| Position Type | Administrative Staff |
| Classification Title | Administrative Staff |
| Position Title | Associate Director, Community Leadership & Involvement Center |
| Position Number | A00222 |
| Pay Grade Level | AD 01 |
| Salary | |
| Department | Community Leadership and Involvement Center |
| Posting Number | S 121301331 |
| Full or Part Time | Full Time |
| Number of Months | 12 |
| Position End Date | |
| FTE | 1 |
| Work Schedule | |
| Basic Function | The Associate Director of the Alford Community Leadership & Involvement Center (CLIC) creates opportunities for students to socialize and connect through student activities, campus-wide events and traditions, late-night programming, and campus organizations.
The Alford Community Leadership and Involvement Center (CLIC) is dedicated to empowering Denison students through involvement and engagement experiences, with a focus on meaningful connections and sense of belonging within the Denison community. CLIC aligns values, passions, and interests, preparing students for a lifetime commitment to leadership and service both on and beyond the Hill. |
| Essential Job Functions | - Supervise professional staff working with student activities, late-night programming, and off-campus shuttles
- Supervise, hire, train, and evaluate student employees of Red Tech, Denison’s student-run event technology and sound production organization
- Serve as a primary administrator for CampusGroups/WhatToDU, Denison’s student engagement and events platform, including training campus partners, departments, and student leaders
- Implement new campus-wide initiative focused on weekend, late-night programming
- Oversee the successful execution of high profile, high impact, campus-wide events and traditions facilitated by CLIC, including Week of Welcome, Senior Send Off, Involvement Fairs, campus-wide concerts, and University Programming Board (UPC) annual traditions
- Support 160+ organizations, student leaders, and their needs, which may include event logistics, budget support, space management, student leader training, mentorship, and risk management
- Co-advise the Denison Campus Governance Association (DCGA)
- Oversee adherence to departmental policies and procedures, such as advertising/posting on campus, anti-hazing/hazing prevention, campus organization finance rules, and social event management
- Evaluate and assess programs and initiatives in fulfilling CLIC’s student learning outcomes, the vision of the Division of Student Life, and the mission of the college
- Maintain high visibility and engagement with the student body and campus community at university events
- Maintain active professional involvement and active knowledge of current best practices in the field of student activities.
- Work collaboratively across the Division of Student Life and with campus partners, including Business Services, Dining, Facilities, and Room Reservations.
- Maintain collegial partnerships with off-campus vendors related to large-scale events and traditions.
OTHER DUTIES - May serve in the Division of Student Life on-call rotation.
- May work frequent evening hours and weekends.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED Reports to the Director of the Alford Community Leadership and Involvement Center.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED Supervise CLIC professional staff. Supervise, hire, train, and evaluate CLIC student employees. |
| Minimum Qualifications | An earned Master’s degree in Higher Education & Student Affairs, College Student Personnel, or other related advanced degree. At least 2-3 years experience in a collegiate environment working directly with large scale events, programming, or campus organizations.
Must have a current, valid driver’s license and be insurable under Denison’s liability insurance policy. |
| Preferred Qualifications | An earned Master’s degree in Higher Education & Student Affairs, College Student Personnel, or other related advanced degree. At least 3-5 years experience in a collegiate environment working directly with large scale events, programming, or campus organizations.
Ability to accommodate extended work hours, including evening and weekend work hours. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Experience working with culturally diverse populations. Commitment to inclusion and desire to work with diverse groups of people. Integrity, sound judgment, and the ability to make values-based decisions. Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives at once; ability to take direction and initiative. |
| Physical Demands | Often this position requires event set-up, tear down, general trouble-shooting and hosting duties. This position will navigate campus spaces in the course of their duties. Often this position requires lifting up to 20 pounds; seldomly this position may require lifting up to 50 pounds. Often this position requires standing and walking for two or more hours at a time. |
| Contact(s) | Dana Pursley |
| Contact Phone/Extension | 740-587-5557 |
| Contact Email | pursleyd@denison.edu |
| Open Date | 05/17/2024 |
| Close Date | |
| Open Until Filled | No |
| Special Instructions to Applicants | |
| Additional Information | |
| Denison University Background Check Statement | The final candidate will undergo a background check as a conditional offer of employment. |
| Denison University EEO Statement | Denison University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to attract and hire candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences and identities. Denison fosters a campus community that recognizes the value of all persons regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender expression and identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison, please see our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and antiracism (IDEA) at Denison Forward.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (740)587-6299 or by email at HR@denison.edu.
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