Job Summary:

This position serves as an integral part of the engineering program at UNK and counterparts at UNL by facilitating and coordinating recruitment, outreach, retention, and career development activities for current and prospective engineering students. Coordinating recruitment and retention events, materials, and programming, both collaboratively with Lincoln counterparts to coincide with Lincoln events, as well as independently to recruit and retain students to UNK’s engineering foundations program. Develop and implement content and strategies to attract undergraduate students into engineering. Serve as a primary contact for prospective students and parents, counseling prospective students regarding academic and admission requirements and assisting with inquiries and campus visits. Develop and implement strategies to provide local internship activities for engineering students while serving as liaison to local engineering community, assisting with the development of the local engineering community as a resource to the engineering foundations program. Assist with student retention by providing assistance regarding academic and UNL transfer inquiries while developing, coordinating, and promoting content and events to support current engineering students.

Assist with outreach initiatives to attract future engineers to the field both collaboratively with Lincoln counterparts to coincide with Lincoln events, as well as independently to educate area youth about engineering; coordinate UNK’s Science Day outreach.

Develop and implement content and strategies to attract undergraduate students into engineering, coordinating recruitment events, materials and programming, both collaboratively with Lincoln counterparts to coincide with Lincoln events, as well as independently to recruit students to UNK’s engineering foundations program.

Serve as a primary contact for prospective students and parents, counseling prospective students regarding academic and admission requirements and assisting with inquiries and campus visits in regard to the engineering field.

Support student retention by providing assistance regarding academic and UNL transfer inquiries while developing, coordinating, and promoting content and events to support current engineering students.

Develop and implement strategies to provide local internship activities for engineering students while serving as liaison to local engineering community, assisting with the development of the local engineering community as a resource to the engineering foundations program.

Required Qualifications:

High school diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree. Experience in marketing, communications, or public relations. Experience in student services. Experience in organizing student internships or cooperative education. Experience in higher education environment. Experience in industrial management. Experience in STEM outreach.