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Transition at College Assistantship

This is a Landmark College Post-Graduate Assistantship Program (PGAP) position, and only available for recent Landmark College (LC) graduates. To learn more about the PGAP program, please visit this page. 

Department: Student Affairs/Residential Life
Supervisor: Director of Transition Programs
Days and Times Needed: This is a 35-week position at 30 hours per week. Estimated work dates during the 2024-2025 academic year are: August 5 - November 22, 2024, December 2 - December 13, 2024, January 20- March 7, 2025, March 17-May 23, 2025.

Primary Function:

  • Provides support to students through problem-solving and planning meetings with a focus on executive function in academic, social, and independent living matters.
  • Assists the Director of Transition Programs with program coordination.
  • Serves as an auxiliary member of the Transition at College team to provide coverage for staff and flexibility in student outreach.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Meet with students to deliver Executive Function (EF) support, including strategies for activation, perseverance, planning, organization, selfregulation, and other EF skills.
  • Connect students to campus resources including housing and residential life, health and counseling, the Drake Center, campus safety, and other departments as needed.
  • Assist with scheduling, event planning, and communication to Transition at College students.
  • Connect with students requiring extra support in areas including but not limited to activation, making meetings, and general support.
  • Maintain timely and thorough communication of meetings and concerns with the Director of Transition Programs.
  • Provide support with student onboarding and orientation before the beginning of the Fall 2024 Semester.
  • Develop professional skills including but not limited to non-directive coaching, logistics and planning, communication, and goal setting.
  • Participate in department and division trainings and in-service programs to continue professional development.
  • Consult and collaborate with members of the division and the College including counselors, coaches, health services staff and academic advisors to address individual student and programmatic needs. Communicate pertinent information.
  • Participate in a weekly team meeting with the Director of Transition Programs and Tac Assistant Directors.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Prior coaching or residence hall experience is preferred.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and commitment to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Willingness to develop understanding of student development theory and best practices.
  • The ability to responsibly handle sensitive/confidential information.

Physical Requirements: 

General office and campus environment. Duties require regular interaction with students, faculty, staff, and the public. Extensive computer use involving repetitive hand and wrist motion is required. Everyday risks or discomforts, which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices and meeting spaces. Duties require regular and sensitive interaction with management, students, faculty, and staff. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

Landmark College, located in beautiful southern Vermont, is a unique, accredited college for bright neurodivergent students with learning differences (LD; including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and executive function challenges). Landmark provides an intentionally designed, resource-rich academic and student life model within a private liberal arts college environment. A position with Landmark College is more than just a job; it is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of promising college students and to help us change how the public thinks about education. We champion a strength-based model and give students the skills and strategies they need to achieve their goals. A fully accredited, not-for-profit institution, Landmark College offers bachelor’s and associate degrees in liberal studies, studio arts, psychology, business, life science and computer science.

The Landmark College Office of Human Resources strives to ensure that we are an employer of choice, attracting and retaining uniquely talented individuals able to advance the College’s position as the college of choice for students who learn differently. We are committed to a philosophy that recognizes each person as an individual, worthy of respect, trust, dignity and fair treatment, and we apply these tenets to serve, support, and value all members of our community.

We recognize the importance of providing a work environment that is conducive to carrying out the College’s mission and contributes to the personal and professional growth of our faculty and staff. For Human Resources, this means the administration of employment policies, benefit plans, and compensation programs that are regularly evaluated and remain competitive and fair.

How to Apply

Interested individuals should provide a cover letter, resume or CV, and the names of three references. Electronic submissions are preferred. Please email your application to [email protected]. Applications may also be mailed to Director of Human Resources, Landmark College, 19 River Road South, Putney, Vermont 05346. No phone calls please.

Diversifying the student body, faculty, and administration is congruent with our mission. We value diverse populations and cultures including, but not limited to, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, neurodiversity, race, and religion. Landmark College is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability employer.

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