Assistant Director, Student Transitions and Family Programs

Assistant Director, Student Transitions & Family Programs

Are you a passionate education professional, eager to welcome new students to the University of Dayton community? The University of Dayton is seeking an assistant director, student transitions & family programs! This position will create critical programming for incoming students (including New Student Orientation and Welcome Weekend), coordinate communication with family members, and plan Family Weekend for the University of Dayton campus.

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Reporting to the executive director, student engagement and wellbeing, the assistant director of student transitions & family programs works in collaboration with the senior assistant director, student transitions & family programs and executive director, student engagement and wellbeing to ensure the successful manifestation of all aspects of development, coordination, implementation, and assessment of critical student onboarding programming, communication with families, and student community building for commuter and transfer students.

Programming includes New Student Orientation (January and June), Welcome Weekend (August), Camp Blue (August), and Family Weekend (September). This position is focused on family engagement, planning Family Weekend and coordinating family communication throughout the year, Welcome Weekend, co-supervising student leaders, and planning portions of New Student Orientation. The assistant director also supports the departmental assessment, communication, technology, student leadership development strategies, and key community building initiatives, including community building programs for commuter and transfer students.

The assistant director builds meaningful relationships with colleagues across campus that encourage strategic collaboration and advance key university outcomes, including the inclusion of academic advising and course registration into new student orientation and building a red-carpet onboarding experience for our incoming students. Using best practices and centering student development, all onboarding programming will support student success, student health and wellbeing, academic foundation building, and building social connection, ultimately working toward goals of retention, decreasing melt, and building belonging for all students.

The assistant director indirectly and directly supervises undergraduate student leaders, including the Orientation and Welcome Weekend Leaders, Camp Blue Counselors, and student coordinators. The assistant director works in collaboration with staff and faculty across campus and off-campus partners to maintain the University of Dayton's commitment to intentional, integrated, and successful onboarding experiences for all undergraduate students, ultimately setting them up for success as a UD student.

New Student Orientation:

• Work with the full STFP team to coordinate all logistics for new student orientation, creating a red carpet experience for our incoming students and their families.
• Manage detailed logistics of planning New Student Orientation, including managing schedule distribution, nametag logistics, room reservations, and planning, and technology to ensure consistent communication amongst all campus partners, families, and incoming students.
• Collaborate with the senior assistant director to hire, train, and supervisor Orientation and Welcome Leaders.
• Co-coordinate OWL training with the senior assistant director to ensure that student staff are well trained and prepared for the full summer of programming.

Welcome Weekend:

• Plan and coordinate OWL training in August to ensure that OWLs are prepared for Welcome Weekend
• Create the Welcome Weekend schedule in collaboration with the onboarding and STFP teams, and coordinate with campus partners to create an impactful Welcome Weekend experience for all incoming students.

Family Weekend:

• Plan and design a Family Weekend experience that will engage current students, families, and siblings. Events should include partnering with campus colleagues and building collaborations with local Dayton establishments.

Family Communication:

• Work with families as partners in their students' education, building meaningful relationships with them and collaborating with the first generation committee, Parent Leadership Council, and Alumni Relations to strategically connect with family members
• Oversee the parents and STFP email addresses to ensure strategic parent and family communication that aligns with…