Associate Vice President & Dean of Students

Associate Vice President & Dean of Students

Staff Full-Time Dean of Students, Ashland, VA, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Randolph-Macon College invites applications for a full-time Associate Vice President & Dean of Students. The Dean of Students serves as the senior operational officer of the Student Affairs division and the primary student-facing leader within it. Reporting to the Vice President for Student Affairs (VPSA), the Dean of Students is responsible for the effective, consistent, and educationally grounded delivery of the full range of student support programs and services.

The Dean of Students directly supervises the professional staff responsible for residential life, student engagement and organizations, student conduct, Greek life, orientation, student wellbeing programs, and related functions.

This is a role that demands not only deep professional knowledge across these areas but also the organizational capacity, steady judgment, and genuine care for students required to lead a complex operational portfolio at a residential, liberal arts institution. While the VPSA provides the strategic framework and institutional direction, the Associate Vice President & Dean of Students translates that framework into daily practice and brings the ground-level intelligence of student life back into divisional leadership.

• Provide operational leadership for the Student Affairs division. The Dean will oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring effective programs and services, staff accountability and support, alignment with the VPSA’s strategic direction, and an effective organizational structure that meets student needs.
• Oversee Residential Life. The Dean will oversee the Office of Residence Life, including the four-year residency requirement, residential programming, community standards, housing assignments, and exemption requests. The Dean will supervise professional Residence Life staff and the Resident Advisor program, including student staff selection, training, evaluation, and development.
• Administer Student Conduct. The Dean will serve as the College’s principal conduct officer or designate appropriately, overseeing a fair, consistent, educational, and legally sound conduct system aligned with the College’s mission. The Dean will administer proceedings under the Student Conduct Code, protect students’ due process rights, and maintain knowledge of Title IX, the Clery Act, FERPA, Virginia law, and other requirements affecting conduct administration.
  
  The Dean will also oversee anti-discrimination processes and procedures at the operational level.
• Lead Student Engagement and Greek Life. The Dean will oversee student life functions including student activities, clubs and organizations, fraternity and sorority life, leadership programs, community service, commuter life, student government, and Brock Commons. The Dean will work closely with Greek organizations, governing bodies, and advisors to support risk management, hazing prevention, membership development, and compliance with College policy and the Board of Trustees’ Greek housing framework.
  
  The Dean will promote a vibrant campus culture that fosters engagement, belonging, and personal growth.
• Implement the College’s commitment to pluralism. Working with the VPSA and Senior Advisor to the President for Mission Advancement, the Dean will integrate pluralism principles across co-curricular activities, Greek life, student government, and leadership programs, ensuring these experiences support students’ development as engaged participants in a pluralistic society.
• Support Student Wellbeing Programs. The Dean will oversee the delivery of student wellbeing programs, including mental health referrals,…