Director of Student Engagement & Campus Community Lead

Community College of Allegheny County; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Four-day Summer Week

403(b) match

State pension plan

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

FSAs

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Waivers/Reimbursement

Professional Development

Free Parking

Job summary

The Community College of Allegheny County seeks a Director of Student Engagement to strategically plan for student engagement, leadership, diversity and inclusion across campus life, collaborating with academic and student affairs to strengthen the student experience.

This Regular Full-Time role requires a Master’s degree in Student Affairs/Higher Education Administration and at least three years of leadership experience, with strong communication and budgeting abilities across multiple campus

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Student Affairs/Higher Education Administration or related field.
• Minimum of three years of experience.
• Strong leadership, supervisory and organizational skills.
• Ability to understand, interpret, implement and enforce policies and procedures.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with faculty, staff, students and external constituents.
• Experience with developing student leadership and programs.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and SIS.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to travel and be housed at any campus and serve as backfill at events.

Responsibilities

• Explores, creates, and executes new opportunities for active and passive engagement to build a welcoming campus community.
• Develops, promotes and coordinates student programming, including new student orientations and leadership training.
• Assesses the effectiveness of programs and clubs for satisfaction and learning outcomes.
• Lead the development and coordination of co-curricular programming supporting student success.
• Prepare, recommend and administer the Student Engagement budget; oversee expenditures.
• Collaborates with college leadership on enrollment management and retention initiatives.
• Plan, develop and oversee the new student onboarding process and orientation.
• Initiate, coordinate and implement diversity, equity and inclusion programming.
• Establish and maintain student leadership development and community engagement programming.
• Develop and modify programs in accordance with student interests and institutional objectives.
• Create and innovate programs to engage multicultural communities on campus.
• Manage the process for the development and oversight of student organizations.
• Develop student relationships; meet with student groups and advise on projects.
• Collaborate with faculty to develop new programming in support of the academic mission.
• Prepare the calendar for each semester with campus faculty and staff.
• Oversee Campus Cupboards implementation.
• Serve on campus and College committees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Policy interpretation

Communication skills

Customer service

Microsoft Office

SIS

Travel flexibility

Education

Master's degree in Student Affairs/Higher Education Administration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Student Information Systems (SIS)

Job description

The Community College of Allegheny County seeks a Director of Student Engagement to strategically plan for student engagement, leadership, diversity and inclusion across campus life, collaborating with academic and student affairs to strengthen the student experience.

This Regular Full-Time role requires a Master’s degree in Student Affairs/Higher Education Administration and at least three years of leadership experience, with strong communication and budgeting abilities across multiple campus