Midway University Looking for Director of Student Experience Full Time

Job Details

Job
Location : Midway University – Midway, KY

Description

Director of Student Experience

The Director of Student Experience is responsible for creating
and facilitating high-quality campus activities and programs supporting Midway University students’ academic, social, and personal
development through personalized engagement experiences across the student life cycle. The Director must possess strong interpersonal
skills, demonstrate an awareness and concern for all aspects of student’s lives, and be adaptive to student engagement interests. The
Director has extensive contact with students and student-initiated events and works collaboratively with the broader campus community to
achieve shared programming goals. This role works closely with other Student Affairs staff, Academic Affairs, and Athletics to ensure all
Midway University students develop a sense of belonging in and out of the classroom.

Basic
Responsibilities:

• Oversee and facilitate all onboarding
  activities and events for new students, including summer orientation, welcome weeks, and first-year student mentorship programs.
• Create, implement, and assess campus activities to cultivate academic, residential, and co-curricular engagement opportunities across
  all student types.
• Oversee the student accommodations process for new and current students requesting academic or residential
  accommodations covered under Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Housing Act (FHA) to ensure an equitable living and learning
  campus experience.
• Oversee and develop recognized student clubs, organizations, and leadership programs.

• Develop and implement community service programming.

Essential Functions:

• Direct and
  execute large and small campus-wide activities and events, often during the evenings and weekends, aligned with the mission and values of
  Midway University and in collaboration with the broader programming goals of the Office for Student Affairs.
• Develop and maintain
  ongoing assessment of programming efforts, including attendance, participation, peer institution benchmarking, and satisfaction, to make
  well-informed decisions to increase student satisfaction and overall campus experience.

• Service as a primary advisor for the Midway Activities Council, Student Government Association, Eagle
  Outreach, and Ruth Slack Roach Scholars.
• Facilitate withdrawal interviews for students seeking to depart from Midway University
  with other Student Life staff.
• Establish and maintain professional mentoring relationships with students to provide
  service-oriented support and guidance.
• Assist in developing and facilitating Homecoming and Family Weekend events in collaboration
  with Advancement, Athletics, and Student Affairs staff.
• Supervise and develop paraprofessional student leaders/staff: Graduate
  assistant, Eagle Prep Leaders, Midway Activities Council Members, and collaborate with Student Success in the supervision of Eagle Prep
  Mentors.

• Oversee transportation for international students, in
  collaboration with Campus Security and Admissions, including international student arrivals, SS card and licensing appointments, and
  scheduling of shuttles for students living off-campus to ensure full access to campus experience.
• Oversee recognized student
  organizations by 1) Providing oversight to budgeting and risk management; 2) Training organization officers and developing of succession
  plans to ensure continuity of each organization; 3) Intentional recruitment of new organizations, advisors, and members; 4) Assist
  organizations in communicated events and activities with the campus community.
• Develop and implement community service programming,
  including organizing one campus day of service for each fall and spring semester, alternative spring break trips, advertising service
  opportunities within the community, and track completed service hours.
• Maintain and protect the privacy of student records,
  including all information covered by FERPA, and facilitate an accommodations process mindful of sensitive health and wellbeing
  information.
• Serve in the professional staff on-call rotation responding to conduct and crisis issues after hours.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Position Requirements:

• This position requires substantial
  evening and weekend hours, with daily activities and events typically occurring between 5 8 p.m. Weekday office hours may be altered to
  accommodate evening hours when University classes are in session based on campus needs, with prior approval from the Dean of Students.
• Some travel is required for service trips or other off-campus student activities requiring the individual to be an approved University
  fleet driver.
• Occasionally moves programming supplies weighing up to 25 pounds across campus as needed for campus events.
• This person frequently communicates with students, faculty and staff requiring the ability to:
  • establish and maintain effective relationships with other management staff, students, faculty, staff, and the general public;
  • present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form;
  • listen and respond to common inquiries or complaints
    from students, parents or members of the university and community

Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s Degree is required, with one to five years of experience in
student affairs, with a preference of student activities experience. A masters degree in college student personnel, higher education, or
related field is preferred;

Experience working with disability accommodations is highly desired.

This position
requires the ability and/or skill to: work closely and professionally with others as part of a team, be flexible, pay attention to detail,
work without supervision and demonstrate considerable initiative, communicate professionally through both verbal and written means, work
well with individuals from diverse backgrounds, manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines, establish departmental goals and
priorities, contribute to Midway University’s mission and vision.

Midway University is an equal opportunity employer.

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