Director Of Belonging And Engagement And Stevenson Union

Southern Oregon University

POSITION SUMMARY:
Date application must be received for priority consideration by: January 22, 2025
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date: March 3, 2025
Closing Date or if blank, Open Until Filled:
Job Family Group: Administrative and Professional
Division/Department: Academic and Student Affairs/Office of Belonging and Engagement and the Stevenson Union
Compensation Range (commensurate with experience): $5,102 - $5,864 monthly or $61,229 - $70,379 annually @ 1.0 FTE
FLSA Status: Exempt
Appointment Basis: 12-month
Time Type: Full-time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Renewable/Non-renewable/Grants/Limited Duration: Renewable
This position must possess and maintain a current, valid Driver License: Yes
This position is designated as a critical, security-sensitive or safety-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal Background Check: Yes
Lead Work/Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes
Work Location Type: On-campus
Work Hours: M-F (8:00a - 5:00p) however, there could be after hours and weekends. Hours are subject to change with notice.
Worker Status: Must be able to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT:

• Each applicant is required to provide (as attachments to the online application) the following supplemental documents: (1) a letter providing some detail of the applicant's qualifications and interest in the position; and (2) current resume/CV. - PLEASE NOTE - during the application process, you will be prompted to attach these documents in the area titled 'Resume.' Please either combine ALL documents into ONE attachment, OR upload each item separately in this section. Failure to upload ALL of the required documents may disqualify application from consideration.
• For inquiries and additional information, please contact Human Resource Services via email at hrs@sou.edu or by phone at (541)552-8553.
• To view SOU's very generous benefits and pension programs available to eligible positions, please visit https://inside.sou.edu/assets/hrs/Benefits/Benefit_Flyer/2024_Prospective_Candidate_Benefit_Overview_012024.pdf
• Our benefits package is an important complement to the offered salary and our Total Compensation Calculator, https://inside.sou.edu/hrs/comp-calc.html, demonstrates our value and commitment to our employees.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Under the supervision of the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, the Director of Belonging & Engagement and Stevenson Union provides supervision, leadership, and oversight of the Belonging and Engagement Office (includes identity-based programming, new student orientation, clubs, and organizations) and the Student Union Building (Stevenson Union). Serves as a member of the Student Affairs Leadership Team, a member of the Presidential Committee on Equity and Diversity (CED), and serves as Co-Advisor of the Associated Students of Southern Oregon University (ASSOU).

The Director is responsible for revitalizing and advancing a comprehensive student engagement program. This is a pivotal role tasked with fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and transformative student experience through innovative programming, leadership development, community engagement and cultural celebration. They will lead efforts to create a sense of belonging and pride among SOU's diverse student populations. This position requires an innovative, student-centered, equity driven leader who will collaborate with campus community partners to establish traditions, enhance student engagement, and promote student success.

All areas within Student Affairs exist to create meaningful and diverse opportunities for leadership development and involvement experiences that cultivate and enhance inclusion, belonging, engagement and equitable access for all students, with particular attention to student populations at risk (first-generation, low-income, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and students with a disability). The Director will help ensure that communication, collaboration, and partnerships between the two offices (Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Belong and Engagement) occurs through collaborative efforts with the AVP of EDI.

This position directly supervises responsibilities over six professional staff positions: Belonging and Engagement Coordinators (3), SU Building Manager, Custodial Services Coordinator, and the Belonging and Engagement Office Specialist. The position supervises student employees as needed. The Director manages multiple budgets totaling over eight hundred thousand dollars.

Minimum Requirements

• Master's degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a higher education setting in the field of Student Engagement, Student Success, New Student Orientation, Student Life, University Housing or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in facilities management
• Demonstrated Experience in budgeting at a department level
• An understanding of and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Requirements

• 2 years experience as an assistant/associate director or higher within student affairs
• Proven ability to plan and execute large-scale programs and events
• Proficiency with social media platforms, marketing, and branding strategies

Essential Functions

Duties - The following examples are typical work activities that are meant to illustrate the general range of work functions and are not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive:

(45%) Development and supervision for areas of the Stevenson Union.

• This position directly supervises responsibilities over six professional staff positions: Belonging and Engagement Coordinators (3), SU Building Manager, Custodial Services Coordinator, and the Belonging and Engagement Office Specialist and student employees.
• Provision of professional development plans, goal-setting, and annual reviews.
• The position is responsible for hiring, training, and making management decisions within a union environment.
• This position leads the SU in the direction of strategic planning and daily operations, including room reservations, FOB usage, and spending of student fee monies.
• Monitors and administers the Stevenson Union Physical Plant and administrative budget.
• Identifies routine maintenance and repair needs and oversees renewal and replacement of furniture and equipment and oversees the Event Management System (EMS).
• Responsible for the overall communication, publicity, calendaring, website, and social media for the Stevenson Union and Student Life activities.
• This position will advise the Stevenson Union Steering Committee (SUSC) and the Stevenson Union Advisory Committee (SUAC).
• Further, this position oversees the annual development of these student fee-funded budgets and their unique priorities.

