Assistant Director of Family Programs

Job Title: Assistant Director of Family Programs

Location: Summerville Campus

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 294986

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world‑class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real‑world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state. The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office.

Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. Location Augusta University-Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912. Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904.

The Office of New Student and Family Transitions strives to inspire and empower each and every student to leave a mark on the world through life‑changing, life‑saving education. Here in the Office of New Student and Family Transitions, we work each and every day to ensure that our students and their families experience a seamless transition into our community. We strive for excellence in what we do, and how we do it.

Through innovative and high‑impact practices, we deliver just‑in‑time information that supports the whole student and their family as they begin their journey toward life‑changing, life‑saving education.

The Assistant Director of Family Programs is a key leader within the Office of New Student and Family Transitions, playing a central role in Augusta University's student retention initiatives and Strategic Enrollment Management plan. This position provides strategic vision and oversight for all family engagement initiatives, collaborating with campus and community partners as well as developing student leaders who contribute to family engagement.

The Assistant Director develops and implements comprehensive, data‑driven programs and communication strategies that transform families into active partners, enhance student success, and strengthen long‑term retention.

• Family Engagement and Student Retention
  • Lead family engagement strategies and programming that support student success and build institutional affinity.
  • Develop and execute family programming for new student orientation sessions to create a sense of community, establish trust, share resources/information, and support student retention.
  • Create and implement on‑campus family events, like Family Weekends, that support institutional affinity, student engagement and retention, and community and tradition.
  • Design and facilitate year‑round educational programming (both virtual and in person) that enhances family understanding of student development and university resources, focusing on critical transition periods and common student concerns.
  • Partner with academic and student services to embed family engagement into initiatives that support student interventions, retention, persistence and graduation.
  • Develop program assessment…