Field Service Coordinator jobs in Lexington, KY

Summary:

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree (minimum), Master’s Degree (preferred)

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

• One (1) year of experience in a public-school setting, teaching, and/or related environment.

• Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft 365 and Qualtrics.
• Knowledge and application of skills including planning, prioritizing, implementing, and evaluating.
• Comprehensive and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail.
• Ability to solve problems independently.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion.
• Ability to be an effective representative of Berea College to public schools.

• Valid Driver’s License
• Required background checks

Physical requirements:

• Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
• Ability to travel by car and/or plane
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 20 lbs.

Environmental conditions:

• Professional office environment with interruptions and noise due to frequent visitors, students, staff and faculty
• Occasional travel required for meetings, conferences, etc.

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:

• Standard office equipment: computer, fax, phone, etc.
• Vehicle – college vans/cars

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build, distribute and collate data on placement needs and preferences each term.
• Support EDS faculty to set up and manage EDS 355, EDS 395, and/or EDS 495.
• Work with schools to secure field experience placements and establish school-based partnerships for field and clinical practicum students. This involves updating existing MOAs and at times, drafting new MOAs.
• Provide field experience instruction to students on entering hours in KFETS and on class expectations.
• Prepare correspondence for EDS students, administrators and mentor teachers regarding field placement expectations, schedules, and evaluation criteria.
• Support EDS faculty in the supervision of field experiences.
• Visit schools to identify possible mentors and establish open lines of communication with building administrators.
• Maintain accurate records for all field experience placements; disseminate and track required documentations, provide placement data to the Coordinator of Student and Faculty Services and Chair of the Education Studies Department.
• Work with Accreditation and Assessment Support Specialist on creation, dissemination, and compilation of field experience placement data.
• Support recent program completers in their new positions as teachers in the field.
• Support education-related admissions initiatives as organized by Admissions and the Education Studies Department.
• In support of Berea College’s great commitments this position requires student supervision. The fourth great commitment is to promote learning and serving in community through the student labor program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. The Supervision would include scheduling, assigning and approving work performed. Developing students about common workplace acumen and giving them tangible work experience is an expected outcome. To learn more about the student labor program and requirements on this position see: Labor Program Goals

Founded in 1855, Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 43 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $178,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College was again named one of the nation’s “Best Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their College Degree” in the 2022 edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best 387 Colleges. Berea also appeared on four other lists within the publication: Best Colleges in the Southeast; Best Value Colleges; Best Green Colleges; and Tuition Free Schools. Berea College is ranked #148 by The Princeton Review – the highest-ranked Kentucky college, and the #3 “Best Value College” in the nation. Berea is one of only two private institutions ranked in the Top 10 for Value in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) 2022 College Rankings. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #13 among the nation’s liberal arts colleges, recognizing Berea for maintaining “consistently high rankings thanks to their economic diversity, relatively strong graduation rates, and commitment to meeting students’ financial need.” U.S. News and World Report Rankings lists Berea as #30 among National Liberal Arts Colleges, including ranking Berea #1 in Service Learning, #2 for Most Innovative Schools, #3 in Co-ops/Internships, #4 in First-year Experiences, and tied for #13 in Best Undergraduate Teaching.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!


Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.