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Associate Director for Student Formation Orientation Program
Job Description
Associate Director for Student Formation
Orientation Program, Rose Hill
Fordham University
Fordham University has an excellent reputation as a dynamic institution located in New York City. Founded in 1841, Fordham enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its 9 Colleges and Schools.
- Fordham University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to its employees, which includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- We offer tuition remission for employees and their dependents
- A generous employer match towards a 403(b) retirement plan.
- As a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Fordham is considered a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a federal program designed to forgive student loan debt for employees of certain public and certain nonprofit employers.
- As part of its work-life balance program, the University provides generous PTO including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 2 personal days, 6 summer Fridays, and holidays that include paid time off between Christmas and New year.
- University employees have access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP provides no-cost, professional, and confidential services, to help employees and family members address a variety of personal, family, life, and work-related issues.
Hybrid Policy:
Please review the Hybrid Policy here.
https://www.fordham.edu/human-resources/policies-guides-and-agreements/hybridremote-work-policy-for-administrators/
Position Summary
Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Student Involvement, the Associate Director
for Student Formation oversees all services and programs that support the four-
year Formation process for Rose Hill undergraduate students.
This position is a critical role that is designed to integrate the Jesuit tenets and
mission of the Division of Student Affairs and the University through the role’s
responsibilities/duties of advising, teamwork and supervision in order to achieve
retention.
This position requires the ability to work long hours and work with a flexible
schedule, including nights and weekends and availability to attend to emergent
situations on campus as needed.
Essential Functions
∙Collaboratively researches, designs, plans, implements, and assesses an
integrated and mission-driven student formation program beginning with
semesterly Orientation programs, the program through which all traditional
undergraduate students at the Rose Hill campus begin their careers at
Fordham University.
∙Supervises the core three-day comprehensive New Student Orientation
program just prior to the first day of classes in Fall, the one-day Spring
orientation for transfers and first year students in January, and three
optional day long Summer Orientation Programs (SOPs) entering students
and families.
∙Recruits, selects, trains and supervises one Graduate Intern and four
undergraduate Orientation Coordinators who in turn lead and train more
than 250 undergraduate volunteer Orientation Leaders, Orientation
Captains, and Orientation Assistants.
∙Designs and coordinates comprehensive training for Orientation staff
including program aspects required by law and regulation and elements
central to Fordham’s mission related to inclusion, civility, ethics, and
community standards and conduct.
∙Manages the First Year Formation course, including collaborative
curriculum development, marketing and retention, assessment, training of
staff and student instructors, and excursion management.
∙Collaboratively plans Rose Hill’s Orientation and Student Formation
approach with the Assistant Dean and the Dean of Students, playing a
core leadership, management, and planning role on the Assistant Dean for
Student Involvement’s team and with program and department heads
across the Division of Student Affairs.
∙Advises Senior Week Committee and oversees related large scale
programming for the graduating class, including periodic Senior Nights,
the Senior Transitions Program, Senior Week, Parent Appreciation Dinner
Dance, and coordinates with the University Secretary’s office on
Commencement and Senior Week.
∙Manages the annual Senior Leadership Awards for the graduating class
including the nomination process, convenes the Selection Committee, and
coordinates the Awards Mass, Banquet, and Program.
∙Coordinates planning and implementation of First Year Core Programming
(FYCP), the annual mandatory fall program on critical topics such as
substance abuse, sexual misconduct, civility, and safety.
∙Advises the Maroon Yearbook and coordinates with the vendors for
yearbook portrait-taking and the publication’s printing.
∙Implements Divisional and Departmental priorities as assigned the
Assistant Dean for Student Involvement such as (but not limited to)
attending/participating in events, preparing agenda for team meetings,
assisting with staff development opportunities and coordination of other
Office strategic projects.
∙Coordinates closely with colleagues in Lincoln Center Student
Involvement, Rose Hill’s two traditional undergraduate colleges, and
multiple relevant departments and University committees including
Commencement, Entering Class Management Committee, and Global
(international student) Transitions on behalf of Orientation/Formation, the
Office for Student Involvement, and/or Rose Hill Student Life.
∙Develops and updates critical processes and standard procedures for
Student Formation to assure program continuity and continuous planning
and improvement.
∙Manages the Orientation and Student Formation program budgets.
∙Manages and coordinates updates for the various Office for Student
Involvement websites with other staff members.
∙Represents the Office for Student Involvement at University related
functions.
∙Participates and collaborates on University-wide events such as (but not
limited to) Homecoming, Commencement, Jubilee, President’s Ball,
Midnight Breakfast and Admissions Open Houses.
Essential Functions Note
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.
Management Responsibilities
Guides work of other employees who perform essentially the same work and/or
student workers. Organizes, sets priorities, schedules and reviews work, but is
generally not responsible for final decisions in hiring, performance management
or compensation.
Required Qualifications: Education and Experience
∙Bachelor’s degree
∙Minimum of 4 years of full-time experience in (or transferable experiences
related to) Orientation, program advisement or event management, a
background in student development and an understanding of the tenets of
Jesuit, Catholic higher education.
Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills
∙Technical competency in Google and Microsoft Office Suites
∙Strong time management skills and attention to detail
∙Proven ability to manage multiple priories in a fast-paced environment
∙Excellent communication skills
∙Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to
the goals of Jesuit Education.
Preferred Qualifications
∙Master’s Degree
Minimum Starting Salary: $68,000
Maximum Starting Salary: $70,000
Note: Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.
START DATE: ASAP
APPLY HERE: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/7924
ABOUT FORDHAM
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an
exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000
students in its 9 colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx
and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center
Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United
Kingdom.
Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and
welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans/Disabled and other
protected categories
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