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Current Openings as of February 8, 2010
 

Postings are updated every Monday and as available position openings occur . New positions will be held open for a minimum of five days from date of posting. Repeat postings may be closed at any time.

Unless otherwise indicated, all applications should be submitted to the Human Resources Office.

Deliver or U.S. Mail:
Human Resources Office, Alexander Hall, Room 129
550 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA  91711

Fax: (909) 607-1726
Email: staffjobs@pomona.edu

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. to 12 noon
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Administrative/Managerial
Advancement Analyst & Raiser's Edge Specialist
P1793 - Interviewing (no longer accepting applications)

Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Regular, Full-time, 12-month position
Pomona College is preparing for a comprehensive campaign and is in the process of converting its information system for Advancement from Jenzabar CX to a suite of Blackbaud products. Reporting to the Director of Advancement Services, the Advancement Analyst and Raiser’s Edge specialist will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of the Blackbaud implementation and beyond.

The Advancement Analyst & Raiser's Edge Specialist will assist the Director of Advancement Services and other members of the Advancement staff with planning efforts and projects that will lead to the successful implementation of The Raiser’s Edge, Blackbaud Net Community, Blackbaud Business Intelligence, and PaperSave Document Imaging; interact with users across the department, helping them to determine how to best leverage the Blackbaud suite of products to meet their needs; design or refine business processes and assist with implementation of new procedures; create and/or revise documentation of policies and procedures; work with the Director and the Advancement Services team to implement business rules for The Raiser’s Edge and to facilitate ongoing data management; assist with back-end database operations, including security administration, global changes to data, restoration of back-ups, etc.; develop training programs for the Advancement staff, providing users with regular course offerings and ongoing desktop support; create, define and produce timely and accurately analyzed database queries and reports using a combination of The Raiser’s Edge, Blackbaud Business Intelligence, and Cognos reporting tools; perform routine operational activities in The Raiser’s Edge database and related Blackbaud products; as needed, serve as a resource for user groups on technical matters and act as a liaison with vendors and/or the College’s Information Technology Services (ITS) staff. Provide support in other areas as required and requested by the Director of Advancement Services.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Bachelor’s degree (or any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities) is required. Demonstrated success managing complex databases, business needs analysis, configuration, data integrity, data analysis, and trouble shooting. Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail required, with proven ability to work within deadlines. Candidate must be creative and hard-working, and must possess initiative and willingness to work in a team. He/she must also have excellent customer service skills in conjunction with the ability to balance multiple priorities and requests from across the department. Users will depend on this person to be forward-thinking and identify opportunities for improvement. Significant experience with The Raiser’s Edge in a non-profit environment and full knowledge of Query, Export and Mail functions will be essential. Experience with Cognos and Crystal reporting tools strongly preferred. 

Please submit a Pomona College application, cover letter, resume, and the names and phone numbers of three professional references to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711.  Documents may also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or by fax (909) 607-1726.

Assistant Director of Donor Relations
P1799

Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Full-time, regular, 12-month position
The Assistant Director of Donor Relations helps implement stewardship plans and activities undertaken in the advancement division of the College. Specific administrative duties include gathering narrative information and thank you notes from student recipients of endowed funds; helping to create and disseminate regular financial and narrative reports to donors of endowed funds that help to build and sustain positive relations between the College and its major donors; working with the Office of Financial Aid to manage stewardship activities for students with endowed scholarships; working with the Office of the Dean of Students to manage stewardship activities for students who receive prizes, as well as working with other endowed and restricted funds as assigned; planning and assembling donor-related acknowledgements, memorial gift tracking, and mailings; communicating information to donors in response to specific inquiries and preparing correspondence to constituents of the College as needed. Specific event production duties include planning and managing large and small campus and regional events in Advancement that have consistent tones and messages both on and off campus and integrating events into prospect cultivation strategies and donor stewardship plans, developing ongoing recognition activities, selecting and working with venues contacts and vendors; tracking event attendance, managing and updating stewardship and event data in database; participating in the development of communications materials related to stewardship activities and events (invitations, programs, honor roll of donors, web sites, etc.); and . The Assistant Director reports to the Director of Donor Relations, and will also work closely and collaboratively with colleagues in Major Gifts, Annual Giving, Communications, Trusts and Estates, Alumni Relations, and the President’s Office.

The qualified candidate will have excellent writing, research, editorial and problem solving skills; excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a proven ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people, including faculty, students, staff, alumni, parents, and donors. Strong organizational skills; attention to detail; ability to coordinate and manage multiple assignments and set priorities. Excellent computer skills; proficiency in using work processing, database, and web resources. Please send cover letter, résumé, salary history, and list of references to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711-6366. Documents can also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or fax
(909) 607-1726.

Financial Analyst (Office of the Vice President and Treasurer)
P1797- Reviewing (no longer accepting applications)

Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Regular, full-time, 12-month position
Reporting directly to the Vice President and Treasurer, you be will responsible for planning and executing a number of projects covering finance, investments, facilities planning, HR, budget and process mapping/review. This will encompass performance of benchmark studies, development of program cost data/performance measures, multiyear capital plans and business processes/organizational reviews. You will also prepare/analyze grants and budgets as well as identify impacting economic trends.

