Description:
Job Description:
Work with the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership, the Office of First-Year Experience, and the Office of Completion and Student Success on a wide-array of initiatives, campaigns, projects, and office administration tasks. Such initiatives, campaigns, projects, and office administration tasks included, but are not limited to:
Develop a system to track co-curricular transcripts/resumes to help students see the leadership skills they learned during their time at SUU and from their classes to showcase their success while in college both inside and outside the classroom (grad schools, applying for jobs, etc.).
Create and facilitate a Peer Leadership Academy (PLA) that is modeled after President Wyatt’s President’s Leadership Academy.
Produce and disseminate a weekly involvement newsletter (similar to CEC newsletters regarding service).
Work on the creation of the involvement captain program and who is recruited, the tiers inside the program, necessary training, oversight, etc.
Help host information tables at Red Riots, Leadership Weekends, Parent and Family Weekend, etc. that gives students a chance to find out more about getting involved at SUU.
Partner with the First-Year Experience Office to develop a Freshman Leadership Advisory Council to give feedback, plan events, help with projects, etc.
Rebrand and give new meaning for students to come into the STIL office and help students find involvement and leadership opportunities. Staff the front desk as needed to welcome students and answer their involvement related questions.
Facilitate more cross training with career services and use the involvement captains to help with job fairs and advertising.
Develop a weekly leadership series, similar to Tasty Talks, perhaps called Leadership Lab or Ted Talk Tuesdays.
Attending STIL, FYE, ACES meetings as needed.
Help develop a four-year degree/career roadmaps for students to see their four-year action plan for both inside and outside the classroom to get them prepared for their future career.
Facilitate and partner on large campus events like Food and Faith, Thunder U, Graduation, Parent and Family Weekend, etc.
Work with FYE/Student Programming Board to find unique college events and programming for different pockets of students/demographics that are underrepresented.
Work closely with the First-Year Experience Office to plan and facilitate the sophomore focused events similar to Sundaes on Sunday, C day hike, Service Saturday, Halfway Dinner, etc.
Build upon alumni reunions for student leaders and instill pride in all student leaders.
Host Leadership Conferences (i.e. team up with outdoors, host weekend overnights at cabin; etc.)
Help review and set Student Center policy and procedures that enhances the SUU culture.
Host several ‘Get Involved’ Fair (not just clubs, but include PAs, ISAs, CEC, CDI, etc.)
Plan and facilitate all retreats for all student leaders across campus to form connections and create a baseline standard.
Foster leadership development in all student leaders and find ways for leaders to present at conferences (i.e. NACA, NODA, ULA, etc.).
Host Connect Days (small events to network and chill events on campus during the day that entices students to eat their lunch and hang out in the Student Center).
Develop and partner with the CEC to create Spring Break Leadership Experiences.
Facilitate leadership classes for students to enroll into.
Partner with University Housing on developing and supporting the on-campus leadership floor.
Provide Event 101 trainings for student organizations or clubs.
Create optional training opportunities for student orgs that cover topics like finances, advisor trainings, event planning, communication, team work, motivation, and/or specialized training needed specifically for their organization.
Create a system for Leadership graduation stoles or degree badges.
Develop a more sophisticated leadership and involvement website.
Develop new and support current programming for students who are unsure of their major/exploring their options such as choose your Major Fair, Exploration Workshops, Grad Nights, etc.
Develop and facilitate online club president trainings.
Host and plan student leader mixers and networking sessions for ISA, Leavitt Center, ACES, etc.
Oversee MySUU Voice and work closely with SUUSA to decimate needs and concerns of students to make actionable projects to complete.
Training for Executive Council, onboarding orientation, setting expectations, etc.
Help partner with the admissions office for leadership weekend recruitment.
Create a series of presentations/workshops on hand for days professors are having to cancel class, STIL can take that class and present on a leadership topic. “Don’t cancel class - we can come in and do leadership training”
Oversee timeline and work closely with the Leavitt Center for Student elections elected positions.
Oversee timeline and hiring process for applied positions and applications for positions.
Creating marketing campaigns that help students see the opportunities to get involved such as Toilet Times, Leadership Callouts, etc.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Job Qualifications:
Experience in overseeing large scale events.
Must possess excellent relational skills, emotional stability, and personal maturity.
Excellent interpersonal, conflict resolution and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work with different campus constituencies.
A commitment to all students and their total development, both curricular and co-curricular.
Demonstrated ability to interact with and relate to a diverse student population.
Strong oral and written skills.
Demonstrated organizational, leadership, and public relations skills.
Must be able to lead, motivate, and inspire students.
Capable of organizing a wide range of diverse tasks and activities efficiently and effectively.
Capable of establishing and maintaining effective, cooperative working relationships with various campus and community constituents.
Experience in student programming, and/or student organization advising.
Experience planning and implementing orientation programs on a college campus.
Ability to work with students, faculty, staff and administrative personnel.
Understanding of student needs and growth.
Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality in records and communication.
Experience working with diverse student populations preferred - including underrepresented, transfer, international, and non-traditional students.
Enthusiasm for working with all students.