Assistant / Associate Director of Orientation and Engagement

Company Description :

Bellarmine University  is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description :

The Assistant / Associate Director of Orientation and Engagement position is an exciting opportunity to work closely with student leaders to create a vibrant community that welcomes and develops students throughout their first year. This position coordinates a holistic orientation, support services, and programming for first-year students, transfer students, and parents and families, and creates and implements activities in collaboration with the Student Activities Center.

On-campus housing may be available as this is a live-on optional position with optional on-call emergency response.

Specific Responsibilities :

• Coordinate and implement first-year orientation programs, which includes partnerships with admissions to execute Knight U, Bellarmine's summer advising program, lead and implement Week of Welcome, Bellarmine's fall orientation program, and oversee Transfer Orientation.
• Coordinate the training, selection, and evaluation of a 7-member student leadership team and 80 high-energy student Week of Welcome (WOW) leaders.
• Support and train KnightU student leaders to welcome the newest students to campus during summer the academic orientation program.
• Create and maintain Knights Essentials online summer modules focused on transitioning incoming first-year students to college life.
• Develop and implement ongoing programming and support initiatives for transfer students.
• Coordinate and implement Family Weekend, through on and off campus event planning, athletic event advertisement and marketing .
• Manage family social media communications, including but not limited to Parent and Families Instagram and Facebook.
• Facilitate the yearly Common Leadership Application, an annual student leader application that brings together 10-15 campus leadership roles, into one application.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate ongoing student activities and programs designed to engage and build community and sense of belonging.
• Serve as a Student Activities Office team member, supporting campus programming and student engagement initiatives.
• Create and distribute assessments for the Student Activities Center, including but not limited to the first-year survey, transfer student survey, parent and family survey and homecoming survey.
• Serve on the student success task force and assist with first-year retention and success initiatives.
• Supervise Graduate student assistant.
• Plan and implement Senior Week activities and support collaboration and scheduling across campus events.
• Serve on divisional and institutional committees related .
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

Application Instructions :

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Please note : Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

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