Assistant Dean for Student Involvement
About The Position
The Assistant Dean is responsible for providing the vision, strategic direction, and administrative support for student involvement areas. This position supervises multiple staff that could be a combination of full-time staff, graduate assistants, and undergraduate and/or graduate interns. The Assistant Dean will develop comprehensive programs and high-impact services in one or more of the involvement areas, which are student activities, student organization support, leadership development, sorority and fraternity life, and campus traditions and major events. The Assistant Dean will liaise with campus and community partners, chapter advisors, inter/national headquarters staff, parents/families, contractors/talent agencies, and faculty/staff/students as a representative of the University and Dean of Students Office. The Assistant Dean will demonstrate an openness to connect with students and campus/community partners to support a diverse, equitable, and inclusive student involvement community. The Assistant Dean provides direction and/or support for traditional and key events managed by the Dean of Students Office including Welcome Week, Festival ISU, Family Weekend, formal recruitment for sorority and fraternity life, homecoming, and commencement.
Requirements
- Master's degree
- Five or more years of full-time work experience advising and providing administrative support to students and student organizations at an institution of higher education.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in higher education, college student personnel administration, counseling, or related field.
- Experience in two or more of the following areas: working with sororities and fraternities and/or their governing councils; large-scale event planning; registered student organization system management; leadership development programs.
Responsibilities
- Providing the vision, strategic direction, and administrative support for student involvement areas.
- Supervising multiple staff that could be a combination of full-time staff, graduate assistants, and undergraduate and/or graduate interns.
- Developing comprehensive programs and high-impact services in one or more of the involvement areas, which are student activities, student organization support, leadership development, sorority and fraternity life, and campus traditions and major events.
- Liaising with campus and community partners, chapter advisors, inter/national headquarters staff, parents/families, contractors/talent agencies, and faculty/staff/students as a representative of the University and Dean of Students Office.
- Demonstrating an openness to connect with students and campus/community partners to support a diverse, equitable, and inclusive student involvement community.
- Providing direction and/or support for traditional and key events managed by the Dean of Students Office including Welcome Week, Festival ISU, Family Weekend, formal recruitment for sorority and fraternity life, homecoming, and commencement.
Benefits
- Insurance benefits , including health, dental, vision, and life
- Retirement and supplemental retirement planning options
- Tuition waiver benefits available to staff as well as their eligible dependents
- Paid holiday / administrative closures during Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks
- Paid benefit time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
