Spring 2025 Start
POSITION SUMMARY
The Director of Student Life at Concordia is a year-round reporting to the Vice President of Student Development and is responsible for providing programming and student engagement across campus through Student Activities, Clubs & Orgs, Intramural Sports and Commuter Programming. This student-facing position focuses on the equitable development of a diverse population of students and creating memorable events and experiences that align with the university’s mission.
POSITION FUNCTIONS
Campus Engagement:
- Ensures students have opportunities to connect, build relationships and continue traditions through campus events including but not limited to student clubs, organizations, activities, intramurals, and
- Supports coordination for campus-wide events including planning, developing, promoting, and evaluating campus-wide programs and
- Communicates plans with students, faculty and staff through social media, monthly calendar and internal
Leadership:
- Supervises student worker teams to support campus engagement, including hiring, training, and evaluating work
- Facilitates on-going training and support for student clubs and organization leadership.
- Facilitates relationships with staff and faculty advisors for student clubs and organizations to provide support and
- Provides leadership development to student workers and collaborates with other departments to support student leadership
Operational Administration:
- Maintains accurate records of the Office of Student Life budgets, event tracking, and planning
- Collaborates with the Vice President of Student Development to develop departmental goals, objectives, operations and processes in alignment with University policies.
- Manages the Campus Groups data platform and provides training opportunities for users.
- Collaborates with other campus event planners and schedulers to meet student development goals when coordinating student
Compliance:
- Monitors and maintains compliance for student programs and organization, focusing on aligning all events and activities with institutional
- Collaborates with the Vice President of Student Development and Dean of Students to coordinate the publication and dissemination of a Student Organization Handbook and Advisor
- Regularly reviews and provides feedback on all associated student organization policies to the Vice President of Student
- Participates in the judicial process when requested as it pertains to student club or organization
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Higher Education or a related field. Master’s level
- Minimum 1-2 years of professional experience working directly with higher education students in the areas of campus engagement, student affairs, or related
- Availability to work some evenings and weekends for events and be part of the on-call professional staff coverage for the Residence
- Knowledge of and/or ability to quickly learn a variety of office technologies (MS Office, Banner, Maxient, Target X, Campus Groups)
- Knowledge of and skill in standard office procedures and practices, as well as an ability to understand and operate in a variety of organizational
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Strong conflict resolution, problem solving, and critical thinking skills with the ability to make difficult decisions, maintain confidentiality and exercise sound
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with students, staff and faculty across campus.
- Ability to show initiative, independence, and productivity within the work
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism and effective customer service
- Ability to establish relationships and communicate effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
- Ability to participate as well as lead projects, committees, taskforces, and
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and exhibit strong integrity in making
- Ability to work well independently or collaboratively as a member of the
- Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and multi-task with minimal
- Ability to interpret and abide by CTX’s values, mission, policies and
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must be able to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 25
- Must be able to sit or stand at a workstation per assigned work
Commitment to the Concordia Mission
Concordia University Texas is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Concordia University Texas empowers students of all backgrounds to lead lives of critical thought, compassionate action and courageous leadership. As a liberal arts university, Concordia develops the mind, heart, soul, and body, preparing leaders for lives of service. As a private, faith-based university, employees must be supportive of our mission. We actively seek candidates who have professional skills, experience, and willingness to strengthen campus diversity, equity, and inclusion in support of our mission as an institution and our strategic plan. To the extent allowed by law, we reserve the right to give preference in employment based upon religion. Concordia does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by law.