Senior Program Coordinator

Job description

Position Summary: The Senior Program Coordinator for Vanderbilt Student Volunteers of Science is responsible for the community outreach programming for Metro Public Schools. Responsible for hiring student volunteers who assist in the VSVS lab and also travel to designated Metro Public Schools to help with STEM focused projects. Manages all logistics for all four VSVS programs (VSVS Local Classroom Program, VSVS Rural Outreach Program, VSVS Local Outreach Program, and VSVS at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital), HHPH (Hip Hop Public Health), and STEM Speaks. About the Work Unit: VSVS is a service organization composed of undergraduate, graduate, and medical students who are committed to bringing inquiry-based, hands-on science lessons to elementary and middle school students. VSVS partners a team of 2-5 volunteers with a 5th – 8th grade classroom teacher from the Metro Nashville Public School System. VSVS offers a STEM outreach program to rural counties for grades 6-8 sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE). VSVS also pairs with other programs at Vanderbilt and the Monroe Carel Jr. Children’s Hospital that provides hands-on science lessons and...