Senior Director for Student Leadership, Engagement, and Careers
New York University
Application
Details
Posted: 02-Feb-25
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Internal Number: 261122376
Senior Director for Student Leadership, Engagement, and Careers
US-NY-New York
Job ID: 2024-13748 Type: School of Professional Studies (CP1108) # of Openings: 1 Category: Student Services/Athletics New York University
Overview
The NYU School of Professional Studies (SPS) is seeking a Senior Director for Student Leadership, Engagement, and Careers who will oversee the SPS Wasserman Career Center for Career Development and the Office of Student Life and Engagement of the NYU School of Professional Studies. The Senior Director will provide career development leadership and direction by designing, delivering, and directing programs, services, and major events offered to current undergraduate and graduate students and alumni. They will oversee student and alumni communities that ensure strong partnerships with employers, domestically and abroad, with the goal of career advancement and professional development. The Senior Director will develop student leadership curricula and oversee student life and engagement functions, fostering a sense of belonging among students by linking professional networking with personalized leadership development. They will manage program assessment, including the preparation, and analysis of outcomes reports regarding program and service offerings. Collaborate with SPS academic leadership regarding strategic planning and programming, and serve as liaison with student clubs/leaders, alumni, university administrators, employers, and faculty. The Senior Director will develop and supervise professional and office support teams in the SPS Wasserman Center and Office of Student Life and Engagement.
Responsibilities
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree degree in human resources, student personnel or related field.
Preferred Education: Master's Degree degree in human resources, student personnel a related field
Required Experience: 10+ years relevant professional-level experience in career/student services, counseling, student personnel, human resources, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. This must include experience managing staff and budgets and developing programs, seminars, events, and training materials.
Preferred Experience: 10+ years experience in developing student leadership curricula.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Excellent communication, presentation, writing skills. Leadership, hiring, training experience. Ability to deal with a diverse population at all levels.
Qualifications
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $130,000.00 to USD $170,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
Since 1934, the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYU SPS) has been a deeply respected institution of higher education that is grounded in applied learning. From its early years, training returning World War II veterans to fulfill the nation's urgent need for skilled technical workers, it has evolved into a professional education powerhouse that offers 20 graduate degrees, 14 bachelor's degrees for undergraduate students, four associate's degrees, and a plethora of continuing education courses and credentials.
NYU SPS is a thought leader, and serves as an incubator for new ideas in industries that are constantly changing. We prepare students for in-demand jobs in fields including real estate, hospitality and tourism; global affairs; global sports management; publishing; marketing and public relations; project management; executive coaching and organizational consulting, human capital management; information technology, management and systems; translation; publishing and professional writing. NYU SPS is focused on building skills that open doors to opportunities in emerging fields and global markets. NYU SPS faculty members are leading experts in their areas of discipline, with a hands-on approach that encourages students to push beyond their limits and to break new ground.
NYU SPS is committed to inclusion, diversity, belonging, equity, and access throughout the School.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
New York University (NYU) is one of the top private universities in the United States, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering traces its roots back to 1854, building on an illustrious past as Brooklyn Poly and the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Our mission is to excel in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship and inspire and educate engineers for the 21st century — backed by an historic commitment of $1 billion to recruit new faculty, fuel groundbreaking basic and applied research in key areas, and expand the Downtown Brooklyn campus. NYU Tandon faculty are world renowned leaders in science and technology, with a strong commitment to research, innovation, and entrepreneurship that make a difference in the world. We lead and have ties to multidisciplinary centers in wireless technology, cybersecurity, urban informatics, data sciences, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and health, among others. Our faculty and students are part of the high-tech start-up culture in New York City and in downtown Brooklyn, and we support three “future lab” business incubators that connect our students and faculty to today’s innovation economy. We are deeply committed to teaching and le...arning, and with NYU's unrivaled global network of campuses, we promote a truly global engineering education.
NYU Tandon is committed to substantially increase the proportion of our faculty from historically underrepresented groups in STEM and we encourage candidates from such groups to apply. We aspire to create a climate where diversity and inclusion are not only appreciated but considered an asset for creativity and innovation, and we seek faculty who have a real passion for a culturally diverse environment. We take pride in our high numbers of female students and students who are the first in their family to go to college. NYU belongs to the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), which assists with dual-career searches, and our faculty are supported by a range of work-life balance programs provided by the NYU Office of Work Life