Associate Director of Student Engagement for Greek Community & Student Organizations - University Center - Student Activities and Involvement

Universities of Wisconsin • Whitewater, WI

5d • $73,000 - $78,000

About The Position

Attention: The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UWW) seeks a student-centered, collaborative, and forward-thinking professional to serve as the Associate Director of Student Engagement for Student Greek Community & Student Organizations (Student Affairs Associate Director, AE123), a unit in Student Engagement under the Division of Student Affairs.

Position Summary: This position advances student success, leadership development, belonging, and community impact by establishing vision and standards for a thriving Greek community alongside Recognized Student Organizations. The role provides comprehensive oversight of the Greek Community (20+ chapters), emphasizing values-based leadership, academic excellence, inclusive community building, and lifelong connection. Through intentional advising, program development, assessment, and strategic partnerships, the position supports organizational success while promoting accountability, risk management, and alignment with organization expectations.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Student Engagement, the Associate Director serves on the Student Engagement Leadership Team and provides strategic oversight for involvement initiatives that align with institutional priorities, Universities of Wisconsin policies, and applicable state and federal regulations. The role emphasizes inclusive excellence, student learning, and a strong sense of belonging by fostering a healthy and high-performing student engagement experience. This includes advancing recruitment and retention practices, supporting leadership roles and opportunities, and accountability processes, and promoting harm reduction, community standards, and member well-being.

The Associate Director cultivates collaborative relationships with advisors, alumni, national headquarters staff, and campus partners to strengthen the overall student experience and ensure a positive and impactful presence within the campus and surrounding community.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communication, Leadership, Counseling, Education, or related field.
• 4 years of progressive student affairs experience, including at least 3 years professional advising of fraternities, sororities, and/or societies.
• Experience working with inter/national fraternity, sorority, and society organizations.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Counseling, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience supervising full-time professional staff, including hiring, training, performance management, and professional development.
• Experience with outcomes-based assessment and program evaluation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of CAS Standards for Fraternity and Sorority Advising Programs.
• Strong data analysis and strategic planning skills.
• Demonstrated ability to design programs that foster student engagement, inclusion, and community building.
• Experience advising student leaders in event planning, risk management, and program logistics.
• Demonstrated knowledge of student development theory and its application to organizational advising.
• Demonstrated experience in risk management, compliance, and/or crisis response.
• Demonstrated experience managing, monitoring, reconciling, allocating, and tracking organizational or unit budgets and funds.
• Willingness and ability to be an active participant in following applicable safety rules and regulations including necessary training and drills
• Ability to interact respectfully with people from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds

Responsibilities

• Greek Community Leadership & Strategic Initiatives Establish and advance a comprehensive strategic vision for the Greek Community centered on student success, belonging, leadership development, and accountability.
• Align Greek Community initiatives with institutional priorities, Council for Advancement Standards in Higher Education (CAS), and national best practices.
• Lead long-term planning efforts that strengthen community relevance, sustainability, and growth across all councils.
• Provide direct advising to one or more of the four governing councils.
• Champion a values-based Greek experience that emphasizes scholarship, service, leadership, and ethical conduct.
• Expand and support inclusive membership practices, enhancing recruitment, retention, and access for diverse student populations.
• Collaborate with campus and national partners to support chapter development, expansion, and organizational success.
• Strengthen advisor engagement by developing structured onboarding, training, and on-going support initiatives.
• Promote Greek Community through intentional storytelling, signature events, and campus partnerships.
• Utilize assessment data and community feedback to inform strategic priorities, resource allocation, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Student Organizations & Strategic Initiatives Establish and advance a strategic vision for recognized student organizations that promotes student engagement, leadership development, and a strong sense of belonging.
• Align student organization initiatives with institutional priorities, CAS standards, and best practices in Student Affairs.
• Expand access and reduce barriers to involvement by supporting inclusive practices in organization development, recruitment, and participation.
• Position student organizations as central contributors to co-curricular learning, and student success.
• Develop and enhance systems that support organization registration, training, funding, and ongoing advising.
• Provide advising frameworks and resources that enhance organizational continuity, advisor engagement, and leadership transitions.
• Organizational Support Provide operational guidance on policies, risk management, event planning, and financial practices to support organizational success.
• Oversee budgets for Segregated University Fee (SUF)-funded recognized student organizations, ensuring compliance and responsible stewardship.
• Contribute to Student Engagement financial processes including resource allocation, forecasting, and fiscal monitoring.
• In partnership with Marketing & Creative Strategies, develop and execute comprehensive marketing strategies to increase visibility and engagement across campus and the community.
• Prepare requested data and annual reports that contribute to unit, divisional, and institutional assessment initiatives.
• Assist in implementing Student Engagement initiatives related to unit strategic plan and program development.
• Direct supervision of Program Specialist for Greek Community and Program Specialist for Recognized Student Organizations
• Indirect supervisor of the Program Specialist for Organization Support, Graduate Assistant(s), graduate practicum assistants, and/or student employees
• Participate in evening and weekend responsibilities as required to support student engagement activities
• Serves as a unit liaison, collaborating with internal and external stakeholder groups to foster cross-unit partnership efforts regarding student affairs initiatives
• Manages and oversees the budget
• Assists in the development of unit-focused strategic planning initiatives and unit objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

Benefits

• UW System employees receive an excellent benefit package.
• To learn more about the UW System's comprehensive benefit package, review the UW System Employee Benefits Brochure.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees