Full-time Staff: Coordinator for Student Engagement and Leadership

Lakeland Community College•Kirtland, OH

19h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time continuing staff position responsible for coordinating student engagement and leadership initiatives. The role involves serving as a primary contact for student clubs and organizations, providing support for event planning and implementation, co-advising student government and activities boards, and assisting with various campus programming. The position also includes administrative duties, social media content creation, publishing a newsletter, coordinating involvement fairs, managing shared spaces, and facilitating leadership workshops. Additionally, the role supports leadership development programs, co-curricular assessment, and delivery of required student trainings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree augmented by well-rounded and active participation in college co-curricular activities
Work or graduate experience in areas of student affairs, student leadership, or campus activities
Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising
Experience developing, marketing, and implementing programming for target audiences
Knowledge of principles and practices of student activities support programs at higher education institutions.
Knowledge of student personnel and leadership development programs and techniques.
Knowledge of community college engagement.
Ability to evaluate programming needs, appreciate differences among populations and establish effective interpersonal working relationships.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks.
Ability to lead students in discussion and decision making.
Ability to develop and deliver formal presentations.
Ability to facilitate mediation/conflict management techniques.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary contact for student clubs and organizations.
Update and maintain membership rosters, process activity request forms daily, and mediate conflicts as needed.
Meet with students to provide technical and logistical support for event planning and implementation, including budgeting, advertising, set-up, adherence to campus guidelines, etc.
Act as a co-adviser for Lakeland Student Government (LSG) and Campus Activities Board (CAB).
Provide training, budget oversight, event implementation and operational support for officers, members, and student-led programming.
Assist with the coordination of small-scale programming for the entire student body such as Lakers Crew, Welcome Week, Scavenger Hunts, Fall Fest, Spring Fling, Commencement Flower Sales, Finals Week Stress Relievers, Themed Athletic Events, etc.
Provide administrative support for activities including reserving space (25Live), submitting facilities/maintenance requests (SchoolDude), making purchases (Clockshop) and placing food orders (Breakers or outside vendor).
Create content for SEAL’s social media platforms in collaboration with student ambassadors.
Stay current with trends and tools to engage Lakeland’s student population.
Publish the Campus Connection E-Newsletter.
Develop specialized editions focused on educational initiatives, student success stories, and campus accolades.
Coordinate semesterly Campus Involvement Fairs to connect students with clubs, organizations, and campus and community resources.
Manage event planning, outreach, marketing, and logistics to support student engagement and involvement.
Develop guidelines and expectations for shared spaces.
Manage the Creation Hub by overseeing equipment, coordinating reservations, and establishing policies.
Provide oversight for the S-211 student lounge and S-217 student collaboration space.
Design and facilitate Inter-Club Council (ICC) leadership workshops for all student organization members and advisors.
Review Clery Act and reporting responsibilities, executive board guidance, elections, fundraising, budgets, purchases, social media, conflict resolution, and planning events both on and off campus.
Organize the Student Leader and Organization Awards Ceremony.
Solicit and review nominations, select and present awards to winners.
Coordinate invitations, awards, food, and post-ceremony activities.
Support the facilitation of formal student leadership and peer mentorship programs, and other leadership development programs.
Contribute to co-curricular assessment efforts by collecting data, developing learning outcomes, and evaluating programs to ensure they meet student needs.
Assist in the delivery of required student trainings, including topics such as anti-hazing (Collin’s Law), Title IX, sexual misconduct prevention, alcohol and drug education, suicide prevention, financial literacy, civic engagement, and mandated reporting.
Other duties as assigned.