Outreach Programs Coordinator III


Job Code: 10046
Salary Grade: 21
Exemption Status: Exempt
Job Family: Community Engagement
Job Sub-Family: Outreach
Career Level: Professional Contributor 4

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Position Summary:

Leads outreach program strategy across a portfolio of community partnerships, setting engagement priorities and directing program design independently. Serves as the senior outreach resource to institutional leadership and represents the university in high-visibility community relationships.


Job Responsibilities:

1. Sets outreach program strategy and engagement priorities across a portfolio of community partnerships.

2. Directs the design and launch of new outreach initiatives spanning multiple units.

3. Serves as the senior outreach resource to deans, directors, and institutional leadership.

4. Negotiates and stewards high-visibility relationships with community organizations and external partners.

5. Evaluates program outcomes and redirects effort based on community need and institutional priorities.

6. Mentors outreach coordinators and reviews program plans for consistency and quality.

7. Represents the university in community coalitions, advisory boards, and public forums.

8. Prepares outcome analyses and recommendations for leadership on outreach investment.


Required Education & Experience:

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience: 7 years


Required Certifications or Licenses:

  • None


Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Knowledge: Performs duties with expert knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular job sub-family and applies a broad perspective to enhance and improve existing processes within the sub-family and, when appropriate, across the broader job family.
  • Communication & Collaboration: Communicates complex professional information clearly to varied audiences/stakeholders to accept practices, new concepts, and approaches.
  • Problem Solving: Develops new procedures and policies to apply to complex issues; proactively recognizes business needs and impact of issue at hand; identifies and implements new, creative solutions (both short-term and long-term) that may extend beyond assigned job sub-family.
  • Autonomy: Often has complete autonomy in decision making for daily activities; frequently has ability to implement new procedures at own discretion.
  • Leadership: May supervise a small number of individuals who provide tactical / operational support; people management is a secondary function, not the primary purpose of the role.


Working Conditions:

  • Combination of office and field/event environments with travel between locations.
  • Variable hours including evenings, weekends, and travel to support programs, events, or recruitment activities.
  • Occasional lifting and setup of materials or equipment.
  • This position has been designated as safety-sensitive.