Campus Director, Student Affairs

West Coast University; California; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

West Coast University is seeking a seasoned leader for Student Affairs to guide campus activities, programs, and services that promote student engagement and success. You will oversee administrative support, retention efforts, and accreditation-related compliance while partnering with Admissions, Finance, and academic leadership to achieve retention and outcomes.

Your role emphasizes strategic planning, staff supervision, and service excellence to enhance the student experience across campus

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of higher education administration and student services operations.
• Proven experience leading teams and managing programs in an academic setting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee campus student affairs programs, services, policies and procedures to promote student engagement and success.
• Direct administrative support for orientation, retention, advising, satisfaction strategies and compliance activities.
• Collaborate with Admissions, Finance and Academic faculty to meet retention and outcome goals.
• Conduct ongoing student satisfaction reviews and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate student organizations and ensure compliance with regulatory bodies (Title IX, ADA, etc.).

Job description

At West Coast University, we share a passion for students and transforming healthcare education! As a leader for a certified Great Place to Work, you will join a collaborative, student-centric culture valuing academic integrity, mutual respect, student learning, service, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, and stewardship. As a part of this team, you will guide students to do more than change their own lives - you will help change the lives of every patient they care for throughout their career.

You will make an impact by:

• Being responsible for the campus short- and long-range planning, development, and oversight of activities and goals for all student affairs campus activities and programs, policies/procedures, and services that strategically promote and support student engagement, student development, student success, and student life at the campus.
• Overseeing and directing administrative support for student affairs activities such as but not limited to orientation, retention, student appreciation, advising, satisfaction strategies, assessment, pinning ceremonies, student life, co-curricular involvement, service to students with disabilities, judicial affairs, appeals, grievances, academic co-curricular support services, and compliance related areas.
• Aiding students and other departments to ensure quality in all student affairs functions.
• Interfacing with the Admissions, Finance and Academic faculty and associates and other applicable campus leadership to accomplish retention and outcome goals.
• Conducting on-going student satisfaction review, makes recommendations on areas for improvement, and maintains current knowledge in student affairs.
• Coordinating and organizing student member organizations on campus. Oversees and ensures campus compliance with all regulatory agencies, state and governing boards and accrediting bodies, including but not limited to the Jeanne Cleary Act, Title IX, ADA, WASC, BPPE, Programmatic Accreditations, and Title IV.

Your Experience Includes:

• Typically requires advanced practical knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices of a single professional discipline or a broad understanding of multiple related disciplines.
• Experience leading a team, project, program, or function is typically required.
• A minimum of five to eight years' experience in an academic setting, a minimum five years of which must have been in a management level position involving administrative, supervisory or director level duties concerned with student service administration/relations, or related management experience.
• Evidence of strong supervisory and managerial skills, including budgets, strategic planning, including assessment and evaluation skills.

Education:

• Master's Degree or Higher in Education, Administration, Business Management, Student Personnel, or related field required.

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Do you want a career that allows you to make a difference in other people’s lives? Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do at West Coast University.

At West Coast University, we have the privilege of educating students seeking careers in healthcare and guide them through their transformational journey from student to caregiver. Our associates are united behind that purpose and share a deep commitment to our values of teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and a student-centric approach to all we do. This focus creates an aligned, nimble, and consensus-driven culture that is solution-oriented and supports our associates’ professional growth.

West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

Campus: WCU Orange County Campus La Palma

Function: Leadership