Student Development Specialist II
Listed on 2026-08-07
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Education / Teaching
Youth Development, School Counseling & Student Support, Academic Advising & Student Services, Career & Life Skills Coaching
Student Development Specialist II
Texas A&M University
Department of Multicultural Services
Proposed Minimum Salary: $4,312.50 monthly
Job Location:
College Station, Texas
Job Type: Staff
Job Description
The Department of Multicultural Services (DMS) contributes to social integration efforts that foster authentic and meaningful connections to campus and engaging learning environments for students to thrive as members of the Aggie family. Our work directly aligns with the overarching goals of the Division of Student Affairs. The educational benefits of varied learning environments include civic learning, engagement, and preparation, to live in complex global settings.
The Student Development Specialist II develops, coordinates, and facilitates student development initiatives that support student engagement, leadership growth, holistic wellbeing, and academic persistence. Through educational programming, coaching, experiential learning, and collaborative engagement opportunities, the position provides students' personal, interpersonal, and professional development contributing to a supportive and connected campus experience.
Salary: $51,750/annually.
Cover Letter/Resume: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended and will help in our review. You may upload them on the application under the CV/Resume section.
Other Details:
Travel and work outside of normal business hours/weekends required.
Responsibilities
- Develops, facilitates, and evaluates student development initiatives that support engagement, leadership growth, holistic wellbeing, and student success.
- Designs and implements educational and co-curricular experiences that strengthen self-awareness, interpersonal effectiveness, leadership capacity, and engagement in the university experience.
- Facilitates workshops, coaching conversations, experiential learning opportunities, and engagement initiatives.
- Creates supportive environments that encourage meaningful student interaction, peer connection, and community engagement.
- Assists students in navigating university resources and support services.
- Interprets and communicates university, departmental, and program policies and procedures.
- Provides individualized coaching, mentoring, and developmental support to students.
- Advises students in areas including leadership development, communication, decision-making, problem-solving, collaboration, and interpersonal effectiveness.
- Facilitates opportunities that strengthen emotional intelligence, resilience, reflective practice, leadership competencies, and personal development.
- Assists students in identifying strengths, addressing challenges, and connecting developmental experiences to academic, career, and post-graduation success.
- Supports student leaders, peer leaders, student employees, and student organizations through developmental guidance and engagement opportunities.
- Collaborates with departmental staff and campus partners to develop, implement, facilitate, and assess programs, services, and developmental initiatives.
- Assists with program facilitation, outreach, communication, logistics, participation tracking, and engagement efforts.
- Supports implementation of leadership initiatives, coaching efforts, and experiential learning opportunities.
- Develops learning outcomes, reflection activities, and educational materials that support student learning and engagement.
- Assists with program promotion and coordination of developmental experiences.
- Develops and implements assessment tools and evaluation strategies to measure student learning, engagement, and program effectiveness.
- Collects, analyzes, and applies qualitative and quantitative data to support continuous improvement and strategic decision-making.
- Assists with departmental assessment, reporting, and documentation efforts.
- Monitors assigned budgets, expenditures, and resource utilization for programs and services.
- Maintains accurate records, participation data, assessment documentation, and program materials.
- Attends and presents at local, regional, and national conferences and contributes to professional associations to enhance the department and Division of Student Affairs' visibility and influence within the…
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