Associate Director of Student Engagement
Associate Director of Student Engagement
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Earlham College is a Top 100 National Liberal Arts College located in Richmond IN a small city thats just a short drive away from several major metropolitan areas including Dayton Cincinnati Indianapolis and Chicago.
Richmond and Earlham have a symbiotic relationship. Through research studies internships and volunteering Earlhamites offer Richmond expertise and service as Richmond offers our students the chance to gain valuable realworld experience. Our community assumes no religious affiliation but follows Quaker principles and practices which include respect for persons integrity a commitment to peace and justice simplicity and consensusbased community decisionmaking. Earlham is committed to and proud of being a diverse and inclusive place most clearly visible in our student body: 20 of our student body are international coming from 60 nations in 2022 and 24 are domestic students of color. Faculty and staff also bring tremendous diversity to the College; many have lived and worked outside the United States and they make a point of drawing on those experiences in their interactions with students. Additionally Earlham makes it a priority to serve as a safe and welcoming place for LGBTQ communities and has a fourstar rating on the Campus Pride Index. Our community is characterized by respect for every person and a commitment to social justice. Equity and inclusion are central to Earlhams institutional priorities and our leadership is committed to widening the path to an Earlham education.
Earlham College is seeking an Associate Director of Student Engagement to join our team!
Summary:
The Associate Director of Student Engagement person serves under the general supervision of the Director of Student Engagement for Campus Activities and Events. This role is primarily responsible for oversight of all campus activities and events. They will assist the College in implementing major student social programming initiatives and advise all student groups working on planning campus events. This position is a fulltime 12month 40 hoursperweek administrative faculty appointment.
Essential Functions:
Contribute to the overall vision and leadership of the Office of Student Engagement
- Assist the Director with reviewing practices policies and initiatives associated with the Department to ensure that they promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and meet the needs of diverse student populations
- Participate in the annual Student Affairs Divisional and Office of Student Engagement strategic planning and annual reporting efforts.
Advise student programming groups
- Serve as the staff liaison for 40 student organizations. Implement annual processes including roster updates to the student engagement platform system provisional and complete charter applications funding requests etc.
- Create implement and assess training for student organizations to include student organization policies procedures and utilization of the student engagement platform system.
- Provide budget oversight for all student organization funding.
Coordinate signature annual Earlham College events
- Coordinate/plan implement and evaluate formal campuswide events including Orientation Weekend Involvement Fair Welcome Week Homecoming/Family Weekend Concerts and Springfest.
- Successfully collaborate with academic affairs to coordinate and implement EPIC Expo Commencement etc.
Provide oversight for social event planning and policy efforts
- Serve as a trained administrator of 25Live to assist campus departments and student groups connected to this role in planning campuswide events.
- Work with the Registrars Office to cohesively manage space utilization.
- Provide daytoday support for 25 Live including troubleshooting software issues providing onsite assistance for users updating location information building event and cabinet frameworks setting cabinet constraints cabinet security and coordinating scheduling data with 25 Live and System Administrators.
- Train new 25 Live users in making reservation requests. Create userfriendly tools (documentation videos etc. to assist and support training for all users.
- Work with Academic Affairs and Registrars Office in scheduling semester course locations
Other Duties
- Required to attend events providing onsite support for the Director including working outside regular work hours 8:00 am 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.
- Assist the Director with the daytoday operation of the Runyan Student Center; lead the overall management and development of the Student Center student building staff and information desk attendants; including recruitment training evaluation and supervision and consistently ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to
- Assist the Director with other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in Student Affairs or related field preferred; Bachelors Degree plus a commensurate level of experience and training will be considered;
- 2 years of experience working in Student Activities or a related Student Life area preferred.
- Strong computer skills including the ability to use Microsoft Office Suite or other complex software systems
Benefits Working at Earlham:
- Medical Dental and Vision Insurance*
- Company paid LongTerm Disability after 1 year of fulltime service*
- Basic and Voluntary Life insurance*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Campus Store Discount
- Free ticket vouchers for Richmond Symphony Orchestra
- Wellness Center Free Membership or Discount for eligible employees
- Athletic GamesFree entry to all home games
- Free entry into most Theatre/Music shows
- Tuition Benefits for Immediate Family for eligible employees*
- 403(b) Retirement* For eligible employees Earlham will contribute a nonelective contribution equal to 5 of gross pay after 2 years of service. After 3 years of service this nonelective contribution increases to 8. Vesting credit is available for new employees with previous service in the education sector with required documentation.
- Many Wayne County Chamber of Commerce member businesses offer discounts to anyone with an Earlham ID
*All employee benefit offerings are subject to employee eligibility per plan documents.
The review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
To Apply
- Please submit the following application materials through our Earlham Careers Portal
- Cover letter
- Resume
- List of Three References with Contact Information
Earlham College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin sex age disability veteran status genetic information or religion in its employment policies. In addition Earlham explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression in accordance with Title IX Title VI Title VII and other applicable state and federal laws. As an institution with a Quaker identity Earlham encourages applications from members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Earlhams Work Authorization Policy
Earlham utilizesEVerifyto confirm employment eligibility for all newly hired employees within the United States.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
