Assistant Director, Student Involvement and Belonging

Position Type Administrative Working Title Assistant Director, Student Involvement and Belonging Classification Title Assistant Director College/Division Student Affairs Department Student Involvement & Belonging Hiring Unit Work Location Klamath Falls Appointment FTE (%) 1.0 Position Terms/Mo 12 Full/Part time Full Time Annual Salary 56,900 - 60,500

Position Summary

Department Summary

Figuring out how to spend your time doesn't have to be rocket science, but it can be:
Some of our students do build rockets for fun.

But there's also no one, singular Oregon Tech experience. Our campuses bring collective energy into one community where you'll find gamers and geeks (proudly), explorers of the natural world, athletes, book aficionados and volunteers passionate about changing the world through causes they believe in. Our students are innovators- like our female engineers who created technology that turns waste plastic back into crude oil .

They are difference makers like the dental hygiene students who traveled to Jamaica to provide dental care to rural areas. And about those rocket scientists? Our students have worked with NASA to launch stuff into space.

At our Klamath Falls campus, entirely heated by geothermal water resources, you'll find students living, eating, and working together, allowing them to build long-term personal and professional connections. Outside the classroom, they lead student government, exercise in our campus facilities, and challenge one another in eSports. They also volunteer and engage in our wide range of student organizations-or, when they can't find exactly what they're looking for, they create their own.

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Position Summary

The Assistant Director of Student Involvement and Belonging (SIB) serves as an advocate and support resource for students at Oregon Tech, with a strong emphasis on basic needs navigation and holistic student support. This full-time professional role provides strategic leadership in fostering a sense of belonging, cultural engagement, and inclusive student involvement while ensuring students' fundamental needs are met to support their academic and personal success.

This position serves the university's Benefits Navigator and is a member of the Student Involvement & Belonging department. Through Basic Needs initiatives, the Assistant Director offers trauma-informed case management and direct support to students experiencing housing and food insecurity, mental health challenges, and other barriers to well-being. The Assistant Director connects students with local, state, and federal resources, coordinates campus-based basic needs programs, and builds strong, trust-based relationships to empower students through an equity-centered lens.

In addition to basic needs initiatives, the Assistant Director leads initiatives that promote equity, inclusion, and cultural development across the campus community. This includes advising Registered Student Organizations, coordinating large-scale engagement events, and facilitating leadership and cultural competency programming. The Assistant Director advances institutional goals for equity and student success through collaborative, student-centered programming and advocacy.

This position is located on the Klamath Falls campus and spends time each term on the Portland-Metro campus to serve the needs of Oregon Tech students.

Minimum Requirements Additional Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in higher education administration, student development, public health, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Education, or related field.

* One (1) or more years of relevant experience in diversity awareness, a multicultural office, cultural programming.

* Experience working with diverse student populations.

* One (1) or more years supervising students or advising student organizations in a higher education setting,

* Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals and groups from a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies with a commitment to equity.

* Experience in one or more areas of student services on college campuses.

* Excellent interpersonal communication and oral presentation…