Campus Life & Student Engagement Manager

Marin Campus; Redlands (CA); On-site; USD 70,304 - 70,404; Full time

Job summary

The University of Redlands is seeking a Manager of Campus Life Activities to provide strategic leadership for student clubs, orientation, intramurals, and campus-wide engagement. You will oversee chartering, policy standards, and collaborative programs that foster belonging and leadership across campus life.

Reporting to the Dean of Student Campus Life, the role emphasizes compliance, program development, and cross-department partnerships to sustain a vibrant campus community and meaningful

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2-5 years of experience in event planning and execution, including event development, management, and assessment.
• Experience supporting or coordinating marketing, communications, or outreach efforts for student programs, events, or organizations.
• Familiarity with using social media platforms and digital tools to promote programs, share information, and engage student audiences.
• Ability to collaborate on basic content creation (posts, flyers, announcements) that aligns with institutional branding and messaging.
• Strong verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform under pressure, relate positively to people, and motivate others to function as a fully participative member of a team.
• Working knowledge of student support service units on a college campus.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate descriptions and explanations of problems brought forward by individuals or student organizations, analyze, and define the problem, draw valid conclusions, and project consequences of various alternative courses of action.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and a thorough knowledge of department and campus policies, procedures, and practices.
• Demonstrated capacity to interpret and enforce procedures and policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the University’s student club and organization ecosystem including chartering, re-registration, compliance, and ongoing organizational support.
• Serve as steward and point of contact for student organization policy, manual, governance standards, and operational expectations, ensuring alignment with university policies, legal requirements, and best practices.
• Partner with campus departments to ensure student policies related to organizations, space use, reservations, and events are clearly communicated, consistently enforced, and student-centered.
• Partner with campus departments to amplify student engagement through the activation of reservable spaces on campus that bolster student life and identify barriers to access for co-curricular experiences.
• Lead and develop marketing campaigns for Campus Life that increase student engagement by providing leadership and strategic oversight on internal student affairs facing 25Live publication, social media platforms, Navigate communication channels, student mobile app liaison to Information Technology, oversight of divisional programmatic calendar, and on the ground marketing (digital signage and tabling)
• Support Campus Life programs related to commuter student engagement (commuter lounge and Metrolink partnerships), civic engagement (voter registration), and campus traditions.
• Provide partnership to Office for Inclusion and Community by attending student diversity-led clubs/organizations meetings.
• Expand partnership with Residence Life and Housing to bolster student club/organization engagement and community belonging through late-night and weekend programming.
• Serve on the on-call rotation for Residence Life and Housing.
• Lead planning and implementation of the annual student Impact Awards.
• Serve on university committees related to student life, class-based initiatives and programs, space utilization, campus policy, commencement and student recognition ceremonies, and student experience.

Job description

The University of Redlands is seeking a Manager of Campus Life Activities to provide strategic leadership for student clubs, orientation, intramurals, and campus-wide engagement. You will oversee chartering, policy standards, and collaborative programs that foster belonging and leadership across campus life.

Reporting to the Dean of Student Campus Life, the role emphasizes compliance, program development, and cross-department partnerships to sustain a vibrant campus community and meaningful