Job Description:

Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

Cornell requires that all faculty and staff members, regardless of their work location, disclose their vaccination status, and provide proof of vaccination if vaccinated, immediately upon hire.

Student & Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellness, social justice, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. Our nearly 4,000 staff and student employees who make up SCL embrace the opportunity to represent the division and strive for excellence as we shape the Cornell student experience, one interaction at a time.

Campus and Community Engagement provides a welcoming and inclusive community that respects the individual while promoting community values. We are dedicated to supporting students in all stages of their Cornell career through student organization involvement, learning opportunities, and a multitude of leadership and engagement experiences.

Campus and Community Engagement (CCE) includes a broad range of departments dedicated to enriching the student experience outside of the classroom: Campus Activities, Parent and Family Programs, Sorority and Fraternity Life, and the Tatkon Center for New Students. Together with colleagues from across campus, CCE builds a community and creates co-curricular opportunities where the intrinsic value and worth of the individual is affirmed and community standards and values are upheld. These are the foundational goals of all CCE programs.

The Tatkon Center for New Students supports new students in their transition to Cornell and creates a vibrant and robust first-year experience, including New Student Orientation and Family Orientation. The transition to university life takes time, and we are dedicated to providing programming and services throughout the first year at the Tatkon Center for New Students. Upper-level student staff and volunteers have the opportunity to engage in leadership roles while mentoring our newest undergraduates, and help keep the student perspective central to our work.

The Director of the Tatkon Center for New Students provides the vision and leadership for all facets of a comprehensive Cornell first-year and transfer experience, including orientation for first year and transfer students and their families. Under the direction of Student and Campus Life, and in collaboration with the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and campus partners in the various colleges of Cornell University, this position is responsible for visionary leadership and the creation, implementation, execution, and assessment of comprehensive programs to support a successful transition to the University and first year for students. This role will develop both short- and long-term implementation plans for the unit, assessing current programming efforts and making necessary adjustments to ensure excellent service to our students. As the leader of this unit, the Director supervises the department staff, providing overall direction in mission and vision for the program, with support from the AVP of Student and Campus Life for Campus and Community Engagement.

Please note this position may need to work irregular hours, including evenings and weekends. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Success Factors:

The successful candidate is a visionary leader who demonstrates commitment to diversity, and the ability to relate well to student, faculty, staff, volunteers, community members and administrators. The Director can effectively communicate a high-level vision to advance student engagement, design creative staffing teams, establish long range departmental goals, develop learning outcomes and assess programs and activities. Having a high level of experience with programming implementation and evaluation, the Director is able to articulate the importance of campus-wide relationships and demonstrates the ability to build relationships with students, advisors and all partners who work to support first year students in a decentralized institution. Excellent leadership skills are critical, to lead a dynamic team of staff managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced department in an efficient manner.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in student affairs or related field with a minimum 5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.


• Knowledge of first-year experience, college transition, transfer student experience, and college student development.


• Experience with planning campus wide undergraduate orientation.


• Experience in planning and leading large-scale, inclusive, collaborative programs.


• Superb organizational skills, with an ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate with a large variety of partners.


• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7 or more years of experience in student affairs or a related field


• Demonstrated success with large-scale programming specifically for the first-year student experience


• Experience supervising professional staff


• Strategic planning, mission and vision building and critical thinking skills

University Job Title:

Mgr Program

Job Family:

Student Services

Level:

G

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Company:

Endowed

Contact Name:

Shallena Cunningham

Number of Openings:

0

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• Prior relevant work or industry experience.




• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.




• Unique applicable skills.

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