Job Details

General Statement of Job

The MOSO CAPS Strand Coordinator will develop, manage, implement, and evaluate the internship program, related content curriculum, and professional skills program. Additionally, the Strand Coordinator will work collaboratively with the university, district, and industry partners to acquire, retain, grow, and coordinate industry projects, internship opportunities, guest speakers, expert curriculum developers and program donors.

Essential Duties

• Implement the MOSO CAPS program with students enrolled in assigned Strand; teaching professional skills and job-related content, coordinating projects with industry partners, and monitoring internships.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with industry partners for the assigned strand and continue partnering for professional projects and internship experiences.
• Monitor changes and/or additions in the strand's curriculum in terms of content taught, mentors, internships, industry partner projects, and speakers to ensure course objectives are achieved, and performance is maximized.
• Review the industry project/internship handbook with students and industry partners to convey information required to accomplish assigned functions.
• Help establish new business partners for participation in projects/internships, serving as a guest speaker and/or as a guest instructor.
• Keep track of client projects, strand activities, and internship information for the purpose of documenting the MOSO CAPS program and conveying information between industry partners, district partners, and MSSU.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on the expansion needs of the program, as needed.
• Seek formal feedback through an evaluation form from industry partners for internships and client projects.
• Help manage the process to place students with industry partners for appropriate project and/or internship opportunities.
• Implement a recognition program for formally recognizing industry partners and community involvement for their support of a MOSO CAPS program strand.
• Coordinate the dual enrollment programming between the MOSO CAPS students and district partners.
• Revise, as necessary, course description guide for a MOSO CAPS Strand.
• Attend meetings as needed. This may include a three-day Summer Huddle held each summer in June or July.
• Field communication as the strand liaison between the district and MOSO CAPS administration.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, and Licenses

Bachelor's Degree required and a Bachelor's + 18 hours or Master's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in a strongly related field is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and by written means at a very high level.
• Ability to make ethical decisions in doing what is best for both students and the University.
• Ability to effectively present information to administrators, faculty, staff, regulators, students, public groups, and/or Board of Governors.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or use a computer keyboard and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to __ pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above job profile does not include all essential and nonessential duties of this job. All employees with disabilities are encouraged to contact Human Resources to review and discuss the essential and nonessential functions of the job. An employee with a disability can evaluate the job in greater detail to determine if she/he can safely perform the essential function of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.