Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Work experience (typically 3 years) in higher education in advising, developing, coordinating, and evaluating student life programs; preferably in Fraternity and Sorority Life.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, North American Interfraternity Conference, National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations, National APIA Panhellenic Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council, National Panhellenic Conference, and other umbrella fraternal organizations.
• Extensive understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Demonstrated working knowledge and proficiency in use of Microsoft Office software applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Work requires a willingness to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.
• Experience with creating a welcoming and respectful work environment as well as experience working with students of color, international students, other historically underrepresented students, and/or students with a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
• Extensive experience in event planning/programming and activities; ability to plan, organize, fiscally manage, and execute large student life or other medium to large- scale events and to coordinate resources before, during and after an event.

Highly Desirable Qualification:

• Master's degree in College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration,  Student Development, or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Work experience (typically 1-3 years) in staff supervision.  
• Affiliation with an inter/national fraternal organization.
• Working experience in negotiation of contractual agreements in the areas of university, cultural, educational, and entertainment programming.
• Knowledge of assessment methods and activities; ability to assess programs and review students' learning outcomes to ensure achievement of objectives and strategies.
• Ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.
• Knowledge of, and ability to apply, policies and practices for planning and administering a budget and managing expenses.

Application Details:

• In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. For questions or additional information, please contact Alaysia McAtee at alaysia-mcatee@uiowa.edu.