Veterans & Military Services Coordinator

Position Information Posting Number S24149P Posting Date 11/22/2024 Closing Date 03/31/2025 Title Veterans & Military Services Coordinator Working Title Veterans & Military Services Coordinator Salary Range $50,198 Annual Employee Class Administrator Department Financial Aid Full-time/ Part-time Full-time Specialization Hours Per Week 40 Standard Work Week M - F, some evenings and weekends are required Benefits This position is eligible for health, dental, life insurance and other benefits through Chicago State University. Click here for a complete list of benefits: https://csu.edu/humanresources/benefits.htm Job Summary Chicago State University (CSU), is the oldest public university in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago State University is Illinois’ only four-year U.S. Department of Education-designated Predominantly Black Institution (PBI). CSU serves over 1,500 undergraduate students and nearly 900 graduate students. The university is a nationally accredited university with five colleges in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences and Pharmacy and proudly supports a diverse and non-traditional student population that hails from 28 countries and 36 states.

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The Veterans & Military Services Coordinator serves as the liaison for Veterans on campus – answer university related questions, direct Veterans to the appropriate department for assistance, provide one area of resource for questions not related to educational benefits.

Job Description The Coordinator will oversee the daily operations of the Veterans Resource Center:

• Create annual plan for the center that includes documented effectiveness of the center for the year, ideas for recruiting and retaining Veteran students, programming to encourage Veteran engagement with the university and changes to the day-to-day operations of the center.
• Responsible for veteran and military personnel student recruitment.
• Supervise and assign tasks to Veteran Work Study students.
• Manage the Veterans Resource Center budget.
• Work in collaboration with the Veterans Benefits Coordinator to foster a positive Veteran student experience.
• Act in compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Defense (DoD).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working with veterans and military personnel and or five years of military employment
• Strong interest in working with the veteran and military student population
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed

Preferred Qualifications Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of college or university and military policies
• Ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with veterans and military personnel, peers, Administrators, faculty, and staff members.

Additional Applicant Information Physical Requirement/ Demands Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing Work Environment General office work environment
No adverse environmental conditions expected