Student Activities Director jobs in Louisville, KY

About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

The Student Activities Center Coordinator is responsible for contributing to creating a vibrant community that welcomes and develops students within the space of Student Activities. The position will provide administrative support as well as advising, programming, marketing, and management of technology systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer service to students, staff, faculty, vendors, and community partners via phone, e-mail, and personal interactions.
• Responsible for room reservations and scheduling campus wide.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of Engage (RSO management software) in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Student Activities and all accompanying paperwork and processes.
• Advise the SGA Vice President for Finance who provides oversight for all purchases involving student budget funds and the disbursement of student budget funds to RSOs each semester.
• Facilitate campus trainings for Engage and serve as point person for faculty and staff utilizing the Engage system
• Coordinate one large scale welcome back program each semester (fall and spring) for the SAC, such as Centro Takeover's welcome back event for all students to connect with offices and campus resources.
• Process and manage facilities requests, room reservations, PO's, check requests, travel arrangements and all paperwork processes for the SAC.
• Supervise up to six Student Assistants who serve as Office Managers in the SAC
• Assist with the day-to-day operations of the SAC including checking SAC e-mail, processing mail for SAC and RSOs, ordering supplies, and facilitating overall cleanliness of SAC space
• Support the Validating Valor Pathway in collaboration with the Office of Identity and Inclusion and Athletics
• Plan and implement the weekend programming series, Friday Knight Live, in conjunction with Assistant Director of Student Activities and Graduate Assistant

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with campus programming
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work with diverse constituencies
• Knowledge of principles of student development
• Strong student-centered philosophy is preferred
• Ability to manage and motivate students and develop programs is essential as is a personal demeanor that inspires excellence and collaboration

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to be considered for this position.