The ideal candidate has 3-5+ years in local government, small business or non-profit financial analysis (CPA or CFA a plus); an MBA or Master's in a relevant field; background in decision-making tools such as net present value analysis, payback, internal rate of return, weighted average cost and cost-benefit (proficiency in CARS, CX or other higher education software a plus); excellent interpersonal, multi-level interaction, communication, learning and goal-achievement skills.

Please send cover letter, resume, and salary history to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. Documents can also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or fax (909) 607-1726.
 
Professional
 

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Clerical
 

Administrative Assistant, Student Affairs/Dean of Students Office
P1794

Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Regular, full-time, 12 month position
The Administrative Assistant reports to the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students, and is one of two administrative support positions in the office. This position supports the vice president; provides general administrative and budgetary support for the office; hires and supervises student assistants for the office; arranges for dinners, meetings, special events, and retreats; assists with programs that foster communication between students, faculty, and staff; manages student and faculty funding requests and other office budget matters; organizes materials and provides support for the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees; and organizes events for the Student Affairs organization. The Student Affairs/Dean of Students Office provides academic and personal support, counseling, and resources for students at Pomona, promotes student development and leadership, supports student-faculty-staff interactions and initiatives, and oversees disciplinary, academic honesty, and other student-related college policies. The Student Affairs office also provides some general administrative support for the Student Affairs division at Pomona.

This position requires a high school diploma or equivalent; with college experience or BA degree preferred. Excellent people and communication skills, and Microsoft office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) are required. Website experience, Visio skills, and familiarity with CARS and KRONOS, and a great interest in working with undergraduate students, along with faculty and staff, are preferred.

Please submit application and resume to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711. Documents may also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or by fax (909) 607-1726.
 

Technical
 

Systems & Programmer Specialist (AISO)
P1797
Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Regular, full-time, 12-month position
Pomona College is looking for a talented, service oriented individual to join the core staff of its Administrative Information Systems Office (AISO) which is part of its department of Information Technology Services. AISO is a unique organization as it provides system level support for an ERP system that is used jointly by the five undergraduate colleges of the Claremont University Consortium. This is an exceptional opportunity to be part of an exciting organization and to work with a diversity of individuals across multiple institutions. This position will be responsible for providing support to the technical staffs at the Claremont Colleges served by the Administrative Information Systems Office (AISO) in their utilization and development of the consortium’s administrative information systems; creating documentation; and performing a variety of tasks covering both system administration and programming.

Representative duties will be to assist technical staff at the partner colleges with the implementation, management and troubleshooting of Jenzabar ancillary products (i.e JICS, Cognos, Feith, etc) as appropriate; setup and maintain the Virtual environment to support the Jenzabar ancillary products for the partner colleges as needed; write and maintain documentation for technical and non-technical users representing explanation of processes, procedures and problem resolution; develop training programs and coordinate training in the use of Jenzabar CX and related products; assist with the monitoring of system logs and system performance; receive and respond to requests and assist the other AISO staff as work priorities dictate; use in-house programming languages to implement needed solutions as appropriate; provide leadership and assistance with the implementation of new services, server hardware and functionality including the development of documentation; assist technical staff at the partner colleges with the implementation and documentation of new SMOs (System Maintenance Orders, system upgrades) as appropriate; perform other work as assigned.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in MIS or equivalent field (a comparable level of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree). A working knowledge of administrative computing systems and related tools with a minimum of two years of successful experience working with relational database packages such as Informix, and .Net, SQL, PERL and JAVA programming skills are required. A working knowledge of Jenzabar CX and VMware are preferred. Please send cover letter, résumé, salary history, and list of three references to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. Documents can also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or by fax (909) 607-1726.

Technician (Geology)
P1795

Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Regular, full-time, 12-month position
The Geology Department Technician supports the Department’s basic educational and research missions. Ideal applicants should have: a Master’s degree in geology or earth science (or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience); strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills; and, a willingness to cheerfully and independently tackle new challenges as they arise. The ability to work congenially with co-workers in an academic setting is essential. Aptitude for mechanical and computing tasks is desirable, and attention to the safe use and care of equipment and facilities is vital. The Technician is directly responsible for: over-sight and upkeep of the Department’s field, analytical (e.g. XRD, XRF) and computing equipment; working independently and with college staff and other parties as necessary to maintain the Department’s equipment, vehicle, and physical facilities; helping to organize and maintain map and sample collections; assisting faculty and students with classroom and research activities; and field trip preparation as well as field trip participation, including driving for single and multi-day excursions, as needed. Infrequently, other assistance outside of normal business hours may be required. Since this position involves transportation and lifting of heavy laboratory specimens, field gear, and research equipment, employment is contingent upon a driving record acceptable to the College’s automobile liability insurer and successful completion of a functional capacity test.

