Student Union Director jobs in Olympia, WA

• A healthy work/life balance for our employees with the opportunity for flexible work schedules and remote work depending on position and college needs
• Fine dining in the Percival Room, offering vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free choices as part of our Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts programs
• The Clipper Coffee Corner serving Batdorf & Bronson coffee and a selection of delicious food items from our baking/culinary students
• A brand new Health & Wellness Center
• FREE Bus service every 15 minutes to downtown Olympia and beyond
• FREE parking on our campuses – permits are not required
• On-campus child care
• Percival Creek which runs beneath our campus footbridge, provides year-round beauty and views of Chinook, Coho, and chum salmon pass through each fall
• Many walking paths that are marked and on nicely paved sidewalks
• SPSCC promotes wellness with a variety of different workshops and events on campus
• Lots of activities with our Artist & Lecture series, which are FREE for staff and faculty
• Many community events in the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)that offer an opportunity for SPSCC employees to gather and connect around issues that define them personally, and which affect their work at the College and their professional development. Current Employee Resource Groups include:
  1. Staff and Faculty of Color (SFOC) ERG - an employee network which strives to create an intentional and relational foundation for community and trust building across different groups through shared values.
  2. The LGBTQIA ERG creates a space for LGBTQIA staff and faculty at the college to share resources, build support and community, and work towards greater equity and accessibility. 

• Leads the Student Learning Assessment Committee (SLAC) team in the design, implementation, and improvement in student learning and success, close opportunity gaps, and hold itself accountable to its goals and NWCCU accreditation standards.
• Actively supports and engages in South Puget Sound Community College’s mission and core themes to assure equity, diversity, and inclusion for all students and specifically within the context of learning outcomes and outcomes assessment.
• Facilitates the design of tools and strategies that enable faculty to effectively analyze and improve student learning assessment and success.
• Creates, maintains, and promotes a repository of timely, evidence-based resources to promote continuous improvement of student learning.
• Guides the design and implementation of an outcomes assessment process that provides meaningful assessment of instructional and student success outcomes by full time and part time faculty at the course, program, and degree levels for all instructional modalities (i.e., grounded, e-learning, simulations, communities of practice, blended methodologies, gamification, etc.).
• Provides leadership for building and sustaining an instructional culture of inquiry for the continuous improvement of student learning, success, and experience.
• Encourages innovation, learning through scholarly discourse, and the creation of a community of practice among educators whose focus is on excellence and equity in the learning, teaching, and assessment processes; and assists faculty in thinking strategically in translating assessment observations into learning and development solutions.
• Consults with individuals and groups of faculty regarding assessment design;
• Tracks national and state best practices in instructional assessment and keeps abreast of innovation and trends.
• Systematically informs collaborative partners regarding information.
  • Coordinates the planning and organization of Center for Teaching and Online Learning (CTOL) daily work to fulfill identified outcomes and projects, including facilitating regular team meetings.
  • Plan and deliver programming for quarterly faculty-wide in-services, as necessary.

• Consistent with processes defined by the Institutional Research and Institutional Effectiveness teams, interprets analytics related to student learning and success.
• Meets, consults with, and makes key decisions with applicable staff and leadership regarding data collection and analyses; communicates status and results with faculty and staff.
• In collaboration with faculty, reviews a variety of reports summarizing data; analyzes related reports and/or data; and makes recommendations based on findings.
• Provides regular feedback to academic and Student Affairs leadership teams on various program review and evaluation initiatives related to assessment of student learning outcomes.
• Designs reports that provide faculty with relevant data, strategies and tools for inquiry and improvement.
• Establishes procedures and timelines for the use and analysis of reports such as program/discipline assessment.
• Drives process thinking in the use of metrics throughout the learning process to ensure learning initiatives are linked to outcomes.

• A Master's Degree.
• Competence and sensitivity in working at a college in which students, faculty, and staff are highly diverse regarding many facets of identity, including but not limited to gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, income, level of educational attainment, and religion.
• Demonstrable experience with assessment and instruction in an educational context. 

Applications must be completed online and include the following attachments:

1. Cover letter addressed to the Screening Committee highlighting your ability to perform the responsibilities and competencies described in the job posting. 
2. Current resume/CV showing all educational and professional experience which demonstrates how you meet the minimum and any preferred qualifications.