PROGRAM ADMIN SPECIALIST I

Position Information

Role Title PROGRAM ADMIN SPECIALIST I

Role Code 97019

Pay Band 04

Posting Details

Working Title Recovery Coordinator

Position Number HR4530

Department STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE

Location Norfolk, VA

Type of Position Hourly

Type of Job Hourly/Wage

EEO Category B Professionals

Job Description

The Recovery Coordinator leads the institution’s trauma-informed recovery efforts following a campus critical incident. This role ensures a sustained, compassionate, and structured response supporting students, faculty, and staff across multiple phases of recovery—from summer stabilization through the one-year anniversary. The Coordinator collaborates across divisions to implement mental health supports, training, communication strategies, and community rebuilding initiatives aligned with best practices in trauma-informed care and culturally responsive service delivery. This position may require occasional evening and weekend programming.

Type of Recruitment

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Comprehensive demonstrated knowledge of trauma-informed care principles

• Considerable oral and written communication skills

• Considerable collaboration, communication, and organizational skills

• High-contact role requiring discretion, emotional awareness, and ability to work in a high-intensity environment

Special licenses, registration or certification

None

Education or training

None

Level and type of experience

• Considerable experience working with diverse and various stakeholder groups

• Considerable experience in crisis response, student support services, or program coordination

Additional Considerations (supplemental knowledge, skills, abilities, education, experience, licensure, certification)

• Some experience in higher education settings

• Considerable experience in mental health programming, emergency response, or behavioral intervention teams

• Some experience in grant management

Conditions of Employment

This is a temporary position with anticipated employment from July 2026 through April 2027.

The position will work a variable schedule based on program needs.

Hours are expected to fluctuate throughout the project, ranging from 10 to 29 hours per week.

Total anticipated hours for the duration of the position are 800 hours.

The successful candidate must be able to work a flexible schedule, including occasional evenings and weekends, to meet project deadlines and program requirements.

Hourly (wage) employees are restricted to working 29 hours per week on average or 1500 hours in total in the May 1 – April 30 period. This position does not have health insurance, retirement or leave.

This position is designated as sensitive. A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the final candidate.

Annual Salary/Hourly Rate Salary range between $ - $30-40/hour

Posting Detail Information

Job Requisition Number S03381

Job Open To General Public

Open Date 07/17/2026

Close Date

Open Until Filled Yes

Special Instructions Summary

N/A

Criminal Background Check The final candidate is required to complete a criminal history check.

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Equity Statement

It is the policy of Old Dominion University to provide equal employment, educational and social opportunities for all persons, without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation or genetic information. Individuals from minoritized communities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Reasonable Accommodation Request

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact the Division of Talent Management and Culture at (757)683-3141.

Alternative Hiring Process

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth’s Alternative Hiring Process.

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services ( DARS ), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired ( DBVI ). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter.

To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or © consistent with contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

• Resume

Optional Documents

• Curriculum Vitae

• Cover Letter/Letter of Application

• Yellow Layoff Form

• Blue Layoff Card

• AHP Letter