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STEMCAP Program Coordinator

Position Number: 6893499
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Extension and Outreach

STEMCAP Program Coordinator

Job Summary

Since 2016, the STEM Community Alliance Program (STEMCAP) has provided more than 1,000 educational workshops and hands-on conservation projects at Youth-in-Custody facilities across northern Utah. STEMCAP offers a variety of programming types, including guest lectures led by scientists and artists, multi-day science workshop series, art enrichment classes, horticulture projects, and field trips. This work occurs across five youth centers, from Provo to Ogden.

STEMCAP partners with experts in Science, the Arts, and the Humanities to increase awareness of and interest in various career and academic pathways for incarcerated youth. STEMCAP enhances educational self-discovery and provides creative outlets for youth participants. The STEMCAP Program Coordinator will create, lead, and join programming at youth centers. They will support partnerships across and beyond the University of Utah's campus. With the team, they will develop educational programming, advise on material needs, and support data collection.

Responsibilities
1. Attend, facilitate, and document youth center presentations/events
2. Create STEM and/or Art programming for justice-impacted youth
3. Correspond with youth center teachers and administrators to ensure schedules, workshop plans, and supply lists are cleared
4. Work with presenters to create age and setting-appropriate hands-on activities for STEMCAP workshops
5. Assist in efforts to recruit presenters
6. Assist in organizing and maintaining data, presentations, and other STEMCAP files
7. Research and contact local organizations to build connections that benefit youth
8. Co-manage the STEMCAP calendar and develop semester programming schedules
9. Facilitate transportation for lecturers to STEMCAP workshops in Salt Lake, Davis, and Utah County
10. Work with external evaluators to provide surveys to presenters and teachers
11. Attend presenter orientation meetings and provide input and support as presenters craft their workshop for STEMCAP audiences
12. Maintain a database of all presentation data

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience), and two years related experience required. Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences
Minimum/Required Qualifications
1. Bachelor's degree
2. One year of related experience.
3. Extremely well organized and able to keep track of multiple deadlines and competing priorities
4. Excellent oral and written communication skills and collaborative working skills
5. Demonstrated experience in file and calendar management
6. Demonstrated experience in community engagement

Desired Qualifications:
1. A Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM field, social science, science education, science communication, or related field
2. Experience working with justice-impacted individuals
3. Experience leading informal education programming for middle or high school students
4. Experience fostering partnerships

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN44171B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Monday to Friday, 8-5. Rarely on weekends or evenings, as needed
Department: 02235 - Undergrad Studies Advocacy Prg
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: 51,000
Close Date: 5/2/2026
Open Until Filled:

To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/195891