(45%) Programming and Engagement

• Design and implement comprehensive orientation programs that meet the needs of new, incoming students, and their families.
• Set clear goals and objectives for the orientation program and evaluate its effectiveness and gather feedback from participants to continually improve the orientation experience.
• Collaborate with various departments including but not limited to Academic Affairs, Admissions, Student Success Coordinators, Housing, Disability Resources, and Office of Dean of Students, to gather input and resources for orientation content.
• Function as co-advisor of the Associated Students of Southern Oregon University (ASSOU) with the AVP of Student Affairs & Dean of Students
• Responsible for coordinating recruitment, hiring, and training of Orientation student leaders.
• Design and development of publicity and marketing materials, including the design and updates of the Orientation website and informational mailings.

(10%) Other Duties

• Strategic planning, and policy development, operational budget planning, management of critical incidents and student issues, and unit/staff evaluations and assessments.
• Serve on designated University committees and special project teams.
• Provide leadership for strategic initiatives.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate information in a clear and understandable manner, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated customer service experience requiring a very high level of diplomacy and professionalism to effectively handle a broad range of sensitive interpersonal situations.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and consistently apply a wide variety of complex policies and procedures where specific guidelines may not always exist.
• Expressed ability to work with frequent changes in policies and procedures, under pressure of deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively assess work operations and anticipate potential problems; ability to develop and implement strategies for preventing/resolving problems.
• Great ability to effectively perform work of a highly sensitive and confidential nature that requires access to information. Must be able to exercise sound judgment and discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
• Takes initiative in independently planning, organizing, and performing work assignments within broadly defined parameters
• Demonstrated ability to work with a high level of productivity and accuracy/attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the demonstrated ability to set own priorities to coordinate multiple assignments with fluctuating and time-sensitive deadlines.
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency with a variety of computer applications including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, online systems, social media platforms, Internet as well as online calendaring and email.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, establish, and foster communication and teamwork by maintaining a positive, cooperative, productive work atmosphere in and outside the University with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a diverse population and with those from various cultural backgrounds.
• Willingness to and work effectively in a heavily bureaucratic environment which requires regular interaction with a number of levels within the organization and multiple outside agencies.
• Working knowledge or ability to quickly learn, university infrastructure, policies, and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to provide training and direction to student assistants.
• Demonstrated skills in an institutional/educational environment utilizing a customer-oriented and service-centered attitude.

Physical Demands

• Normal office activities such as sitting/standing at a desk, using a computer, answering phones, and communicating in person both in writing and via phone with others.
• Move/transport up to 50 pounds

Special Conditions

• Must be willing to travel and attend training programs off-site for occasional professional development.
• Must be able to work additional hours and adjust working hours to meet special jobs. May be called back periodically to perform work as needed on an emergency basis.
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
• This position classification has been defined as exempt and is not subject to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• The person holding this position is considered a mandatory reporter under the Oregon Revised Statutes and is required to comply with the requirements set forth by the Oregon Department of Human Services.

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SOU is an equal access AA/EOE committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Southern Oregon University will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of accommodation in order to provide access to the application, interviewing, and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on this application. If, however, you require a reasonable accommodation in the application and/or interview process due to disability, requests must be made in a timely manner to Human Resources.

Diversity Statement:
Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity, our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity, we strengthen and enrich our role as learners, educators, and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity, to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.

SOU Land Acknowledgement
We want to take this moment to acknowledge that Southern Oregon University is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, the discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together - who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return, they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (www.ctsi.nsn.us) are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourage YOU to learn about the land you reside on and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.

Notice to Prospective Employees
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act, and The Federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (now referred to as the 'Clery Act'), require that prospective employees be notified of the availability of SOU's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The report provides the annual statistics and campus policies for the reporting of and responding to campus crimes and fires; access to campus facilities; conduct code and campus policies on the use, possession, and sale of drugs/alcohol; and educational/information programs to inform the campus community about campus security procedures and crime prevention.

An electronic copy of the Annual Security Report (ASR) can be accessed at the following link: https://cps.sou.edu/clery-act-annual-security-report/. A physical copy of the ASR is available at no charge upon request. To request a copy, please visit the Office of the General Counsel located in Churchill Hall, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, Oregon 97520. For more information, call 541-552-7095, or email clerycoordinator@sou.edu.


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