Recovery Coordinator

Posting Details

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 View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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.


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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.