Associate Director for Leadership

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University

Associate Director for Leadership & Service

Posting Number: 2027095

Location: San Marcos

Department: Student Involvement & Engagement

Recruitment Type: Open Recruiting

Job Type: Full-Time

Monthly Salary: $5,624-$6,250

Job Category: Exempt

• Master's degree in higher education, student affairs,leadership, education, public administration, or related field.
• Progressively responsible professional experience in studentleadership development, community engagement, service-learning,volunteer programs, student involvement, or a related area.
• Experience supervising and developing professional staff,graduate assistants, or student employees in a higher education setting.
• Experience developing leadership curricula, learning outcomes,or competency-based educational programs.
• Experience managing budgets and stewarding financial resources.
• Experience building partnerships with nonprofit, public, or community organizations.

• Experience developing, implementing, and assessing educational programs or initiatives.
• Experience administering scholarship programs, endowments, ordonor-supported initiatives.
• Experience designing onboarding, training, or professional development for staff or student leaders.
• Experience supporting institutional processes related toexpressive activity, risk management, or student programs.
• Experience advising Student Government Association, shared governance-bodies or comparable student-led organizations.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Student Involvement and Engagement, the Associate Director for Leadership & Service provides strategic and operational leadership for university wide leadership development, community service and volunteer engagement opportunities, supports the advising of Student Government Association, and related educational initiatives. The position serves as a member of the Student Involvement & Engagement leadership team and helps translate divisional and institutional priorities into meaningful co-curricular experiences that strengthen student learning, belonging, career readiness and civic responsibility.

Utilizing the student success framework, the Associate Director leads the design, implementation and continuous improvement effortsof leadership and service programs; develop partnerships across campus and the community and supervises team members.

• Supervise, develop, and evaluate assigned professional and graduate staff while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continued growth.
• Manage program and endowment budgets within the portfolio and contribute to development of the department's overall budget.
• Align human, financial, and programmatic resources with departmental priorities and intended student learning outcomes.
• Establish clear operational practices, timelines, and measuresof success for programs and initiatives within the portfolio.
• Contribute to departmental risk management education and serveas a resource within assigned institutional processes related toexpressive activity and applicable university, state, and federal requirements.

• Provide vision and direction for a comprehensive leadership development strategy that serves students across programs,organizations, and stages of their Texas State experience.
• Lead the development, implementation and assessment of aleadership education framework and curriculum that connectsco-curricular learning with career-ready competencies.
• Design learning pathways, workshops, institutes and otherexperiences that help students practice leadership, reflect ontheir growth, and articulate transferable skills.
• Partner with student organizations and advisors to strengthenleadership…