Associate Director for Leadership
Texas State University
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Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, invites applications for the Associate Director for Leadership & Service. Reporting to the Executive Director of Student Involvement and Engagement, this role provides strategic and operational leadership for leadership development, community service and volunteer engagement, and supports advising the Student Government Association.
The position guides a leadership education framework, partners with campus and community, oversees budget, endowments, and
Qualifications
- Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, leadership, education, public administration, or related field.
- Progressively responsible experience in student leadership development, community engagement, service-learning, or related areas.
- Experience supervising and developing staff, graduate assistants, or student employees in higher education.
- Experience developing leadership curricula, learning outcomes, or competency-based programs.
- Experience managing budgets and stewarding financial resources.
- Experience building partnerships with nonprofit, public, or community organizations.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for leadership development, service engagement, and advising Student Government.
- Design and implement leadership education framework connecting co-curricular learning with career-ready competencies.
- Lead partnerships across campus and community; supervise team members.
- Oversee budgets and resource alignment with student learning outcomes.
- Represent the unit on committees and contribute to departmental strategy.
Skills
Education
Job description
San Marcos, TX
Texas State University
Associate Director for Leadership & Service
Posting Number: 2027095
Location: San Marcos
Department: Student Involvement & Engagement
Recruitment Type: Open Recruiting
Job Type: Full-Time
Monthly Salary: $5,624-$6,250
Job Category: Exempt
- Master's degree in higher education, student affairs,leadership, education, public administration, or relatedfield.
- Progressively responsible professional experience in studentleadership development, community engagement, service-learning,volunteer programs, student involvement, or a related area.
- Experience supervising and developing professional staff,graduate assistants, or student employees in a higher educationsetting.
- Experience developing leadership curricula, learning outcomes,or competency-based educational programs.
- Experience managing budgets and stewarding financialresources.
- Experience building partnerships with nonprofit, public, orcommunity organizations.
- Experience developing, implementing, and assessing educationalprograms or initiatives.
- Experience administering scholarship programs, endowments, ordonor-supported initiatives.
- Experience designing onboarding, training, or professionaldevelopment for staff or student leaders.
- Experience supporting institutional processes related toexpressive activity, risk management, or student programs.
- Experience advising Student Government Association, sharedgovernance-bodies or comparable student-led organizations.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Student Involvement and Engagement, the Associate Director for Leadership & Service provides strategic and operational leadership for university wide leadership development, community service and volunteer engagement opportunities, supports the advising of Student Government Association, and related educational initiatives. The position serves as a member of the Student Involvement & Engagement leadership team and helps translate divisional and institutional priorities into meaningful co-curricular experiences that strengthen student learning, belonging, career readiness and civic responsibility.
Utilizing the student success framework, the Associate Director leads the design, implementation and continuous improvement effortsof leadership and service programs; develop partnerships acrosscampus and the community and supervises team members.
- Supervise, develop, and evaluate assigned professional andgraduate staff while fostering accountability, collaboration, andcontinued growth.
- Manage program and endowment budgets within the portfolio andcontribute to development of the department's overall budget.
- Align human, financial, and programmatic resources withdepartmental priorities and intended student learningoutcomes.
- Establish clear operational practices, timelines, and measuresof success for programs and initiatives within the portfolio.
- Contribute to departmental risk management education and serveas a resource within assigned institutional processes related toexpressive activity and applicable university, state, and federalrequirements.
- Provide vision and direction for a comprehensive leadershipdevelopment strategy that serves students across programs,organizations, and stages of their Texas State experience.
- Lead the development, implementation and assessment of aleadership education framework and curriculum that connectsco-curricular learning with career-ready competencies.
- Design learning pathways, workshops, institutes and otherexperiences that help students practice leadership, reflect ontheir growth, and articulate transferable skills.
- Partner with student organizations and advisors to strengthenleadership development.
- Provide strategic leadership for community service andvolunteer programs that promote civic responsibility, meaningfulcommunity connection, and student learning.
- Build and sustain partnerships with university departments,nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and communitystakeholders to expand accessible service opportunities.
- Develop practices that connect service experiences withpreparation, reflection, and leadership development.
- Oversee systems and processes for documenting, recognizing, andcommunicating service and volunteer engagement opportunities.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen institutional coordinationand increase the visibility and impact of community-engagedwork.
- Oversee the planning, administration, and assessment ofdepartmental scholarship programs, including the Newman CivicFellowship and Texas Leadership Scholars Program.
- Manage leadership-related endowments and ensure resources areused in alignment with donor intent, university requirements, andprogram goals.
- Strengthen the educational experience and sense of communityfor scholarship recipients through intentional programming,mentoring, and leadership development.
- Collaborate with university partners to support studentrecruitment, retention, and success within assigned scholarshipprograms.
- Serve as a member of the Student Involvement & Engagement leadership team, contributing to departmental strategy, goalsetting, sponsorship solicitation, resource planning, andoperational decision-making.
- Provide strategic oversight for the advising and development ofStudent Government, cultivating an effective partnership thatsupports student representation, responsible governance, andconstructive engagement with university decision making through aleadership learning lens.
- Represent Student Involvement & Engagement on universityand divisional committees, task forces, and collaborativeinitiatives.
- Participate in departmental programs and projects that advancethe mission and goals of the university, division, anddepartment.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Director ordivisional leadership.
Job Open Date: 10/14/2026
Job Close Date: 11/02/2026
Open Until Filled: No
Normal Work Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday
Normal Work Hours Start: 8:00AM
Normal Work Hours End: 5:00PM
Texas State University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardlessof race, sex, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, age,marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basisprotected by federal or state law in employment, educationalprograms, and activities and admissions.
Employment with Texas State University is contingent upon the outcome of record checks and verifications including, but notlimited to, criminal history, driving records, education records,employment verifications, reference checks, and employmenteligibility verifications.
In accordance with federal law, all new employees must complete the Form I-9 and provide acceptable documentation verifying their identity and authorization to work in the United States. Texas State University participates in E-Verify, and employment is contingent upon the successful verification of work authorization. Employees are required to maintain valid work authorization to satisfy the conditions of Form I9 at all times during their employment and the university makes no implicit or explicit promises to financially support visa or permanent residency applications.
Texas State University is a emerging research institution located in the burgeoning Austin-San Antonio corridor and in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. It is the largest of eight campuses in the Texas State University System and one of the 75 largest universities in the country, with over 38,000 students andapproximately 4,000 faculty and staff
Texas State is located in San Marcos, a growing community of over50,000 people located about half way between Austin and SanAntonio. Texas State enjoys a setting that is unique among Texas universities. The beauty of the crystal-clear San Marcos River and the stately cypress and pecan trees on the campus add to the charm of the university's picturesque setting. Our location on the banks of the San Marcos River provides outdoor recreational activities throughout the year.
- Amazing health insurance: various coverage options starting yourfirst day of employment for full-time employees with Texas Statepaying 100% of the employee premium and 50% for yourdependents!
- Generous paid time off: vacation, holidays, sick days and manymore!
- Excellent work life balance resources: mother and family-friendlyresources in addition to a comprehensive FREE wellnessprogram
- Great professional development opportunities: choose from avariety of workshops, training, online learning and even accesseducational leave opportunities and reimbursement for academiccourses
- An inclusive Bobcat community: join our many social networksoffered on and off-campus
- Retirement peace of mind: TRS pension, retirement plans andvoluntary saving options with generous employer contributions
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