Assistant Director for Student Employee and Manager Development
About The Position
The Assistant Director for Student Employee and Manager Development supports student employment at the University of Arkansas by advancing applied learning opportunities through on-campus student employment. This role provides strategic leadership by collaborating with managers across campus to ensure career-readiness principles are embedded in the student employment lifecycle. This role provides resources, best practices, programs, and trainings to help supervisors effectively supervise and coach student employees, while also equipping students with career-readiness education and opportunities to develop transferable skills. This position provides leadership by supervising the Graduate Assistant for On-Campus Student Employment and advising student employee and manager advisory boards. Administrative responsibilities include overseeing career development sessions & initiatives, refining training content, and supporting recruitment, budgeting, assessment, and reporting. Through these efforts, the Assistant Director strengthens student career readiness, enhances the impact of on-campus employment, and empowers student employee managers to create meaningful student work experiences. This position reports to the Associate Director for On-Campus Student Employment within the Offices of Career Connections. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education
- At least two or more years of experience managing or advising part-time or student employees
- Experience supporting the employee life cycle through training, recruiting, onboarding, and offboarding
- Knowledge of student development theory and the role of work-based learning or applied learning in higher education
- Knowledge of NACE career competencies desired by employers
- Knowledge of federal and state regulations regarding student employment compliance (e.g., Federal Work Study guidelines)
- Knowledge of human resources processes including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and training & development
- Knowledge of career services and hiring software applications (e.g., Handshake, Workday) and related computer systems
- Skill in designing, delivering, and facilitating supervisor training sessions
- Skill in training, mentoring, and monitoring performance of staff
- Skill in project management with attention to detail and follow-through
- Skill in tracking, analyzing, and reporting student employment data to inform program improvements
- Ability to provide professional mentoring to college-aged students
- Ability to interpret policies and communicate them clearly to campus partners
- Ability to build collaborative relationships across departments
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Higher Education, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Communications, Business or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education
- Experience with higher education student services and/or programs
- Demonstrated knowledge of human resources practices related to recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and training & development
Responsibilities
- Collaborating with managers across campus to ensure career-readiness principles are embedded in the student employment lifecycle.
- Providing resources, best practices, programs, and trainings to help supervisors effectively supervise and coach student employees
- Equipping students with career-readiness education and opportunities to develop transferable skills.
- Supervising the Graduate Assistant for On-Campus Student Employment and advising student employee and manager advisory boards.
- Overseeing career development sessions & initiatives
- Refining training content
- Supporting recruitment, budgeting, assessment, and reporting.
Benefits
- university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance
- tuition waivers for employees and their families
- 12 official holidays
- immediate leave accrual
- a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
