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Native American Student Success (NASS) Program Coordinator

$48,500 - $58,500 yearly
Full time Education

Job Description

The University of Minnesota Morris' Native American Student Success (NASS) Program seeks a Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Cultural Coordinator. The Coordinator builds connections and services to foster Native American students’ health and wellbeing through strong cultural programming, including increasing the understanding of intergenerational trauma in Native communities and interrupting its impacts. The Coordinator will facilitate student mental health workshops, access to culturally protective practices, and other related programs and services. The position facilitates visits by Native American elders, aunties, knowledge keepers, and mental health professionals specializing in historical trauma, mental health/wellbeing, Native lifeways, and culturally protective practices. This position will lead efforts to build relationships that support students' home away from home, sense of belonging, and mental health and wellbeing
Appointment Details: This is a 100% time, in person position on the UMN Morris campus. The annual salary is $48,500 - $58,500. 

Responsibilities: 

***Responsibilities may vary depending on the individual’s experience and qualifications.***

50% - Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

25% - 50% - Cultural Program Support 

0% - 25% - Instruction and Mentoring

For the full job description, visit the UMN career site: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/366544

About University of Minnesota Morris

A distinctive undergraduate campus within the University of Minnesota system, the University of Minnesota Morris combines a student-centered residential liberal arts education with access to the resources and opportunities of one of the nation's largest universities. A founding member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC), UMN Morris provides students with a rigorous academic experience, preparing them to be global citizens who value and pursue intellectual growth, civic engagement, intercultural competence, and environmental stewardship. The student body numbers nearly 1500 with a student/faculty ratio of 11:1. UMN Morris serves one of the most diverse student bodies in Minnesota. More than forty percent of UMN Morris students are Native American, persons of color, or of international origin. UMN Morris is the only federally recognized Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institution in the Upper Midwest.

 UMN Morris is highly ranked by national publications –  U.S. News & World Report as a top-ten public liberal arts college; Forbes as one of the best colleges and universities in the nation; and Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Morris campus in its list of “the best” and “most interesting” schools in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Morris students are taught by a faculty with the highest per capita representation in the University of Minnesota’s Academy of Distinguished Teaching and students consistently win national awards, as demonstrated by UMN Morris’s status among the top baccalaureate institutions producing student Fulbright awards. The campus is also a national leader in sustainability, evidenced by receipt of the inaugural Excellence in Sustainability award from the National Association of College and University Business Officers and an AASHE STARS Gold rating.

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