FWS Student Success - Student Management Team

Employer: Kentucky State University
Location: Frankfort, KY, US

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Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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Job Title: Student Management Team

Federal Work Study - Student Management Team Member

Number of Positions: 4

Department: Office of Student Experience

Job Location: Student Center

Supervisor: Director of Student Experience - pending

Supervisor Contact: (502) 597-XXXX - pending

Hours per Week (Max 20): 20

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Federal Work Study Student Management Team Member will provide administrative, programming, and event support for the Office of Student Experience. Student employees will play a vital role in creating an engaging campus environment by assisting with campus traditions, leadership initiatives, student organizations, and special events. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Serve as a student ambassador for the Office of Student Experience by providing excellent customer service to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and campus visitors.Assist with planning, organizing, and executing campus-wide programs and events, including Homecoming, Mini Homecoming, Welcome Week, Family Weekend, Student Leadership programs, and other signature university events.Support programming and initiatives for Greek Life, including Divine Nine (NPHC) organizations and other recognized student organizations.Assist with event setup and breakdown, including arranging tables, chairs, decorations, signage, audiovisual equipment, and other event materials.Help monitor events to ensure a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all participants.Assist with marketing and promotional efforts by creating flyers, distributing promotional materials, posting on social media, and helping maintain digital communication platforms.Assist with maintaining student organization records, attendance logs, event registrations, and other office documentation.Help coordinate meetings, leadership workshops, training sessions, and student engagement activities.Support student organization fairs, leadership conferences, community service initiatives, and campus traditions.Maintain inventory of office and event supplies and assist with preparing materials for upcoming programs.Represent the Office of Student Experience professionally both during business hours and at evening or weekend campus events as work schedules require.Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Student Experience.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eligible for the Federal Work Study Program.Must be enrolled as a Kentucky State University student.Maintain satisfactory academic progress as defined by the University.Ability to work collaboratively with diverse student populations.Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.Dependable, punctual, and able to maintain confidentiality.Ability to work evenings and weekends when campus events require.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to stand for extended periods during campus events.Ability to lift and move event materials weighing up to 30 pounds.Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions during campus programs.

KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The functions, qualifications, knowledge/skills, and physical requirements listed in this job description represent the essential duties of the job, which the incumbent must be able to perform either with or without reasonable accommodation. The Job Functions listed do not necessarily include all activities that the individual may perform.

Our Mission

Kentucky State University is the state's unique, small, liberal studies institution with the lowest student-faculty ratio in the state system. The University shall serve as a residential institution with a range of traditional collegiate programs appropriate to its unique role.

Geographic Region
Kentucky State University's geographic region shall be state-wide for its liberal studies mission, its land grant functions, and its service to state government. In addition, Kentucky State University's primary service area for commuting students shall be for Franklin and contiguous counties.

Institutional Admission Standards
Kentucky State University shall admit students to the institution under selective admission standards to which exceed the minimum guidelines established by the Council on Higher Education, with only limited exceptions. Institutional policy for admitting under-prepared students, including the removal of academic deficiencies within a specified time frame. Through this approach, the University seeks to provide broad access and high-quality programs.

Degree Levels
Selected associate and baccalaureate degree programs shall be oriented toward liberal studies and selected career opportunities related to state government services. Kentucky State University shall offer selected master's degree programs based on demonstrated need, with priority given to a public administration curriculum to meet the needs of state government.

Strategic Directions/Program Priorities
The University shall focus on liberal studies programming. Drawing upon its African-American heritage, the University will promote the values and methods of interdisciplinary and multicultural education in its liberal studies offerings. All students shall participate in common curricula that explore the liberal studies. Drawing upon the multicultural strengths of the University, emphasis shall be placed on preparing minority students for careers in education and in other selected professions including business, computer science, nursing, human services, and public services. These strategic priorities translate into a core of liberal arts baccalaureate degree programs, in addition to degree programs at the associate [A], baccalaureate [B], and master's [M] levels that may include the following: education [B]; business [B]; computer science [A,B]; nursing [A]; home economics [B]; human services [B]; and public administration [B,M].

Enhancement of Instruction
The University shall emphasize teaching. Meeting student needs shall be paramount. The University shall focus on the needs of its students, which include, but are not limited to, full-time and part-time residential students, commuting students from its primary service area, and state governmental employees.

Service and Research Functions
Kentucky State University, as the 1890 land grant institution in the system, shall carry out its responsibilities under federal law and participate fully in appropriate U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, in accord with the mission of the University.

Kentucky State University shall be the major repository for the collection of books, records, and artifacts relative to the history and status of African-American citizens of the Commonwealth and elsewhere. The University shall make such materials available for casual and scholarly study.

Kentucky State University shall focus on meeting the applied research and service needs of state government.

Collaborative Ventures
The priority master's degree program offered by Kentucky State University shall be carefully articulated with related doctoral programs offered by the doctoral-granting institutions in the system. The University shall develop and employ telecommunication resources to communicate with other institutions in the fulfillment of its mission. Curriculum development shall emphasize the transfer of credits form other institutions toward degree completion.

Kentucky State University shall promote cost effectiveness in academic programming and institutional management. Strategic planning resulting in the elimination of duplicative or non-productive programs is essential while the development of carefully selected new programs compatible with the mission is appropriate. Measures of quality and performance shall be the foundation of the University's accountability system which promotes the continuous improvement of programs and services.

Efficiency and Effectiveness
Kentucky State University shall promote cost effectiveness in academic programming and institutional management. Strategic planning resulting in the elimination of duplicative or non-productive programs is essential while the development of carefully selected new programs compatible with the mission is appropriate. Measures of quality and performance shall be the foundation of the University's accountability system which promotes the continuous improvement of programs and services.

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