Assistant Director, Student Success & Practice Transitions

Assistant Director, Student Success & Practice Transitions

Position Title Assistant Director, Student Success & Practice Transitions

State

State WI

Employment Status

Employment Status Full Time

Position Status

Position Status Regular

If Limited Term (End Date of Assignment, Project, or Grant)

Position Type

Position Type Staff

Job Family

Job Family Student Support, Advising, and Career Development

# Hours Per Week 37.5

Position Overview

Be The Difference Begins with Great People.

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We’re always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team – people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community.

We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind.

We believe in our mission:
The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community.

Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement!For more information, please view our Total Rewards guide .

This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.

This role provides strategic leadership for a comprehensive student success model that supports predoctoral students throughout the student lifecycle, from matriculation through graduation and successful transition into the dental profession. The position provides executive oversight for the development, implementation, assessment, and continuous improvement of programs, services, and initiatives that promote academic achievement, student well‑being, professional development, career readiness, retention, and degree completion.

The Assistant Director, Student Success & Practice Transitions serves as the School of Dentistry’s central resource for student success, providing leadership and oversight for advising, academic intervention, orientation and graduation programming, accommodations and accessibility services, mentoring, student organizations, academic support services, scholarships, career development, and practice transition initiatives. Through collaboration with faculty, administrators, university partners, and student leaders, the individual in this role develops and implements strategies that foster student engagement, belonging, resilience, and academic and professional success while ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and accreditation standards.

The role also serves as the School of Dentistry’s primary liaison to dental practices, professional organizations, community partners, and industry leaders, cultivating strategic partnerships that expand experiential learning, residency, employment, associateship, and practice ownership opportunities for students and graduates. Using assessment, data‑informed decision‑making, this role evaluates program effectiveness, guides strategic…