Assistant Director Center Leadership

Title: Assistant Director of the Center for Leadership

Position Type: Staff Full-Time

Days Per Week: Monday - Friday

Hours Per Week: 40

VP Area: Student Life

Department: Center for Leadership

Location: Elon Main Campus

As a member of the Division of Student Life and the Center for Leadership (CFL), the Assistant Director supports leadership education and development across the university. The Center for Leadership provides co-curricular leadership development opportunities to Elon University students through multiple programs. The Assistant Director designs and implements a comprehensive leadership workshop series, The Phoenix Leaders Program, the Elevate Leadership Program, co-plans the Intersect Event, a Living Learning Community, and supports leadership development for student leaders in Elon’s 250+ student organizations, clubs, and campus programs.

Additionally, the Assistant Director periodically supports departmental needs with the Leadership Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) and the Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows program. While this position serves primarily during business hours, some evening and weekend hours may be required to attend a student organization meeting, campus event, or community gatherings. This position works collaboratively with a variety of campus and community partners.

The mission of the Center for Leadership aims to help students graduate with greater leadership self-efficacy, the desire and ability to work collaboratively within diverse communities of people, and the confidence and competence to put innovative ideas into action for positive change. The Center for Leadership staff includes three full-time professional staff, a graduate apprentice, student Leadership Ambassadors, and several student directors.

We work closely with a Leadership Education Faculty Fellow and the Coordinator for the Leadership Studies Minor to connect the Center for Leadership’s co-curricular programs to academic initiatives and curriculum. We enjoy strong collaborative relationships with Student Involvement, the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education (CREDE), Residence Life, Kernodle Center for Civic Life, and Athletics.

• 28 annual days off, including holidays and vacation.
• Immediate tuition remission for undergraduate courses.
• Tuition remission for approved graduate-level courses after 12 months of employment.
• Retirement plan with an 8 percent contribution from the university.
• Immediate eligibility for health, dental and vision insurance, along with free acute care and lab services at our onsite Health & Wellness Clinic.
• Free use of campus fitness facilities.
• Free admission to musical and theater performances, guest speakers, religious and ethnic observances, recitals, art exhibitions, entertainment and our Division I Phoenix athletics.
• Eligibility for tuition remission at Elon for spouses, qualifying domestic partners, and dependents begins at two years of service.
• Participation in the Tuition Exchange, a national scholarship exchange program that enables dependents to enroll in nationally recognized partner colleges and universities, available after two years of employment.

Elon values and celebrates the diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences and perspectives of our community members. As an equal opportunity employer, Elon’s principles of diversity extend to race and gender identity, age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and other aspects of one’s identity. At Elon, our employees respect human differences, passion for lifelong learning, emphasis on personal integrity and an ethic of service.

Elon is proud to have been named to the list of Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs each of the past six years. For additional information about working with the Division of Student Life, visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Bachelor's degree in any relevant field of study with the following experience:
Completed bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of post-bachelor's experience required.