Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Engagement, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Engagement

About the role

The Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Engagement works with a team to support fraternity and sorority chapters and governing councils. This includes advising, coaching, and collaborating with students, overseeing student staff, and coordinating community-wide programming.

Responsibilities

• Directly advises two of the four governing councils.
• Collaborates to advise 28 individual organizations through a chapter coaching model.
• Regularly meets with students to advise, coach, collaborate, and partner in their FSE experience.
• Serves as an advisor to organizations engaging in the OFSE event planning process.
• Ensures students are following university policies, OFSE protocols, and council guiding documents.
• Advises and provides support for recruitment/intake processes and expansion processes for two governing councils.
• Supervises, trains, develops, and evaluates undergraduate student staff.
• Serves as a guiding framework for chapters to develop strategic plans and measure their progress toward goal attainment.
• Coordinates community-wide programming, including but not limited to civic engagement initiatives and community-building events.
• Maintains accurate demographic, statistical, and academic performance for fraternity and sorority community members.
• Maintains electronic resources and chapter forms to coordinate efforts in compliance with recognition protocols.
• Develops and facilitates workshops and trainings, including but not limited to: risk management, scholarship and academic support, social event management, values-based leadership, group dynamics, conflict management, etc.
• Responsible for accurate and timely communication to campus stakeholders.
• Works collaboratively with campus partners to design, market, and facilitate educational programming for the FSE community.
• Serves as point of contact for advisers, university alumni/ae, faculty, staff, and inter/national headquarters.
• Affords assessments of the effectiveness of programs and initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years experience (2 years of grad experience is equivalent to one year of professional experience) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer focus, with the ability to operate in a collaborative and professional manner with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse university community.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to present views in a clear and compelling manner.
• Exceptional project management skills to include the ability to plan ahead, prioritize, organize, and lead multiple concurrent initiatives; seeing projects to successful completion.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and experience in effectively creating documents, reports, and presentations.
• Ability to interpret and apply policy and procedures established within the University, the Division of Campus Life and the Office of Student Engagement.
• Knowledge of student learning and operational assessment processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically and proactively problem-solve.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed and appropriate.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Higher Education, Student Affairs, or a related field.
• Minimum of two years of full-time experience in fraternity/sorority life or related Student Affairs field.
• Prior experience with social Greek letter organizations.
• Knowledge of and a professional commitment to student development and effective higher education administration practices.
• Ability to work with a diverse student population and develop rapport with students.

Skills

• Microsoft Office applications.
• Project management skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Customer service skills.