Coordinator of Student Engagement
Drew University’s Office of Student Engagement is seeking a full-time Coordinator of Student Engagement. This is a full time (35-hours/week), twelve-month, live-in position. The Coordinator manages student engagement and a residential complex’s day-to-day community development services and programs in an effort to create residential living and learning communities for intergenerational undergraduate, graduate, and theological students. Manages club life for all student groups including community service programs. Supervises student staff, and serves as liaison with the Complex Living Council. Provides crisis intervention to residents and assess issues to resolve or refer for resolution. Manages and coordinates campus-wide programming initiatives on behalf of the Office of Residence Life. Responsible for assigned after-hour/weekend, holiday on-call duties to address campus emergencies.
This position is categorized as an essential employee and while flexibility will be provided as approved by the supervisor, reporting to work in-person is required of this position.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervise student staff, including Resident Assistants and/or House Assistants, and student interns.
Provides crisis intervention/assessments to students in need through an on-call emergency response rotation.
Manage Club Life for all undergraduate, graduate, and theological school clubs and organizations and support connections to Launch Identity/Affinity Groups. Advise the Residence Hall Association, manage fiscal operations for clubs in collaboration with campus partners, inducing serving as advisor of the Student Government Budget & Organization Board (BOB), provide support for all club activities, and teach in the Drew 110 program
Assist in coordinating student programming such as traditional events, Senior Week, Spring Weekend, and field trips for students
This position supports the planning and coordination of Residence Life & Student Engagement initiatives, and serves on department committees as assigned by the supervisor.
REQUIREMENTS: A Bachelor’s degree is required. Master’s Degree in Higher Education, Student Affairs, or a related field is preferred. Minimum one year of experience in a related field is required.
ABOUT DREW UNIVERSITY:
Drew University, a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts university, includes the College of Liberal Arts, the Drew Theological School and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. Drew is located on a beautiful, wooded campus in Madison, New Jersey, a thriving small town close to New York City.
It has a total enrollment of more than 2,000 students and has 135 full-time faculty members, 99% of whom hold the terminal degree in their field. The Theological and Caspersen schools offer MA and PhD degrees, and the College confers BA and BS degrees in over 50 disciplines, and offers 16 preprofessional and 16 dual-degree programs.
Drew’s one-of-a-kind, leading edge path to an undergraduate degree, Launch, ensures that every student graduates with a purpose, sought-after transferable skills, a network of mentors, and an experience-based résumé—guaranteed. Particularly noteworthy opportunities for undergraduates include the Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE), home of 2015 Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine and Drew Fellow William Campbell, the Drew Summer Science Institute (DSSI), the Center for Civic Engagement, as well as New York City semesters focusing on Communications & Media, Contemporary Art, Museums & Cultural Management, New York Theatre, Social Entrepreneurship, Wall Street, and the United Nations, and several international semester programs.
Drew also houses the Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, the Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, an independent professional theater, as well as the United Methodist Archives and History Center and one of the country’s leading concentrations of materials on Willa Cather.
TO ENRICH EDUCATION THROUGH DIVERSITY, DREW UNIVERSITY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY REGULATIONS, A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST BE AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A BACKGROUND CHECK.