Non-Traditional Student Engagement Lead

University of Kansas; Lawrence (KS); On-site; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas invites applications for the Non-Traditional Student Program Coordinator for Community Programs within the Student Engagement Center. This on-site role focuses on outreach, programming, and support for non-traditional students across KU campuses.

The coordinator supervises graduate and undergraduate staff, develops workshops, newsletters, and partnerships, and ensures alignment with Student Affairs goals while engaging with students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the

Qualifications

• Master's degree in higher education, college student personnel, educational leadership, counseling, social work, psychology, or a related field.
• One year of full-time experience working with college students through programs and services; Two years as a Graduate Assistant counts toward one year of professional work.
• Experience developing and implementing educational materials, programs, and workshops.
• Applied knowledge of best practices and national trends impacting student involvement, engagement, and leadership development as demonstrated through work history.
• Experience that required collaborative work with a wide range of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and other members of the community as evidenced by application materials.
• Strong written communication skills as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience creating marketing materials and using social media in a professional setting.

Responsibilities

• Implement a comprehensive student engagement curriculum for SEC.
• Oversee outreach, development, and support for two or more categories of student organizations, their leaders, and their advisors.
• Oversee the KU student commuter lounge.
• Oversee the planning and development of biweekly student programs geared to connect and support Non-traditional students at KU.
• Manage program budgets associated with student engagement programs.
• Lead the development and implementation of a communication plan to connect with Non-Traditional students across the five KU campuses.
• Re-launch and advise the Non-Traditional Student Foundation, a registered student organization for KU non-traditional students.
• Participate in campus-wide involvement fairs and orientation sessions to provide an overview of resources and engagement opportunities for non-traditional students.
• Implement virtual outreach engagement opportunities to connect with non-traditional students.
• Create and implement Non-Traditional Student Newsletter.
• Launch Big 12 Non-Traditional Student Support Group, intended to connect with colleagues across Big 12 institutions who are supporting Non-traditional students or interested in learning about how to implement strategies on their respective campuses.
• Manage program budget associated with marketing materials for Non-Traditional students.
• Develop and implement workshops for registered student organizations including but not limited to these topics: student organization registration process, event planning, budget management, fundraising, and history/heritage months.
• Design ongoing training and communications strategies for registered student organization advisors. Ensure advisors receive regular training on risk management, conflict management, funding opportunities, and other Registered Student Organization Guidelines.
• Develop, monitor, and evaluate program learning outcomes. Ensure all registered student organization and community programming advances departmental, Student Affairs, and university learning outcomes; this includes the submission of monthly data points and identifying trends over time and projections for future needs.
• Serve as a student engagement support specialist; attending recruitment fairs, pipeline programming and other marketing events to further SEC's outreach efforts.
• Host weekly office hours for student support meetings.
• Supervise and provide leadership, direction, training and support to one graduate assistant and/or undergraduate student staff.
• Serve on the Student Engagement Center, Student Affairs, and university-wide committees as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Student engagement

Marketing materials

Social media

Written communication

Collaborative work

Education

Master's degree

Job description

The University of Kansas invites applications for the Non-Traditional Student Program Coordinator for Community Programs within the Student Engagement Center. This on-site role focuses on outreach, programming, and support for non-traditional students across KU campuses.

The coordinator supervises graduate and undergraduate staff, develops workshops, newsletters, and partnerships, and ensures alignment with Student Affairs goals while engaging with students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the