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Fulfills the mission of Norwich University by fostering the personal,
professional, and leadership development of cadets within an upper-class
company. The Company Mentor is appointed as a Non-Commissioned Officer
in the Vermont State Militia (VSM).
**Essential Functions**
- Develops leaders of character who live by the Norwich Guiding
Values.
- Promotes an ethical climate through sound moral judgment and
example.
- Coaches, counsels, and mentors cadets while enforcing university
standards and policies.
- Uses the EAB system to identify and refer at-risk cadets to
appropriate support services.
- Designs, updates, and implements company training plans in
coordination with the Assistant Commandant.
- Monitors cadet performance in academics, training, fitness, and
conduct.
- Mentors and evaluates cadet leaders at all levels.
- Participates in the Corps promotion and performance evaluation
processes.
- Ensures a professional company environment that promotes discipline,
academic success, and leadership development.
- Reports serious misconduct and assists in company-level
investigations as directed.
- Conducts admissions presentations about Corps life and leadership
opportunities.
- Manages barracks operations, including housing assignments, key
control, inventories, and maintenance requests.
- Communicates with parents and families as permitted under FERPA.
- Serves as Student Affairs Duty Officer (SADO) on a rotating basis,
including evenings and weekends.
- Advises or liaises with designated Corps or ROTC committees, staff
sections, or specialty units.
- Provides Corps prospect briefs to interested cadets and their family
members
- Wears the Vermont State Militia uniform throughout the period of
employment.
**Other Functions**
- Maintains confidentiality of sensitive or private information.
- Communicates with employees, students, and others in a respectful
and clear manner.
- Serves on University committees, councils, workgroups, or other
designated bodies as assigned.
- Achieves, maintains proficiency in, and utilizes computers,
telephones, and other job-related equipment, including related
systems and software.
- Speaks, reads, and writes in English.
- Communicates by telephone, email, letter, in person, or other means
or device.
- Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements
- Bachelor\'s degree. Additional years of experience may substitute
for degree.
- U.S. military veteran or extensive experience working with young
adults.
- Experience in training, instruction, counseling, and mentorship.
- Knowledge of military customs, flag protocol, drill, and ceremony.
- Experience with disciplinary or corrective procedures in a military
or structured environment.
- Experience in higher education, student development, or conduct
administration preferred.
- Demonstrated approachability and ability to relate to college
students pursuing military, government, or civilian careers.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and
Outlook) required
- Able to sit, squat, reach, push, pull, and manipulate related
equipment; lift 25 pounds; travel outdoors to various parts of the
campus
- Able to wear a military uniform in conformance to Army Regulation
670-1 standards
- Work some early morning, evening, and weekend hours, and be on-call
throughout the night when acting as Student Affairs Duty Officer
Environmental Conditions
- Indoor work at a computer workstation and outdoor work for training.
- High level of exposure to noise, dust, fumes, vibrations, and
temperature changes whe outdoors.
