Assistant Dir, Student Engagement-Programming

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY : The Assistant Director’s overall mission is to enrich the co-curricular experience of students at Queens University of Charlotte. This role establishes and maintains an active, highly visible, and deeply engaged presence to sustain and grow strong collaborative relationships with students, University faculty and staff, vendors, and parents / family members. Primary responsibilities include oversight of the Campus Union Board, Week of Welcome, Family Weekend, Charlotte Experiences and sophomore class initiatives. This position is exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This full-time, 12-month position reports to the Assistant Dean for Student Engagement.

This position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include :

• Collaborate with the Assistant Dean of Student Engagement on providing administrative support for the programs and vision of the office
• Oversee all aspects of the Campus Union Board, including recruitment, training, transition, advising, budget oversight, event planning and assessment
• Ensure proper university approval for all legally binding contracts, negotiate contracts with on and off-campus vendor, assure copyright compliance of films shown on campus, monitor and ensure compliance with risk management standards of the University
• Promote, implement and sustain campus traditions that foster student belonging including but not limited to Week of Welcome, Homecoming, Class Level Experiences, and Royal Kickoff
• In conjunction with the Associate Dean of SE, assess Student Engagement programs regularly for effectiveness
• Create and coordinate the social media plan for the Office of Student Engagement
• Serve as Sophomore Class advisor
• Coordinate and execute Sophomore Class Signature Experience
• Create, implement, and present workshops and seminars to the sophomore class regarding student success initiatives
• Develop, coordinate, and execute off-campus field trips as part of the Charlotte Experience, fostering student exploration of local cultural, educational, and recreational opportunities
• Collaborate with community partners and vendors to design immersive experiences that enhance students' connection to the city and complement their academic and personal growth
• Manage logistics for trips, including transportation, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management, ensuring safe and engaging experiences for participants
• Manage and provide administrative support for the student engagement platform, including maintaining accurate records, troubleshooting user issues, and assisting with training and onboarding for students, staff, and organizations
• Supervise and mentor a Graduate Assistant, providing guidance, feedback, and support to ensure successful execution of assigned tasks and professional growth
• Consistently serve as an advocate for diversity and cross-cultural understanding to create a welcoming campus for all students

Non-Essential Duties

Experience, Knowledge & Skills Preferred

Applications received by February 28, 2025 , will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement . Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership , Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including : medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, a 403b retirement plan, with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.