Senior Program Coordinator

The School of Arts and Sciences are the largest academic unit at Rutgers–Camden, delivering a wide array of degree programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and fine arts. The School of Arts and Sciences includes three schools: the College of Arts and Sciences , University College , and the Graduate School . Ranked #43 in U.S. News & World Report ’s list of Best Public Colleges and Universities, Rutgers University–Camden is a diverse, research-intensive campus of approximately 6,100 students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and 1,100 faculty and staff members. Located in Camden, N.J., directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, the university is uniquely situated to serve the local community while achieving global reach. A U.S. Department of Education-designated Minority Serving Institution, the university thrives due to a supportive culture that helps students achieve their goals and fosters collaboration among employees. Rutgers–Camden is recognized as a national model for civically engaged urban universities and was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for a Community Engagement classification. Washington Monthly magazine has ranked Rutgers University–Camden among its “Best Bang for the Buck” universities and best national research universities. Recently, Rutgers–Camden earned Carnegie classification as an R2 research university due to a high volume of internationally recognized research, creative output, and scholarly activity.

Rutgers University—Camden seeks a new Senior Program Coordinator. Reporting to the Director of the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology ( CCIB ), this position serves as a key contributor to the development, implementation, evaluation, and long-term institutionalization of innovative STEM graduate training programs supported through NSF Research Traineeship ( NRT ) and related federally funded initiatives. The incumbent will work collaboratively with faculty, trainees, institutional partners, and external stakeholders to advance student-centered training models that enhance graduate student success, interdisciplinary collaboration, workforce readiness, mentorship, scientific software development, and emerging approaches to STEM education.

The Senior Program Coordinator is expected to help shape the future direction of STEM training programs by identifying innovative practices, developing scalable training structures, evaluating program outcomes, and recommending improvements to graduate education and professional development models. The incumbent will contribute to the design of new educational frameworks, certificates, workforce development initiatives, and trainee support mechanisms that extend beyond the life of individual grants and become embedded within institutional practices.

The position will support dissemination of program outcomes at national venues and is expected to participate in NSF -sponsored meetings, conferences, and professional development activities alongside Principal Investigators and program leadership. The role serves as both an operational and strategic contributor to the growth, sustainability, and expansion of NSF -funded training initiatives. This is a grant funded position contingent upon the availability of funds to support it.

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience, plus two years of experience.

Scientific computing environments and programming languages (e.g., Python, R); scientific document preparation systems (e.g., LaTeX); version control and collaborative software-development platforms (e.g., Git and GitHub); code repositories and documentation systems; web publishing and content-management systems; digital archival and repository platforms; data-analysis and visualization software; videoconferencing and online collaboration tools; standard office productivity software.