Assistant Director - Fraternity & Sorority Life

Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, seeks a dedicated professional to provide support, advice, and advocacy to a strong fraternity and sorority community on housing/facilities, leadership development, crisis/emergency response, conduct, and related issues. You will serve on campus-wide committees and work with Greek organizations to advance student engagement.

This role involves regular interaction with fraternity/sorority leadership, alumni, facilities management staff, GT real estate, and student

Qualifications

• Master's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Education or Student affairs or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish and build working relationships with volunteers, alumni, Greek headquarters, and campus community.
• Advise one or more Greek governing councils (Panhellenic, Interfraternity, Multicultural Greek, National Pan-Hellenic).
• Manage facilities related services for chapters, including house maintenance and inspections.
• Provide advice and support to programs that promote safe and healthy lifestyles for members of Greek letter organizations and the campus community.
• Promote effective Greek chapter leadership through oversight of the Greek Advance program components.
• Respond to crises or emergencies within the Greek community as needed.
• Report on allegations of infractions of the Code of Conduct.
• Act on behalf of the Director in their absence.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Program management

Communications

Customer service

Relationship building

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Master's degree in Education or Student affairs

Job description

Job Details

• Job ID: 304880
• Location: Atlanta, Georgia
• Full/Part Time: Full-Time
• Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

Within the Center for Student Engagement, The Fraternity and Sorority Life department at Georgia Tech supports over 50 chapters and roughly 25% of the student body through leadership development, administrative advising, and campus advocacy.

Job Summary

Provide support, advice, and advocacy to a strong and well-established fraternity and sorority community on matters related to housing/facilities, leadership development, crisis/emergency response, conduct, and related issues. Serve on various fraternity and sorority organization and campus-wide committees.

This position will interact on a regular basis: campus fraternity and sorority organization leadership, members, alumni, alumni advisors, facilities management staff, GT real estate, and student engagement staff.

This position typically will advise and counsel: fraternity & sorority governing councils, honor societies, organization leadership, and larger community.

This position will supervise: N/A

Responsibilities

• Job Duty 1 - Establish and build working relationships with and between volunteers, alumni, Greek headquarters organizations and campus community
• Job Duty 2 - Advise one or more of the Greek governing councils (Collegiate Panhellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council, the Multicultural Greek Council, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council)
• Job Duty 3 - Manage facilities related services associated with chapters, including house maintenance, inspections, waste management, etc.
• Job Duty 4 - Provide advice and support to programs and practices that promote safe and healthy lifestyles for members of Greek letter organizations and the larger campus community
• Job Duty 5 - Promote effective Greek chapter leadership through oversight of multiple components of the Greek Advance program
• Job Duty 6 - Respond to crisis and/or emergencies within the Greek community as needed
• Job Duty 7 - Report on allegations of infractions of the Code of Conduct
• Job Duty 8 - Act on behalf of the Director upon their absence
• Job Duty 9 - Perform other related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: Master's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Required Experience: Three to four years of job-related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Educational Requirements: Master's Degree in Education or Student affairs or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Required Experience: Three to four years of job-related experience

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of Greek community organization, living and activities and related Institute policy and rules. Specifically National Panhellenic Conference

SKILLS: Skill in program management, communications, customer service and relationship building.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not be required to drive.

This role is considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).

This position will not travel.

This position does not require security clearance.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Salary Range: Salary is $61,000.00 to $64,000.00 commensurate with experience.

Job Grade: A8

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check, which will include an Education Check. Please visit Georgia Tech's Pre-Employment Screening Policy for more information.