Senior Director, Student Engagement & Leadership Training

American University; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

American University in Washington, DC invites you to join as Senior Associate Director for the Center for Student Involvement. You will lead 200+ recognized student organizations, oversee budgets, training, and policy development, and collaborate with campus partners to enhance student engagement.

The role supervises professional staff, shapes training, ensures compliance, and manages events from Welcome Weeks to signature programs.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent; 5–8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience supervising professional staff and budgeting.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills.
• Ability to advance student engagement and campus programming.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior leader for the Center for Student Involvement.
• Direct recruitment, hiring, training, and evaluations of staff.
• Develop and manage budgets, policies, and training curricula for student orgs.
• Collaborate with campus partners to support engagement initiatives and events.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Policy development

Staff supervision

Student engagement

Event planning

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

5-8 years of relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

American University in Washington, DC invites you to join as Senior Associate Director for the Center for Student Involvement. You will lead 200+ recognized student organizations, oversee budgets, training, and policy development, and collaborate with campus partners to enhance student engagement.

The role supervises professional staff, shapes training, ensures compliance, and manages events from Welcome Weeks to signature programs.