Assistant Director for Student Support
- Employer
- University of Puget Sound
- Location
- Office of the Dean of Students
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Clerical & Administrative Support
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Location: Office of the Dean of Students
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 5750
Staff Posting Details Appointment: Regular, full time (1.0 FTE)Position Summary: The Assistant Director for Student Support provides services to increase student success, resiliency and retention. The position supports students in crisis and emergency situations and serves as a primary contact for parents and families. The Assistant Director for Student Support initiates and fosters collaborative efforts between academic and student affairs staff in order to assist students in their effort to be successful at Puget Sound. The Assistant Director for Student Support assists the Associate Dean of Students in providing leadership to the Department of Student Support.Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
- Student Support Advocacy (65%)
- Provide leadership to the Student Alert Group and coordinate the dissemination of information as appropriate to other student affairs and campus staff
- Coordinate approaches with Academic Advising, Registrar’s Office, Student Accessibility and Accommodations, Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching, and Counseling, Health, and Wellness.
- Indirect supervisor for Student Support Office Manager
- Co-supervise student staff as identified by Associate Dean for Student Support
- Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration or related field preferred.
- 3 years of student affairs experience. Related higher education experience is considered.
- Strong knowledge of the student affairs profession
- Suicide Prevention training, desired
- Green Dot Bystander facilitator training, desired
- Excellent organizational, problem solving, writing, and communication skills
- Sound judgment
- Ability to work with students experiencing academic and/or student life difficulties
- Ability to work with faculty and other academic support services in fulfillment of the university’s mission
- Ability to work with parents and other family members
- Experience with student affairs assessment
- Experience with crisis management
- Ability to relate to diverse constituencies
- Familiarity with a range of computer hardware and software
- Commitment to liberal arts education
- Commitment to equal opportunity/affirmative action and to creating and sustaining an environment supporting full inclusion for a diverse student population Ability to respectfully work, communicate and provide leadership within a diverse campus community
- ResumeLetter of Interest
- We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives.We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.
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Working at University of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound is an independent residential undergraduate liberal arts college with selected graduate programs building effectively on a liberal arts foundation. The University, as a community of learning, maintains a strong commitment to teaching excellence, scholarly engagement, and fruitful student-faculty interaction.
The mission of the University is to develop in its students capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A Puget Sound education, both academic and co-curricular, encourages a rich knowledge of self and others, an appreciation of commonality and difference, the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas, thoughtful moral discourse, and the integration of learning, preparing the University's graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. Such an education seeks to liberate each person's fullest intellectual and human potential to assist in the unfolding of creative and useful lives.
The University of Puget Sound campus offers a unique blend of ingredients for immersing yourself in learning: the unparalleled scenery of the Pacific Northwest, traditional Tudor-Gothic architecture, leafy enclaves for quiet study, and common areas infused with an indisputable energy. The campus is just minutes away from downtown Tacoma, with its revitalized waterfront, thriving arts and culture scene, and an eclectic mix of retail shops and restaurants.
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