Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs

Louisiana State University • Union, NJ

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About The Position

Reporting to the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Assistant Vice President (AVP) helps to lead the Division of Student Affairs in efforts to help students maximize the roughly 153 hours that students spend outside of the classroom each week. In doing this, the AVP will provide leadership and support for the Student Health Center, University Recreation (UREC), and Disability Services, in addition to serving as the divisional lead for divisional assessment related efforts. The AVP is a key member of the Student Affairs central leadership team that includes the Vice President for Student Affairs, Associate Vice President & Dean of Students, and the Chief of Staff.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education and 8 years of experience.
• Progressive experience in higher education, including at least seven years of significant supervisory experience.
• LSU values skills, experience, and expertise. Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encouraged to apply— a degree is not required as long as the candidate meets the required years of experience specified in the job description.

Nice To Haves

• Terminal degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
• Five or more years’ management experience at or above the director/department head level.
• Demonstrated experience working on cross-institutional teams to solve problems.
• User experience (UX), design-thinking, or other program/organizational development expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and support for the LSU Student Health Center, Disability Services, and University Recreation.
• Serves as divisional lead in assessment efforts related to understanding the impact of divisional programs and services on student success and how to maintain a culture of continuous improvement.
• Serves as a point person for divisional and cross divisional initiatives in support of institutional objectives.
• Grow and foster partnerships across the university that are crucial to helping the Division of Student Affairs execute mission critical work.
• Serves as a key member of the Student Affairs leadership team.
• Provides strategic leadership and oversight for the LSU Student Health Center (Medical, Mental Health, Wellness, Operations), Disability Services, and University Recreation and their 120+ full-time staff members.
• Executes key Student Affairs initiatives and serves as a primary representative for divisional and cross divisional initiatives in support of institutional objectives.
• Demonstrates divisional attitudes and priorities in all aspects of work.
• Maintains active and strong cross-campus relationships with faculty and staff in support of student affairs and student wellbeing to advance collaborations.
• Serves as a primary representative for internal and external stakeholders.
• Sets the expectations for how the departments supervised engages with departments across campus.
• Responsible for setting and leveraging external relations in order to advance the goals of the division.
• Leads the use of data to assess the quality of programs and services, ensures efficient use of institutional resources, and facilitates divisional continuous improvement efforts.
• Facilitates divisional assessment efforts including SACSCOC accreditation, research efforts, and data management.
• Uses data to assess the quality of programs and services and ensures efficient use of institutional resources.
• Is accountable for ensuring reporting departments outputs including human resource decisions, administrative tasks, programs/services/events/experiences, and all communication exudes a high degree of quality.
• Sets and evaluates quality expectations for the department.
• Embraces and executes the marginal gains approach and seeks to increase level of all services, events, programs, and experiences in department for continuous improvement every academic year.
• Other duties as assigned by the Vice President for Student Affairs. This includes but is not limited to: efforts that support broad division/institution efforts including at least 40 hours per year spent helping divisional initiatives such as Move-In Day, Welcome Week, Family Weekend, Career Expo, Disability Services Finals Testing, other special projects etc.

Benefits

• LSU offers outstanding benefits to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement options; various leave options; paid holidays; wellness benefits; tuition exemption for qualified positions; training and development opportunities; employee discounts; and more!
• Positions approved to work outside the State of Louisiana shall be employed through Louisiana State University’s partner, nextSource Workforce Solutions, for Employer of Record Services including but not limited to employment, benefits, payroll, and tax compliance.
• Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive