Assistant Director for Student Programming

Job Description

Student Engagement and Campus Life uplifts the co-curricular experience by building communities, promoting holistic education, and cultivating affirming environments.
Emboldened and inspired by Virginia Tech’s Aspirations for Student Learning, the Student Engagement and Campus Life (SECL) team to build a student-centered and learning-focused approach to co-curricular and experiential experiences including providing outstanding programs and services to our student and campus community.
The Assistant Director for Student Programs and Principal Engagement Engineer leads a team who help to build robust, engaging programs, events, and experiences for all students. Specific responsibilities include:

• Collaboratively create a robust, significant calendar of events, programs and experiences to engage students at Blacksburg and Roanoke campuses with partners within SECL
• Use assessment best practices to evaluate the needs and wants of all students around experiences and events
• Supervise one coordinator responsible for advising one (1) University Chartered Student Organization (UCSO), the Virginia Tech Union (VTU) and implementing programming

• Serve as the direct advisor for the Homecoming Board of Virginia Tech (UCSO) and a key leader
• Execute large-scale programmatic efforts (GobblerNights) and signature Welcome Week Events
• Serve as an ex-officio advisor to the Virginia Tech Union (VTU). This includes working with the Coordinator, graduate assistant, student organization leadership and members, university policies, internal and external partners, budget oversight, event planning and coordination, and project management
• Utilize a student-driven philosophy to engage students in meaningful ways to ExperienceVT with focus on the Division’s Aspirations for Student Learning
• Apply best practices around financial stewardship of student activity fees to bolster ExperienceVT

Required Qualifications

A collaborative and learning-centered professional with a Master’s Degree in Higher Education, Student Affairs or related field is required by the start of appointment. Experience in student affairs with demonstrated experience in large-scale programming, advising student organizations, and working with university policy. Demonstrated commitment to social justice, diversity, and inclusion. Above average communications skills are essential, as well as a desire to work in a teamwork-focused environment, which includes colleagues, and students. Evening and weekend work required.

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency with computer programs. Budgetary oversight experience. Supervision of full or part-time staff.

Pay Band

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Approved salary of $55k, commensurate with experience

Review Date

July 22nd, 2022

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Student Affairs:

Student Affairs’ Aspirations for Student Learning serve as a framework for our roles as educators as we work alongside students to encapsulate their learning into a strengths-based discovery of their talent so they may: commit to unwavering curiosity; pursue self-understanding and integrity; practice civility; prepare for a life of courageous leadership; and ultimately, embrace Ut Prosim as a way of life. We operationalize these aspirations through ExperienceVT whereby we work alongside undergraduate, graduate and professional students to create a customized plan for their experience designed to accomplish their individual goals. We measure our success by the success of our students. To that end, we will do whatever it takes to support the individual well-being and success of every student at Virginia Tech

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 military 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 Gina Tamburro at tamburro@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Advertised: June 9, 2022
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