Director of Student Activities & Engagement

Location: Nelsonville

Director of Student Activities & Engagement

Salary: $40,000-$45,000

I. Position Purpose
Lead student engagement beyond the classroom for the purpose of student development,
engagement, retention, and degree completion. Provide living/learning opportunities that include but
are not limited to leadership development, planning/management, community service, and
achievement of career/life goals.

II. Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and execute student engagement activities on and off campus (minimum of two
events per month) that meet living-learning goals to promote personal development of
commuter and residential students.

• Coordinate planning of events with campus partners including but not limited to Residential
Housing, Student Center, Well-being Center, Career Center, International Student Services,
and First-Year Experience that support retention efforts.

• Develop program learning outcomes that support the Strategic Completion Plan.

• Participate in institutional effectiveness by measuring annual goals, objectives, and
assessment of learning outcomes.

• Maintain and promote a student activities calendar through the Marketing Department in
collaboration with Events at Hocking and the Student Center.

• Advise the Student Activities Advisory Board to provide leadership, event planning, and
delivery of weekly/monthly student-planned events.

• Work with the Executive Director of Student Engagement and Success in planning, promoting,
and executing large campus events such as New Student Orientation, Student Development
Day, Commencement, etc.

• Provide a wide range of personal, academic, and leadership training to all student
organizations.

• Support other campus event partners, Alumni, Academics, and Athletics with campus activities.

• Provide student organizations with mandatory officer training each semester that covers
Robert's Rules of Order, utilization of student finances and compliance with fiscal protocol,
fundraising, event planning, and space requests.

• Develop and update an annual required faculty/staff advisor training program.

• Cultivate new clubs, and support all clubs in their pursuit of student engagement in
co-curricular and extracurricular activities.

• Oversee the annual registration of all clubs, maintain lists of members/advisors, provide
assistance with club purchases and event planning.

• Supervise and post club information in the Blackboard clubs portal.

• Serve on the Graduation, Homecoming, All Hocking Learning Day, Sexual Assault Prevention
Response Team and Start Week working groups with responsibility for student event planning
and execution.

Additional Duties

• Manage the campus-wide monitor system in dorms and campus buildings, including oversight
and content management for timely, accurate, and engaging student communications.

• Coordinate and supervise Orientation Leaders, including training, scheduling, and mentorship
to support student transition and retention.

• Recruit, train, and supervise commencement ushers to ensure professional execution of
graduation ceremonies.

• Administer the skill based badging awards and graduation award nominations.

• Integrate AI-driven tools for student engagement, including activity tracking, communication,
and engagement analysis to modernize Student Activities outreach.

• Other duties as assigned

III. Qualifications - Education, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree preferred

• 2-4 years of experience in event planning, student activities, leadership, and/or programming

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

• Strong organizational, analytical, decision-making, and administrative skills

• Understanding of the correlation between student involvement and student retention

• Ability to work some evenings and weekends

• Prior experience and strong skills in a collaborative work environment
Reasonable accommodations may be requested and reviewed according to the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA).