Student Development Specialist II

Texas A&M University System • College Station, TX

2d • $4,313 • Onsite

About The Position

The Student Development Specialist II develops, coordinates, and facilitates student development initiatives that support student engagement, leadership growth, holistic wellbeing, and academic persistence. Through educational programming, coaching, experiential learning, and collaborative engagement opportunities, the position provides students’ personal, interpersonal, and professional development contributing to a supportive and connected campus experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year of experience in student affairs work or related specialty.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

Responsibilities

• Develops, facilitates, and evaluates student development initiatives that support engagement, leadership growth, holistic wellbeing, and student success.
• Designs and implements educational and co-curricular experiences that strengthen self-awareness, interpersonal effectiveness, leadership capacity, and engagement in the university experience.
• Facilitates workshops, coaching conversations, experiential learning opportunities, and engagement initiatives.
• Creates supportive environments that encourage meaningful student interaction, peer connection, and community engagement.
• Assists students in navigating university resources and support services.
• Interprets and communicates university, departmental, and program policies and procedures.
• Provides individualized coaching, mentoring, and developmental support to students.
• Advises students in areas including leadership development, communication, decision-making, problem-solving, collaboration, and interpersonal effectiveness.
• Facilitates opportunities that strengthen emotional intelligence, resilience, reflective practice, leadership competencies, and personal development.
• Assists students in identifying strengths, addressing challenges, and connecting developmental experiences to academic, career, and post-graduation success.
• Supports student leaders, peer leaders, student employees, and student organizations through developmental guidance and engagement opportunities.
• Collaborates with departmental staff and campus partners to develop, implement, facilitate, and assess programs, services, and developmental initiatives.
• Assists with program facilitation, outreach, communication, logistics, participation tracking, and engagement efforts.
• Supports implementation of leadership initiatives, coaching efforts, and experiential learning opportunities.
• Develops learning outcomes, reflection activities, and educational materials that support student learning and engagement.
• Assists with program promotion and coordination of developmental experiences.
• Develops and implements assessment tools and evaluation strategies to measure student learning, engagement, and program effectiveness.
• Collects, analyzes, and applies qualitative and quantitative data to support continuous improvement and strategic decision-making.
• Assists with departmental assessment, reporting, and documentation efforts.
• Monitors assigned budgets, expenditures, and resource utilization for programs and services.
• Maintains accurate records, participation data, assessment documentation, and program materials.
• Attends and presents at local, regional, and national conferences and contributes to professional associations to enhance the department and Division of Student Affairs’ visibility and influence within the profession.
• Maintains current knowledge of student development theory, student engagement practices, and higher education trends.
• Assists with operational and administrative processes related to programs, services, scheduling, purchasing, travel, and reporting.
• Supports departmental operations, communication, documentation, and program coordination efforts.
• Fosters collaborative relationships with academic and student affairs departments, faculty, staff, former students, and community partners.
• Serves on university-wide, divisional, departmental, and collaborative committees and working groups.
• Represents the department in collaborative initiatives that support student engagement and success.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Free exercise programs and release time
• All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
• Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee

What This Job Offers

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