Recovery Coordinator

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.

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