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Assistant Director - Transition Programs

Employer
Virginia Tech
Location
Virginia, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Sep 20, 2021


Job Description

New Student & Family Programs at Virginia Tech enhances the student experience by fostering an inclusive, supportive, and learning-centered environment. Staff are actively engaged in the lives of our students and are committed to providing outstanding programs and services that enhance new student transition. New Student & Family Programs is dedicated to supporting the mission of the Division of Student Affairs. As such, our staff strive to engage every student in the Division’s five Aspirations for Student Learning, which include: being dedicated to creating a community that commits to unwavering curiosity, pursues self-understanding and integrity, practices civility, prepares others for a life of courageous leadership, and embraces the University’s motto Ut Prosim as a way of life.

Along with the new student & family programs team, the assistant director is critical to the development and implementation of purposeful and learning-centered programs and services. The assistant director reports to the director and works collaboratively with students, faculty, staff, and community partners to plan and execute Welcome Week and Winter Welcome Week.

Additionally, the assistant director will adopt and practice the Principles of Community as fundamental to Virginia Tech’s on-going efforts to increase access and inclusion and to create a dynamic community that nurtures learning and growth for all of its members. The Virginia Tech Principles of Community are described at: https://inclusive.vt.edu/vtpoc0.html

Required Qualifications

1. Master’s degree in student personnel, higher education or a related field and work experience in collegiate student affairs, student activities, orientation, transfer, or first year programming.
2. Demonstrated orientation and transition experience
3. Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion and the ability to work with a diverse group of constituents.

4. Experience in designing and implementing programming or large-scale events.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Working knowledge of student learning and development theory and practice as well as the needs/issues of First year and Transfer students.
2. Demonstrated experience implementing an online orientation.
3. Demonstrated organizational, leadership, communication and public relations skills.
4. Ability to design and implement formal assessment and evaluation processes.
5. Capacity for organizing a wide range of diverse tasks efficiently and effectively.
6. Advising/supervision experience with ability to lead undergraduate student staff.
7. Ability to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and administrators participating in transition programs.

Pay Band

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

47,000

Review Date

October 29, 2021

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check as well as documentation of COVID-19 vaccination or receive approval from the university for a vaccination exemption due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges , a school of medicine , a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School , and Honors College . The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous Extension offices and research centers . A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Gabby McCollum at gmarquez@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Advertised: September 20, 2021
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