Assistant Director for First Year and Family Experience (Student Programming Specialist), First[...]

Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 51,000 - 53,976; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition subsidy for IU courses

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Indiana University Bloomington seeks a dedicated professional to lead First Year and Family Experience Programs. You will develop and implement initiatives to engage freshmen and their families, shape programming, and coordinate with campus partners for successful outcomes.

Responsibilities include evaluating programs, supervising student staff, and presenting findings to stakeholders. The role emphasizes collaboration, communication, and program excellence.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in education, social work, public affairs, counseling, business, or related field.
• Preferred: Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements programs and initiatives to enhance student engagement and experiential learning.
• Interfaces with students and gathers feedback to improve future programming and outcomes.
• Collaborates with campus staff and academic partners on shared goals and funding for student programs.

Skills

Communication

Professionalism

Time management

Presentation skills

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

First Year & Family Experience (bl-fyfe-iubla)

The Office of First Year and Family Experience Programs (FYFEP) influences and supports first year student success through the collaborative coordination and delivery of programs, resources, and services designed to guide and enhance student engagement.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Engages families via newsletter content, Fall and Spring Family Weekends, and the Parent Advisory Board.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of programs and initiatives offered through the Office of First Year Experience Programs (FYE).
• Develops, implements and evaluates first year programs for the Bloomington campus for freshmen, transfer students and their families.
• Facilitates the tracking of student participation by engaging with the campus platforms available.
• Coordinates outreach to new students.
• Provides supervision and professional development to student employees as designated.
• Develops and implements select experiential programs in collaboration with academic departments and community-based organizations and agencies.
• Collaborates with campus partners including academic departments, student services, and support areas.
• Selects, trains and supervises a team of students to conduct and support programming throughout the academic year.
• Recruits and orients staff and faculty volunteers.
• Creates program goals, presentations, supporting materials.
• Makes presentations on behalf of the university.
• Evaluates programs and benchmarks experiences with comparable universities.

General Responsibilities

• Develops and implements programs and initiatives geared at enhancing and reinforcing the academic engagement and experiential learning capacity of the student experience. Projects programming outcomes at the program, department/division, or campus level.
• Interfaces directly with students, attending student programming events and gathering satisfaction feedback from student participants to implement into future student programming initiatives and objectives.
• Collaborates with staff in own department and other departments, as well as academic and campus leaders, on shared student programming goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor student programs.
• Measures and evaluates effectiveness of student programs against projected outcomes; regularly prepares reports on impact to students and budget and may present to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure funding for initiatives moving forward.
• Serves on committees and performs student programming research across the field of higher education and at peer institutions to identify and recommend best practices.
• Plans and coordinates communications for student programming initiatives to ensure student participation and inclusion.
• May provide guidance to other Student Programming Specialists; makes process recommendations to manager for improved delivery of service.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in education, social work, public affairs, counseling, business, or related field.

Preferred Education

• Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, or related field.

Work Experience

• 2 years in student services, higher education, or related field.

Skills Required

• Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Develops and delivers effective presentations.
• Demonstrates customer service skills.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills.
• Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with students and other university departments.

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Priority consideration will be given to candidate who apply on or before August 4, 2026.

Indiana University Bloomington.

This is an in-person position.

Salary: $51,000.00 - $53,976.00 on an annualized basis.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm. Some evenings and weekends will be required for programming.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Student Programming

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.