Associate director support specialist
Location
Bloomington, IN | United States
Job description
Department
AFRICAN AMER & AFRICAN DIASPOR (BL-AFRO-IUBLA)
Department Information
Atkins Living-Learning Center (LLC) builds and encourages academic excellence through the study and expression of African American history and culture, as well as through the development of leadership that fosters strong community building, intellectual and social growth, and an ethic of care.
Our students are engaged and regularly contribute to the Atkins community. To create this sense of home away from home, our activities include academic workshops, mentoring meetings, village-wide meetings to address needs, study tables, leadership training, and other programming.
More information about the Atkins Learning Living Center at Indiana University may be found here.
The College values diversity, equity, and inclusion as a core strength and essential element in the success of its educational mission. For the full diversity statement, click here.
Job Summary
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Collaborates with the faculty in the department to achieve the objectives of the Atkins Learning Living Center (ALLC).
- Manages student projects and activities.
- Serves as a liaison with IU Capital Planning and Facilities, Resident Advisors, and other key offices.
- Attends monthly LLC meetings to ensure accordance with IU Residence Programs and Services (RPS) policies and compliance with deadlines and campus mandates. Coordination and communication with RPS are essential to the success of the ALLC.
- Creates and conducts innovative workshops, programming, research, and dissemination of projects to further the pedagogical goals of the ALLC.
- Plans annual community-wide events including the faculty/staff welcome week reception, awards reception, founder's day luncheon, senior dinner, and themed events for faculty, staff, and alumni and supervises students and hourly workers involved in these activities.
- Creates and advises multiple student committees.
- Instructs and supervises students in budget creation and management.
- Writes and produces an annual report.
- Writes monthly informative pieces about the ALLC for the weekly Atkins newsletter (once a semester it will expand to once per month).
- Creates weekly reports to maintain understanding between Atkins and the African American & African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) students.
- Analyzes budget data and develops a proposal for funding for the next fiscal year for both Atkins accounts.
- Manages finances of the ALLC, in concert with the Chair and department College multi-unit FO.
- Updates alumni database as needed and sends out emails to that end.
- Edits and produces online alumni newsletter at least twice a year.
- Plans alumni programming, including reunions.
- Analyzes past year's admissions data, talks with the College Office of Direct Admissions, and develops a plan to increase the number of direct admit students living in Atkins.
- Works on recruitment with the College of Arts and Sciences Direct Admit program, and RPS.
- Evaluates applications, accepting/rejecting students according to ALLC standards.
- Counsels potential and accepted students and their parents while maintaining sensitivity to privacy guidelines.
- Works with RPS assignments staff to assess and monitor online assignments to Atkins.
General Responsibilities
- Develops and implements programs and initiatives that offer support for students in crisis, facing adversity or challenges, or who belong to an under-represented or minority student population.
- Interfaces directly with students by attending student programming events, advising student organization leaders, meeting one-on-one to discuss support needs, and gathering satisfaction feedback from student participants to implement into future student services initiatives and objectives.
- Places an emphasis on confidentiality of student concerns, university policy compliance, and a culture of care within all direct student interactions.
- Collaborates with staff in own department and other departments, as well as academic and campus leaders, on shared student support goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor student programs and initiatives.
- Projects outcomes for support services offered at the program, department/division, or campus level.
- Measures and evaluates effectiveness of student support initiatives against projected outcomes; may prepare reports on impact to students and budget and may present to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure funding for initiatives moving forward.
- May serve on committees and perform student support research across the field of higher education and at peer institutions to identify and recommend best practices.
- Plans and coordinates communications for student support initiatives to ensure student participation, inclusion, and engagement.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in education, public affairs, public health, counseling, social work, business, or related field
Preferred
- Master's degree in higher education student affairs or related field
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient 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, dynamic environment
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
- Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information
- Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities
- Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
- Demonstrates customer service skills
- Knowledge of student development, counseling, or career development theories and practices
- Knowledge of current needs and trends of diverse student populations
- Ability to advise students individually and in groups on student-related matters
- Commitment to working with people from diverse backgrounds and demonstrates cultural competency
- Ability to build strong partnerships with students and other university departments
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location
Bloomington, Indiana
Advertised Salary
$46,000 - $48,500 per year
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Multiple plan options for medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
- Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
- Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
- Additional supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition benefit for IU classes
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Core
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Student Services
Job Family: Student Support
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