University of Kentucky
Student Program Specialist
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $40K - $64K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ October 2nd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Manage annual registration of all returning and new Registered Student Organizations (700+ organizations).
- Create and implement comprehensive training materials and online/in-person resources covering organization management, leadership, and BBNvolved usage.
- Plan and execute campus-wide involvement fairs during the academic year.
- Maintain and manage the Office of Student Organizations and Activities’ online registration system database.
- Provide general outreach and consultation to student organizations.
- Salary range is $39,894 to $63,814 per year.
- Requires a Master’s degree, preferably in higher education, student development, or community leadership development.
- Minimum of 1 year related experience required.
- Skills needed include organization, critical thinking, oral and written communication, and collaboration.
- Work schedule is Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 40 hours per week.
Student Program Specialist Full Description
Requisition Number | RE51675
Working Title | Student Organizations Coordinator
Department Name | 1B430:Student Organizations and Activities
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 43
Salary Range | $39,894-63,814/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 1 yr
Required License/Registration/Certification | None.
Physical Requirements | Sitting for long periods of time, lifting, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 25 lbs.
Shift | Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (40 hours/week)
Job Summary | The Office of Student Organizations and Activities is searching for a detail-oriented individual to provide support for the University of Kentucky student organizations community of 700+ student organizations.
The Coordinator for Student Organizations is responsible for the annual registration of all Registered Student Organizations – for returning and new organizations. This position creates and implements comprehensive training materials and in-person and online resources to support student organizations that include but are not limited to: organization management, leadership, and BBNvolved usage. The Coordinator for Student Organizations plans and executes campus-wide involvement fairs throughout the academic year.
Additional responsibilities include database management of the Office of Student Organizations and Activities’ online registration system and general organization outreach and consultation.
Student Success will, from the time of early college outreach to graduation and beyond, support students in living a life of meaning and purpose. From a student-centered framework, our practice will be grounded in peer-reviewed literature, national best practices, and data-informed decision making. Collaborating with the campus and community, Student Success will work through a holistic lens to support a community of learners in achieving success.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | Organization, Attention to details, critical thinking, oral and written communication, collaboration
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | The successful candidate will possess a Masters’ Degree in higher education, student development, community leadership development.
Deadline to Apply | 10/08/2025
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
- * Student-centered practice is the foundation of all we do in Student Success. We are committed to serving students in a way that clears a path for them to graduate and lead lives of meaning and purpose. What does student-centered practice mean to you and how do you show that in your work?
(Open Ended Question) - * Please provide an example of when you had to facilitate a training within a team of people. What challenges did you face and how did you overcome those challenges?
(Open Ended Question)
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