Student Programming Specialist

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Oversees the Multicultural Student Center (now the Grenadier Union).
• Ensures the Grenadier Union meets technological/space/meeting needs of students.
• Manages Greek Life and Intramurals.
• Supports the Associate Director with the management of the Campus Activities Budget.
• Develops, implements, and assesses a reimagined Intramural program.
• Expands professional development to stay current with the Higher Ed and Greek Community landscape.
• Serves as a liaison to external Greek advisors, Greek alumni, and national offices.
• Serves on the IUS Fest Committee and the First 6 Weeks Committee.
• Serves as a conduct officer.
• Co-supervises student workers.

  General Responsibilities

  • Develops and implements programs and initiatives geared at enhancing and reinforcing the academic engagement and experiential learning capacity of the student experience.
  • Projects programming outcomes at the program, department/division, or campus level.
  • Interfaces directly with students, attending student programming events and gathering satisfaction feedback from student participants to implement into future student programming initiatives and objectives.
  • Collaborates with staff in own department and other departments, as well as academic and campus leaders, on shared student programming goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor student programs.
  • Makes measurements and evaluations of effectiveness of student programs against projected outcomes; regularly prepares reports on impact to students and budget and may present to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure funding for initiatives moving forward.
  • Serves on committees and performs student programming research across the field of higher education and at peer institutions to identify and recommend best practices.
  • Plans and coordinates communications for student programming initiatives to ensure student participation and inclusion.
  • Makes process recommendations to manager for improved delivery of service.

    Education and Experience

    • Required: Bachelor's degree in education, social work, public affairs, counseling, business, or related field.
    • PREFERRED: Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, or related field.
    • Required: 2 years in student services, higher education, or related field.

    Skills

    • 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.
    • Holds a highly thorough and dependable attitude.
    • Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
    • Develops and delivers effective presentations.
    • Demonstrates customer service skills.
    • Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
    • Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills.
    • Demonstrates excellent judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
    • Ability to build strong partnerships with students and other university departments.
    • This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment.
    • The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.