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Assistant Director, Student Involvement

Employer
Pratt Institute
Location
Brooklyn, NY

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Assistant Director, Student Involvement

Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Open Date:
Mar 12, 2019
Description:

The Assistant Director of Student Involvement, under the supervision of the Associate Director for Student Involvement, assists with providing leadership and direction for a multifaceted student involvement program. This consists of advising Greek Organizations, including Panhellenic and InterGreek Council, coordinating and promoting community service/service learning/social justice programs for student volunteers, supporting student leadership programs, and assisting large scale programs such as Orientation, Family Weekend, and Commencement. Pratt’s Student Involvement program reflects a strong student development perspective, a commitment to co-curricular student involvement, an appreciation for and encouragement of diversity and an ethic of care.

Position Duties:

  • Serves as the primary support person for recognized Greek organizations (currently 2 national sororities and 1 national fraternity and 1 local fraternity). Advises student leaders on the development and implementation of programs, applicable policies and procedures, risk management, leadership development and organization management.
  • Work with students who are interested in service learning, community service and social justice to provide meaningful experiences. Provide a clearinghouse for organizations that wish to extend volunteer opportunities to Pratt students. Coordinate community service efforts across campus.
  • Advise and supervise the student C-Board (community service board).
  • Partner with C-Board to create and implement large scale programs such as Pratt Day of Service and Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip.
  • Promote civic engagement in student leadership programming.
  • Travel with and support students at local and national conferences.
  • Participate in training student Orientation staff and implementation of Orientation programs (fall and spring).
  • Assist in implementation of Family Weekend.
  • Teach section of Connections (student leadership course).
  • Support Commencement activities such as graduation fair and Commencement ceremony.
  • Share responsibility for on-site supervision of evening and weekend student events.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education: Master’s degree, preferably in the field of college student personnel or higher education required.

Experience: At least two year’s experience in campus activities or related area (may include graduate internship experience).

Skills: Knowledge of current student affairs issues, excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.


Application Instructions:

Please submit your cover letter and resume. If you are selected for an interview, please be prepared to provide at least 5 References via our on-line reference tool system. At least 2 of your References must be, or have been, your direct managers.

Organization

About Pratt Institute

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Pratt Institute is a coeducational, private, professional college offering associate, bachelor and master's degree programs in art and design, architecture and library science. The Institute has been educating professionals for productive careers in artistic and technical fields since its founding on its present site in Brooklyn in 1887 by the industrialist and philanthropist Charles Pratt. His revolutionary philosophy of education emphasized applied knowledge and the teaching of specific skills demanded by a growing industrial economy.

The Institute currently occupies 25 tree-filled acres in the landmark Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn-an historic residential district featuring turn-of-the-century brownstones, Victorian mansions and wide tree-canopied boulevards. Midtown Manhattan, the heart of New York City, is a 1/2-hour subway ride away and offers students a wealth of vocational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Pratt is the only college for art and design on the east coast that has a traditional enclosed campus with on-site student housing.pratt_institute1.jpg

Pratt is one of the largest undergraduate and graduate schools for art, design and architecture in the country and offers a wide range of cross discipline study options, dual degrees and major concentrations. The Institute houses five schools: Architecture, Art and Design, Information and Library Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Professional Studies.pratt_institute2.jpg

The Institute's 25-acre campus contains twenty-four buildings, including landmark Romanesque and Renaissance Revival-style structures, clustered around spacious lawns and tree-canopied plazas. Sixteen buildings contain extensive studio, shop and technical facilities needed to support work in all media-from the traditional to the experimental. Five buildings are student residences. All have computer networking capacities and are Internet accessible. Computer labs, established with the most current equipment and the latest software, are available for instructional purposes and individual project use. Gallery space is extensive and the work of students, alumni, staff and other well-known artists is shown throughout the academic year. Pratt's Library, an historical landmark built in 1896, was the first fully automated academic library in the New York City area. Its art and architecture collection is excellent and contains approximately 208,000 volumes, 500 periodical and newspaper subscriptions, 66,000 slides, 190,000 pictures, 50,000 microforms, and 45,000 governmental documents.

The energy, foresight, money and spirit Charles Pratt gave to his dream remains even today. Here careers are molded, and goals, like those of Charles Pratt, are encouraged. Inscribed on the seal of the Institute is the motto: Be True To Your Work And Your Work Will Be True To You.

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