Assistant Director of Student Success & Engagement
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Nashville, TN - USA
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Job Summary
The Assistant Director of Student Success & Engagement is the College of Connected Computings lead professional for the student experience outside the classroom. Reporting to the Director Office of Student Services the Assistant Director designs builds and administers the programs that support academic success student engagement leadership development belonging and persistence for students in the colleges degree programs.
Because the college is new this is a build role. The Assistant Director establishes the programs policies operational processes and assessment practices that will define the CCC student experience the colleges tutoring program honor society chapter(s) alumni mentorship program student organization advising structure and annual engagement calendar in alignment with Vanderbilt University policy and in coordination with the central offices that share responsibility for students. Programs stood up now will serve the colleges first transfer cohorts and must be operating at scale for the first full incoming class in Fall 2027.
The Assistant Director works across the college and the university partnering with faculty students alumni Student Affairs Global Education Financial Aid and the Dean of Students and represents the college on university committees and initiatives related to student success. The role carries responsibility for assigned program budgets program records and reporting and the assessment data used to evaluate and improve the colleges student success work.
The College of Connected Computing (CCC) is Vanderbilt Universitys first new college in more than four decades dedicated to computer science artificial intelligence data science cybersecurity robotics cyber-physical systems and computational approaches to policy law the humanities and the social sciences. Built on a computing for all philosophy the college is designed to foster radical collaboration at the intersection of computing and every other discipline across the university.
The Office of Student Services is the colleges student-facing academic and student support function responsible for academic advising and services student success and engagement programming and the operational processes that carry students from matriculation through degree completion. The office is being built alongside the colleges academic programs: CCC is enrolling transfer students now and expects its first full incoming class in Fall 2027 which means program design policy development and staffing are happening concurrently with day-to-day student support.
Note: Regular evening and weekend work is required to support student programs and events; limited travel may be required.
Student Success & Academic Support
Design implement and oversee the CCC Tutoring Program including tutor recruitment training scheduling quality standards assessment and continuous program improvement.
Develop and administer academic support programming that improves student persistence and degree progress coordinating with faculty and the colleges advising function on early intervention and referral.
Coordinate and administer the colleges national honor society chapter(s) including chapter development membership recruitment induction ceremonies compliance reporting and advisor support.
Develop and manage the Alumni Mentorship Program connecting students with alumni in support of academic professional and personal development.
Coordinate scholarship communications and related student-facing processes in partnership with university offices.
Student Engagement Leadership & Community
Develop implement and assess a comprehensive student success and engagement strategy aligned with the mission and strategic priorities of the college.
Build the annual student engagement calendar and create the signature events traditions and experiences that establish community school pride and the culture of the College of Connected Computing.
Design and deliver programs that advance student engagement leadership development and student belonging.
Serve as the primary advisor to CCC student organizations developing governance processes leadership training organization recognition procedures and operational guidelines in coordination with central Vanderbilt offices.
Serve as the colleges liaison for Study Abroad and Study Away working with Global Education and campus partners to support student participation in domestic and international experiential learning.
Program Development Assessment & Administration
Establish the programs policies operational workflows and assessment plans of a new colleges student success function and refine them as enrollment grows.
Manage assigned program budgets including expenditure tracking documentation for supervisory review and budget proposals for new and expanding programs.
Maintain program records prepare reports and use participation and outcomes data to evaluate programs and inform continuous improvement.
Ensure programs and events comply with university policy governing student organizations programming risk management and student privacy.
Collaboration & Institutional Representation
Build and maintain working relationships with Student Affairs Student Organizations Global Education Financial Aid the Dean of Students and other central Vanderbilt offices to ensure coordinated student services and compliance with university policy.
Represent the College of Connected Computing on university committees task forces and collaborative initiatives related to student success and engagement.
Serve as a visible accessible point of contact for CCC students student leaders and student organizations.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Relationships
This position does not have supervisory responsibility and reports directly to the Director of the Office of Student Services.
Qualifications
Masters degree from an accredited institution in higher education administration student affairs education counseling or a related field.
Minimum of two years of progressively responsible professional experience in higher education student affairs student success academic support or a comparable college setting.
Demonstrated experience developing implementing and assessing student success or student engagement initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to build new programs develop policies and operational processes and carry projects from concept through implementation.
Experience advising student organizations honor societies leadership programs or comparable student engagement initiatives.
Demonstrated creativity initiative and an entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify opportunities develop programming and execute new ideas.
Excellent communication project management organizational and relationship-building skills.
Ability to build collaborative partnerships across academic and administrative units.
Knowledge of student development theory and of best practices in student success and engagement.
Note: Consistent with university practice an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience will be considered in place of the stated degree requirement.
Preferred
Experience establishing programs or services within a new or rapidly growing academic unit.
Knowledge of national honor society governance and compliance requirements.
Experience with tutoring mentoring scholarship or experiential learning programs.
Experience using assessment data to evaluate and improve student success initiatives.
Familiarity with computing engineering or other STEM student populations.
Required Experience:
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