Director for Student Outreach and Support (71018)

Position Summary

Walsh University is seeking a dynamic, energetic, and passionate individual who is enthusiastic about contributing to a private, faithfully Catholic institution of higher learning and serving the common good. Walsh University promotes academic excellence, an engaged community, and a commitment to helping students discover their life purpose.  Student Experience at Walsh University has been structured to reflect the University's commitment to student development and retention.

The Director for Student Outreach and Support leads comprehensive initiatives aimed at enhancing student success, well-being, and engagement within our university community. The Director will promote campus wide education and prevention programs on topics related to health, wellness, violence, oppression and restorative justice. This position will serve as the Title IX Coordinator ensuring university compliance with federal guidelines. The Director will coordinate first-year orientation, Cav Cor Cordium and serve as the primary liaison for the Student Experience, coordinating with multiple stakeholders to create a welcoming environment for first year students.

This position reports to the Vice-President for Student Experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Campus Prevention Education and Outreach (50%):

• Work with campus stakeholders to develop and implement education and prevention programs on topics related to health, wellness, violence, and restorative justice
• Promote availability and visibility to the student body via effective utilization of office space, office hours and attendance/involvement in campus events
• Develop and deliver training for students, faculty and staff
• Serve as a point of contact for retention, with specific outreach to first year students
• Work closely with CARe team to monitor academic, behavior and engagement data to identify and respond to students at risk
• Conduct personalized outreach to students at risk, initiating structured check-ins following CARe team reported concerns

Orientation (25%)

• Collaboration with the Office of Admissions, Financial aid, First Year Student Success and Advising for new student orientations, overseeing registration, day of event management and communication to new students and families throughout the summer months leading up to August matriculation
• Directly oversee and co-advise the Cor Cordium Program providing support, updating training resources, coordinating mentee matching, and serving as a liaison between students and faculty/staff 
• Hire, train, and supervise the Cav Cor Cordium student workers
• Serve as a member of the Orientation and Welcome Weekend planning committee
• Assist the Student Experience team with the planning, coordinating, and implementing of Welcome Weekend and Welcome Week. This includes but is not limited to creating schedules, preparing materials, and coordinating day of logistics, etc
• Develop effective marketing and promotional campaigns for all Orientation-sponsored events and for any other events including maintaining the Orientation social media account(s)

 Title IX (25%)

• Serve as the University’s designated Title IX Coordinator
• Ensure institutional compliance with Title IX regulations
• Maintain and update Title IX policies, procedures, and handbooks
• Monitor regulatory changes and recommend institutional responses
• Receive, assess, and manage reports of sexual misconduct, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
• Coordinate intake, supportive measures, and resolution options
• Oversee informal and formal resolution processes

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Required Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

Must demonstrate an understanding the Walsh University Statement of Faith and a commitment to support the Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Ethical Conduct of Walsh University in accordance with Ex Corde Ecclesiae and the Catholic intellectual tradition. Must also possess the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in counseling, psychology, sociology, public health, higher education, or a related field.  
• Experience designing, implementing, and assessing in person or online educational workshops and passive/social medial educational and prevention campaigns for adults
• Demonstrated excellence with interpersonal, written and verbal communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide variety of campus and community constituencies
• Highly effective in coordinating projects according to established deadlines, budget and scope
• Flexibility with work schedule as some evening and weekend programming will be required

Other Preferred Qualifications:

• A Master’s Degree in counseling, psychology, sociology, public health, higher education, or a related field
• Experience working in higher education or educational work setting
• Professional demeanor and ability to interact with charity towards students, staff and faculty

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Physical requirements of the job include prolonged sitting, extended periods of keyboard work and use of a computer monitor, some walking, occasional lifting and carrying objects no more than 20 pounds.

Application Instructions

Applicants must submit a completed online application and any additional documents requested by the search/interview committee. This may include resume, unofficial transcripts, etc.

About Walsh University

Walsh University is seeking a dynamic, energetic, and passionate individual who is enthusiastic about contributing to a private, faithfully Catholic institution of higher learning and serving the common good. Walsh University promotes academic excellence, an engaged community, and a commitment to helping students discover their life purpose. Grounded in values of faith, excellence, integrity, service, and community, Walsh University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and is an equal opportunity employer.