Student Affairs Associate Director

Universities of Wisconsin • Madison, WI

1d • $85,000

About The Position

The Director of the Wisconsin Union’s Office for Student Organizations, Leadership and Involvement (SOLI) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison provides primary leadership, administrative oversight, mission and vision development, budget oversight, supervision, both direct and indirect, and day to day management of SOLI, including 8 full-time staff and 30+ student employees. The position also holds responsibility for campus wide efforts and partnership development around activities and issues critical to student organizations and leadership opportunities

Requirements

• 6 years minimum experience in student activities, student leadership, student organization advising, student affairs, residence life or experiential learning at the university or college level.
• Demonstrated experience in supervision of professional staff.
• Demonstrated experience with student organization conduct, policy development, and education.
• Demonstrated familiarity and skill with student organization management software systems.
• Master's degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education Administration, College Student Professional or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve in a leadership capacity within the Wisconsin Union Department of Social Education (5%)
• Coordinates, in collaboration with the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, the Student Organization Resource Team (SORT) and serves as resources related to the Student Organization Code of Conduct (10%)
• Serves as a unit liaison, collaborating with internal and external stakeholder groups to foster cross-unit partnership efforts regarding student affairs initiatives (20%)
• 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 (20%)
• Oversees staff that manage the Student Activity Center (SAC) and maintains a positive, proactive relationship with the Student Activity Governance Board (SACBG), SACGB Director and SACGB Advisor. (5%)
• 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 (20%)
• Manages and oversees the budget (20%)

What This Job Offers

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