Careers

DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS (BL-SSER-IUBLA)

With the launch of the IU Bloomington 2030 Strategic Plan. With the launch of the IU Bloomington 2030 Strategic Plan, the creation of a new Office of Student Life is taking shape this summer. The Office will be a key driver and contributor to the IUB 2030 goals and will focus efforts on supporting the academic and co-curricular student to contribute to their student experience and success. With the launch of the IU Bloomington 2030 Strategic Plan, the creation of a new Office of Student Life is taking shape this summer. The Office will be a key driver and contributor to the IUB 2030 goals and will focus efforts on supporting the academic and co-curricular student to contribute to their student experience and success.

The Office of Student Life will combine the 22 departments of the former Division of Student Affairs with Residential Life and IU Corps and will focus on 3 key areas to support student success:

• Care and Advocacy
• Health and Wellness
• Involvement and Belonging

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Supports an environment where what students do outside the classroom prepares them for success inside the classroom and in life after graduation.
• Collaborates on new model for involvement and belonging services to balance the need to create a deeper sense of shared community while also providing supportive spaces for individual needs.
• Supports efforts to increase and continually assess the quality of student engagement in campus life and cocurricular learning by leveraging IU?s assets.
• Assists in implementing and evaluating programs, services, and activities related to the co-curricular experience including student engagement and success, leadership development, and student involvement and belonging.
• Supports the evolution of residential living to align with the newly reimagined first year experience.
• Drives innovation, engagement, assessment, and excellence within involvement and belonging initiatives.
• Fosters an inclusive and welcoming environment for students and staff.

General Responsibilities

• Contributes on senior leadership teams to formulate strategic planning and the highest-level operational objectives for student life areas.
• Establishes long-term business plans and long-term strategic objectives.
• Directs leadership staff who provide supervision to student life teams.
  Responsible for escalated operational issues, including human resources and/or people management situations.
• Drives innovation, inclusion/involvement , and excellence within the area of student life; reviews and creates policies and procedures.
• Determines overall budget for student life teams; reviews and approves financial proposals from direct reporting leaders; has significant fiscal responsibilities that require frequent interaction with executive leaders.
• Provides expertise and identifies grant and/or funding opportunities; develops business relationships across the university and externally.
• Stays up-to-date on new student life standards, technologies, policies, and procedures and works collaboratively with other student life leaders across departments and/or campuses in determining standards, best practices, and related policies/procedures; ensures the adoption and implementation by direct reporting leaders.
  

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in education, public affairs, public health, social work, counseling, or related field

Preferred

• Master's degree in higher education student affairs, involvement, or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 5 years in student life, higher education student affairs, or related field
• 3 years of management experience in relevant field

Preferred

• 10 years of progressive student affairs experience at the director level or higher in student engagement, involvement, and sense of belonging as well as program implementation, staff development, fiscal management, and daily operations.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• Instills commitment to organizational goals
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decisions making skills
• Effective conflict management skills
• Builds and manages effective teams
• Effective leadership skills
• Ability to represent the company with external constituents
• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information
• Demonstrates customer service skills
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Commitment to working with people from diverse backgrounds and demonstrated commitment to cultural competency
• Commitment to being a strong student advocate

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana

This is an in person-position.

$175,000- $185,000 annually

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Career Level: Strategic

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Student Life

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