Assistant Director, Student Success & Engagement

Vanderbilt University; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing seeks an Assistant Director of Student Success & Engagement to lead the student experience outside the classroom. This build role designs, implements, and assesses programs supporting academic success, engagement, belonging, and persistence for CCC students.

The position aligns with Vanderbilt policy, builds programs now for transfer cohorts, and aims to operate at scale for Fall 2027’s first full incoming class.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in higher education administration, student affairs, education, counseling, or a related field.
• Minimum of two years of progressively responsible professional experience in higher education, student affairs, student success, academic support, or a comparable college setting.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and assessing student success or student engagement initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build new programs, develop policies and operational processes, and carry projects from concept through implementation.
• Experience advising student organizations, honor societies, leadership programs, or comparable student engagement initiatives.
• Demonstrated creativity, initiative, and an entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities, develop programming, and execute new ideas.
• Excellent communication, project management, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to build collaborative partnerships across academic and administrative units.
• Knowledge of student development theory and of best practices in student success and engagement.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and oversee the CCC Tutoring Program, including tutor recruitment, training, scheduling, quality standards, assessment, and continuous program improvement.
• Develop and administer academic support programming that improves student persistence and degree progress, coordinating with faculty and the college’s advising function on early intervention and referral.
• Coordinate and administer the college’s national honor society chapter(s), including chapter development, membership recruitment, induction ceremonies, compliance, reporting, and advisor support.
• Develop and manage the Alumni Mentorship Program, connecting students with alumni in support of academic, professional, and personal development.
• Coordinate scholarship communications and related student-facing processes in partnership with university offices.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Relationship-building

Leadership development

Strategic planning

Education

Master's degree in higher education administration or related field

Job description

Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing seeks an Assistant Director of Student Success & Engagement to lead the student experience outside the classroom. This build role designs, implements, and assesses programs supporting academic success, engagement, belonging, and persistence for CCC students.

The position aligns with Vanderbilt policy, builds programs now for transfer cohorts, and aims to operate at scale for Fall 2027’s first full incoming class.