all undergraduate course staff and undergraduate research hires.
• Partner with the Bowers CIS Sponsored Research Center to process REU supplement awards.
• Manage the Student Employment Exchange Group Account (EGA), responding to email inquiries from diverse stakeholders.

Record Keeping, Reporting, and Data Analysis:

• Maintain detailed student employment records.
• Compile and analyze data and prepare statistical reports and trend analyses for department leadership and finance team.

Other Responsibilities:

• Participate in student services team strategic planning, events, and special projects.
• Perform other administrative duties as assigned.

At Cornell Bowers CIS, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the education of thousands of students each year. You will work in a supportive and collaborative environment that values innovation, inclusivity, and professional growth. We encourage interested candidates to submit a resume and cover letter detailing their qualifications and interest in the position. Join us at Cornell Bowers CIS and contribute to shaping the future of computing and information science education!

What We Need

All applications must include a resume and cover letter for full consideration.

• Associate's degree and four to six years' relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Highly organized, data-savvy problem solver with a positive customer-service mindset.
• Facility to learn, operate in compliance with, and advise on, federal, state, and university student employment policies, procedures, and best practices, and to serve as a centralized college resource/subject matter expert on same.
• Excellent technical skills, including Excel pivot tables and advanced formulas/functions, Word-to-Outlook mail merge function, and a facility for learning new technology and systems.
• Experience with analyzing, synthesizing, and compiling data effectively and using data to prepare summaries, reports, presentations, dashboards, and other materials.
• Strong detail-orientation and organizational skills, including the ability to manage and track projects and tasks, organize and meet deadlines, juggle multiple priorities, and stay on top of heavy email traffic.
• Excellent written communication skills (including error-free spelling and grammar) and the ability to effectively write and edit professional, non-standard correspondence, marketing materials, outreach to faculty, and other communications.
• Ability to recruit, select, and supervise short-term student employees hired to work Student Services events.
• Ingenuity and resourcefulness in identifying opportunities to solve problems and streamline operations.
• Sound, professional judgment, and the ability to exercise a high degree of discretion in dealing with confidential information in accordance with university policies and federal regulations (FERPA).
• The flexibility to work occasional evening and/or weekend events, as well as annually on the Friday and Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend to support Bowers CIS and University Commencement activities.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, staff, faculty, and community members.

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it's ok if you don't.

• Bachelor's degree and prior experience with student employment or human resources.
• Experience recruiting, selecting, hiring, and/or supervising student workers, staff, and/or volunteers.
• Experience using Workday, Qualtrics or other survey software, Salesforce CRM, and/or relational databases.

Rewards and Benefits

No visa sponsorship or relocation assistance is available for this position.

Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on any protected characteristic, including race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex/gender, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual's genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.

Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff to all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

University Job Title:

Student Services Asst V

Job Family:

Student Services

Level:

E

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

Pay Range:

$27.70 - $31.14

Remote Option Availability:

Hybrid

Company:

Endowed

Contact Name:

Brad Stock

Job Titles and Pay Ranges:

Non-Union Positions

Noted pay ranges reflect the potential pay opportunity for each job profile. The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:

• Prior relevant work or industry experience

• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position

• Unique applicable skills

• Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)

Union Positions

Current Employees:

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Employment Assistance:

Notice to Applicants:

EEO Statement:

Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on any protected characteristic, including race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex/gender, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual's genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.

Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff to all identities and backgrounds. We encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

2024-07-09

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Minimum wage, Temporary work, Local area, Remote job, Relocation package, Saturday, Afternoon shift,

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