Overview

This is a limited term position for 1 year. The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life is a national leader in civic education, whose teaching, research, and community partnerships are setting the standard for higher education’s role in civic engagement. As the only university-wide college of its kind, Tisch engages Tufts students in transformational learning opportunities via hands-on field-based experiences, community building, and public service. These engagements prepare them to become active citizens and community leaders. Tisch research centers conduct groundbreaking research on young people’s civic and political participation and forge innovative participatory action research partnerships with communities.

Tisch College’s North Star—building robust, inclusive democracy for an increasingly multiracial society—seeks to cultivate knowledge, leaders and living experiments that expand possibilities for democratic development in the context of increasing risks to democracy worldwide. Our work supports the University’s efforts to become an anti-racist institution. Our programs and research centers focus on strengthening the political participation and voices of historically marginalized people, especially youth, and on addressing the challenges of building and reviving democratic institutions needed for multiracial/ethnic societies.

The Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College (TUPIT) offers a degree pathway in three prisons in Massachusetts, the maximum-security Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, the medium-security MCI-Shirley, and the women’s prison, MCI-Framingham, with most programming run at MCI-Shirley. By taking Tufts University courses while in prison, students earn the associate degree in the liberal arts from Bunker Hill Community College and the bachelor’s degree in civic studies from Tufts. TUPIT also offers a robust, accredited college, reentry, and restorative justice certificate program at Tufts, MyTERN, for people home from prison.

What You'll Do

Under the supervision of the Executive Director and in partnership with the Deputy Director, the Senior Program Coordinator will play a pivotal role in the administration and operation of all TUPIT programming, both in prison and on campus. The Senior Program Coordinator will have primary responsibility for managing: the monthly administrative tasks and team task completion; student records; semester preparation logistics, including materials, trainings, faculty communications, semesterly state clearance paperwork; semesterly Medford student admissions; and Bunker Hill Community College partnership management. This is a hybrid position and some travel is expected.

Organization and execution of semester preparation logistics: faculty communications/tech training/materials collection and coordination, including editing the TUPIT faculty and TA Canvas site semesterly; all state clearance paperwork; course material ordering, tracking, delivering; scheduling trainings a semester in advance.
Active completion of semesterly Student Records for Tufts and TUPIT systems: enroll students; maintain degree completion reports and academic reports; collect student registrations, transcripts, and forms; liaise with Tufts Registrar
Management of the academic partnership with Bunker Hill Community College: course articulation, rosters and demographic data collection, student FERPA’s/registrations/grades/transcripts, faculty adjunct process
Operation of Medford student admissions every semester; manage team of students assistants to help; support ED with TA training and support of students; manage
Utilization, development/editing of, and communication with staff about administrative calendar tasks.

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements:

Knowledge and experience typically acquired by:

Associate's Degree.
5-7 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with justice-impacted communities. Knowledge of AirTable.

Pay Range

Minimum $33.00, Midpoint $39.30, Maximum $45.60

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.