Student Engagement and Global Learning Specialist (Student Life Specialist)

Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition subsidy

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Indiana University Bloomington's Hutton Honors College seeks a Student Engagement and Global Learning Specialist to develop high‑impact co‑curricular programs that involve student organizations, honors housing, and collaborative campus events.

The role partners with staff across student life and global education to advance study abroad opportunities, intercultural programming, housing partnerships, and international experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public affairs, public health, counseling, social work, education, business, or related field.
• Two years in student services, higher education, or related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; professional demeanor and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement programs to improve student engagement and involvement outcomes.
• Interface with students at life events and gather feedback for improvements.
• Coordinate funding with student leaders and organizations for events.
• Evaluate initiative effectiveness and prepare stakeholder reports.

Skills

Proficient written and verbal comms

Professionalism

Time management

Quality focus

Flexibility

Learns area of specialty

Thorough and dependable

Accuracy under pressure

Customer service

Partnership building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Kuali Financial System

Emburse

BUY.IU

Job description

Department

HUTTON HONORS COLLEGE (BL-HHON-IUBLA)

Department Information

The Hutton Honors College (HHC) recruits talented, highly-motivatedstudents who enjoy thinking about problems from multipleperspectives and who take pleasure in learning for its own sake. Westrive to provide an enriched academic and social experience forour students and to create an environment that fosters active,innovative learning. Through special events, interdisciplinaryseminars, and support for research and study-abroad opportunities,we provide students with many of the benefits of attending a smallcollege all in the context of an enormous, pluralistic, anddistinguished research institution.

Job Summary

The Student Engagement and Global Learning Specialist in the HuttonHonors College supports the development and implementation ofhigh-impact co-curricular experiences that foster studentinvolvement, leadership, and campus community, with primaryresponsibility for student organizations, honors housing, andcollaborative programming that enhances the overall studentexperience.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Advances global learning initiatives by supportinginternationally focused programs, including study abroadengagement, intercultural programming, and opportunities thatpromote global awareness and cross-cultural competency amongstudents.
• Builds upon strategic partnerships, advises student leaders,and contributes to a holistic, globally connected environment forHutton Honors students, while working across student affairs andglobal education partners.
• Manages finances related to the Hutton student organizations bymonitoring account balances, overseeing purchasing forstudent-organization sponsored events, reconciling transactions inEmburse, processing internal transfer documents in Kuali FinancialSystem (KFS), and processing external payments to Self-GovernedStudent Organization's (SGSO's) and other vendors through BUY.IU,etc.
• Oversees the Hutton House Program and works with studentleaders and faculty mentors to develop distinctive programming forthe Hutton Houses.
• Works closely with Communications/Events Specialist and withDirector of Academic Administration and Operations to schedule,publicize, and execute extracurricular and student organizationprogramming and events.
• Maintains the HHC events calendar by coordinating with studentorganization leaders, HHC functional area directors, and otherrelevant stakeholders to ensure adherence to scheduling policiesand minimize conflicts.
• Liaises with IU Housing regarding the Hutton Honors Communitiesand placements.
• Manages an assigned portfolio of short-term study abroadprograms, including collaborating with relevant stakeholders tomake program arrangements, creating and maintaining programhandbooks, delivering pre-departure and re-entry meetings, andsubmitting program reports.
• Serves as a member of program and scholarship applicationreview committee(s).
• Travels internationally to provide onsite student support andoversee program logistics during assigned Hutton Honors StudyAbroad programs.
• Acts as point of contact during Hutton Honors Study Abroadprograms and enacts designated role within the Hutton Honors StudyAbroad emergency plan, as needed.
• Collaborates with other members of the Hutton InternationalExperiences Program (HIEP) team to plan and execute globallearning-focused events, including study abroad fairs, culturenights, speaker series, etc.
• Supports compliance and documentation procedures, includingcompiling and preparing program data.
• Stays current on country-specific, federal, and IU policies andregulations on international study and travel.
• Cross trains to support other functional areas within theHHC.
• May serve on relevant departmental or campus committees.
• May provide guidance to student workers and volunteers.

General Responsibilities

• Develops and implements programs and initiatives geared atimproving student engagement and involvement outcomes at theprogram, department/division, or campus level.
• Interfaces directly with students, attending student lifeevents and programs and gathering satisfaction feedback fromstudent participants to implement into future student lifeinitiatives and objectives.
• Collaborates with staff in own department and otherdepartments, as well as student organization leaders, on sharedstudent life goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor studentlife initiatives.
• Measures and evaluates effectiveness of student lifeinitiatives against projected outcomes; regularly prepares reportsand presents to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure fundingfor initiatives moving forward.
• Provides guidance to student organizations regardingoperations, budget, leadership, activities, recruitment,registration, policies, and compliance. Promotes leadership andstudent development through advising of individual student leadersand volunteers. Contributes to formation, interpretation, andimplementation of student organization policies.
• Plans and coordinates communications for student lifeinitiatives to ensure student participation and inclusion.
• May provide guidance to other Student Life Specialists; makesprocess recommendations to manager for improved delivery ofservice.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may beconsidered. Education beyond the minimum required may besubstituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimumrequired may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in public affairs, public health, counseling,social work, education, business, or related field.

Preferred

• Master's degree in higher education student affairs or relatedfield.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years in student services, higher education, or relatedfield.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamicenvironment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even underpressure.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
• Demonstrates customer service skills.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with students and otheruniversity departments.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and tooperate a computer and other standard office productivityequipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periodsof time moving around an office environment and the campus. Theperson in this role must be able to perform the essential functionswith or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

This is an in-person position.

Advertised Salary

$50,107.00 - $55,600.00 annually

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a widearray of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, criticalillness, and supplemental accidental death & dismembermentinsurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject tovesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IUcourses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteerevents
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IUBenefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Student Life

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