Student Affairs Associate Director

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Student Affairs Assoc Dir (C)

The Director of the Wisconsin Union’s Office for Student Organizations, Leadership and Involvement (SOLI) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison provides primary leadership, administrative oversight, mission and vision development, budget oversight, supervision, both direct and indirect, and day to day management of SOLI, including 8 full-time staff and 30+ student employees. The position also holds responsibility for campus wide efforts and partnership development around activities and issues critical to student organizations and leadership opportunities.

• Serve in a leadership capacity within the Wisconsin Union Department of Social Education (5%).
• Coordinate, in collaboration with the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, the Student Organization Resource Team (SORT) and serve as resources related to the Student Organization Code of Conduct (10%).
• Serve as a unit liaison, collaborating with internal and external stakeholder groups to foster cross-unit partnership efforts regarding student affairs initiatives (20%).
• Exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees (20%).
• Oversee staff that manage the Student Activity Center (SAC) and maintain a positive, proactive relationship with the Student Activity Governance Board (SACBG), SACGB Director and SACGB Advisor. (5%).
• Assist in the development of unit-focused strategic planning initiatives and unit objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan (20%).
• Manage and oversee the budget (20%).

Wisconsin Union, Social Education, Student Org, Leadership and Involvement (SOLI)

The starting salary for the position is $85,000 - but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

• 6 years minimum experience in student activities, student leadership, student organization advising, student affairs, residence life or experiential learning at the university or college level.
• Demonstrated experience in supervision of professional staff.
• Demonstrated experience with student organization conduct, policy development, and education.
• Demonstrated familiarity and skill with student organization management software systems.

Master's degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education Administration, College Student Professional or a related field.

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Resume, Cover Letter. Applicants should attach a cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required qualifications referenced above. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process.

Julie Medenwaldt, julie.medenwaldt,

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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