Assistant Director, Community-Engaged Leadership

Position Title
Assistant Director, Community-Engaged Leadership

Position Number
044301

Department
Community Engaged Leadership - 335300

Description of University

Appalachian State University, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Student Development, Student Affairs, Leadership Studies, Higher Education, or a related field
• Minimum of three years full-time experience working in student leadership development in higher education or a related context; two years of relevant Graduate Assistantship work may count as one year of full-time experience.
• Demonstrated experience in student program development and delivery including training and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated commitment to community engagement, diversity and inclusion, and social justice is a must.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in working with college students, colleagues, and community constituents as educator, advisor, and leader

License/Certification Required

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Overseeing 1) the Trailhead Experience, a leadership/service extended orientation program for incoming first-year and transfer students and 2) the Alternative Service Experience program, an alternative break program with the primary responsibility of providing opportunities for students to develop as leaders and engaged community members over breaks from school
• Creating programmatic goals and implementing the processes, structures, and tasks needed to attain them
• Coordinating logistics (i.e. reservations, transportation) and financial administration (i.e. budgeting, purchases, revenue generation) needed to turn plans into programs
• Managing the promotion of programs and registration of student participants
• Evaluating and assessing students’ learning and programmatic effectiveness through formal and informal methods
• Hiring, coaching, and supervising 1 Graduate Assistant and graduate/undergraduate interns as needed
• Recruiting, training, and developing leadership teams (40-60 student guides and 2 Student Directors responsible for facilitating student learning at the Trailhead Experience and 20 ASE Peer Leaders and 5-6 Executive Board members)
• Providing developmental feedback and performance evaluation for staff and student leadership teams
• Teaching as an adjunct instructor within the HPC department of the College of Education for Leadership Studies courses as needed
• Serving as the department representative on university committees as needed
• Maintaining a current understanding of best practices in the field of leadership, community engagement, and student development and engaging in continuous professional development
• Fulfillment of other duties assigned by the Associate Director and Director

Suggested Salary Range
$50,000-$52,500

Physical Demands of Position

Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction., Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time., Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another., Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling., Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm., Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly., Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Please attach required documents:
Cover Letter
Resume

List a minimum of 3 professional references in the application or attach a List of References including contact information

AA/EEO Statement

Appalachian State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The University does not discriminate in access to its educational programs and activities, or with respect to hiring or the terms and conditions of employment, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, political affiliation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or sexual orientation.

Important Contacts:

Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources/Affirmative Action
Office of Human Resources
330 University Hall Dr.
Boone, NC 28608
(828) 262-3187
hr@appstate.edu

Office of Title IX Compliance
123 I.G. Greer Hall
Boone, NC 28608
(828) 262-2144
titleix@appstate.edu

ADA /504 Coordinator & EEO Officer
224 Joyce Lawrence Lane/Suite 112 Anne Belk Hall
Boone, NC 28608
(828) 262-3056
equalopportunity@appstate.edu

We at Appalachian State University are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence both locally and globally.

Diversity and Inclusion at Appalachian

We at Appalachian State University are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence both locally and globally.

We understand that the successful implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence is the responsibility of the entire university community, including alumni and official university governing bodies. A diverse campus community supports an influx of broad and distinct ideas that increase learning opportunities and strengthen the impact of our community as we work collectively to achieve a just experience for all.

We actively encourage, support, and promote a global mindset and an equitable environment where all will know that they belong and are safe to express their culture, identity, values, ideas, opinions, and creativity. We are committed to creating a culture of equity opportunity for all, one that has an expectation of fairness, justice, and equity-minded practice at all levels of the university community.

Quick Link
https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/37714

Posting Number
201501071P