For further information about the department or position, please be sure to see our web page at: http://www.geology.pomona.edu or contact Dr. Eric Grosfils at egrosfils@pomona.edu. All applicants must submit a letter of interest, a copy of their latest college transcript, and two letters of recommendation, preferably from geology instructors or professional supervisors, to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711.  Documents may also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or by fax (909) 607-1726
 

Service
 

Cook I (Dining Services) - Reviewing (no longer accepting applications)
P1791
Salary: Dependent upon qualifications
Regular, full-time, 9-month position
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of “Cook to Order” cooking system and its proper use; set up of food lines in their entirety, including but is not limited to: fill with water and/or ice, placing food, garnishing, etc.; maintain food line to insure high quality customer satisfaction; clean and maintain work and service area; clean and sanitize area at end of meal period; responsible for all production pertaining to grill service; may be responsible for food production in kitchen; ability to read and follow recipes in English; prepare, season, marinate, cook, taste, carve and serve soups, meats, vegetables and desserts; ability to operate a variety of kitchen equipment in order to cook, measure, mix, wash, peel, cut, or shred meats, fruits, vegetables or other ingredients; trimming and cutting meats, poultry, and fish; incorporate HACCP and PPE procedures in all kitchen production areas to insure safe kitchen; clean and maintain work area; take and record temperatures to assure compliance with Health Department guidelines; maintain production records for all food produced; properly use “Just in Time” and “Batch” cooking to insure freshness; minimize leftover and/or excess food production; utilize leftovers to assure minimal waste; label and date all items and store in appropriate areas; assist with catering production as required by manager or supervisor; may be requested to assist in the direction of all production in the kitchen including Prep Cooks and/or Cooks Helpers. Abilities: Must be able to lift 50 pounds consistently (functional capacity test required). Must be able to read, write and communicate in English.

Please submit application and resume to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711. Documents may also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or by fax (909) 607-1726.

Groundskeeper
P1796

Salary: $10.89 (minimum)
Regular, full-time, 12-month position
Individual will report to Grounds Supervisor or designee and will perform a variety of duties relating to outdoor maintenance, including mowing lawns, raking leaves, sweeping walkways, litter pick-up, planting, cultivating, fertilizing, pruning, trimming and maintaining lawns, flowers, ground covers, shrubs and trees. Utilize IPM practices applying herbicides and fertilizers only when required to maintain all turf and landscape beds in healthy condition. Will assist Pomona College in becoming a more sustainable environment. Will assist as needed, with maintenance of athletic fields/sports facilities, set-up for special events, graffiti removal and participate in composting and mulching activities. Will clean and maintain all related equipment and perform minor repairs as requested or directed. Qualifications: This candidate must possess a general knowledge of landscape maintenance demonstrated by a minimum of two years paid experience in the green industry specifically in the care and maintenance of landscaped areas. Must possess the knowledge and demonstrate the safe use/operation of various types of power equipment and hand tools used in the landscape field. Ability to work outside in all types of weather conditions; which would include standing for prolonged periods of time, bend, walk, climb, push, pull, stoop, twist, stretch, and lift up to fifty pounds from ground to waist level without assistance. This position requires the safe use and ability to climb ladders up to twenty feet with assistance and up to ten feet unassisted. Must be able to work under minimal supervision, understand and carry out oral and written directions in the English language and maintain cooperative working relationships. Must possess a Class ‘C’ California Driver License along with a driving history acceptable to the College’s insurance carrier. A background check and a post-offer physical agility test required.

Please submit application and resume to: Pomona College, Attn: Human Resources, 550 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711. Documents may also be submitted via email at staffjobs@pomona.edu or by fax (909) 607-1726.
 

On-Call Positions (substitute/as needed basis/no guaranteed hours)
On-Call Class B Driver - Smith Campus Center
Salary: $15.00 per hour
Will drive College-owned 25-passenger shuttle on an as-needed basis. Reports to the Assistant Director of the Smith Campus Center & Student Programs. Duties include: driving 25-passenger shuttle bus; servicing shuttle bus occasionally (gasoline, wash, etc.); performing related duties as assigned. Must be at least 21 years old, have a valid Class B Driver License with a Passenger Endorsement and have a driving record acceptable to the college’s automobile liability insurance carrier. Must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently enough to:  Converse with the general public; understand highway  traffic signs and signals in the English Language; respond to official inquires and make entries on reports and records.   Experience driving 25-passenger vehicle and working with college students preferred.
 


An Equal Opportunity Employer
  Pomona College is an at-will and Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, religion, creed, color, race, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, domestic partner status, genetic characteristics, medical condition or any other basis otherwise prohibited by state or federal law and in admission of students to educational programs and activities, in accordance with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other applicable laws. Women and persons of color are encouraged to apply.

Employment is contingent upon new employee providing documents verifying United States citizenship, or for aliens, documents verifying legal permission to work in the United States.

Applicant's acceptability for position requiring use of a college vehicle is contingent upon a driving record acceptable to the College's automobile liability insurer. In certain positions, functional capacity tests may be required.  Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory results of a full background check.
 

 
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