Reporting directly to the Vice President of University Engagement and Student Affairs (VPUESA) the Associate Vice President of Student Affairs (AVPSA) serves on the Vice President’s Executive Leadership team and is apprised of best practices in college student affairs. The AVPSA serves as a direct liaison to faculty, staff, students, community members, and counterparts at other institutions. Further, the AVPSA participates in an executive on-call rotation for emergencies and attends meetings/events representing the VP and special projects.

In accordance with the university’s Leadership Standards, the Division of University Engagement and Student Affairs works cooperatively with a diverse array of campus constituencies to nurture a supportive, collaborative environment which centers student and scholarly success while enhancing CMU’s organizational culture. The primary responsibility of the AVPSA is to provide executive leadership to divisional units serving under the umbrella of Student Affairs. Units reporting to Student Affairs include the Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center Multicultural Academic Student Services (MASS), Office of Student Conduct, Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, Student Activities and Involvement (SAI), Student Media, and University Recreation (URec). This position also works closely with the Office of Residence Life, the Veterans Resource Center, and alumni to support broader community efforts that contribute to the overall success of our students.

- Bachelor’s degree.
- Seven years of progressively responsible higher education experience.
- Experience in student development, community engagement, and event planning.
- Experience with the successful implementation of curriculum development, assessment, and evaluation.
- Experience with effectual training and development.
- Demonstrated experience with cultivating a culture of creativity, care, and concern.
- Demonstrated experience with strategic planning, implementation and proven results in cultivating robust learning environments and opportunities that align with institutional priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage teams in a large, decentralized environment.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage highly effective and engaging verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to bring together students, campus groups, and university partners in a variety of events and activities are required.
- Strong administrative, time management, and prioritization skills, with the capacity to support multiple priorities with significant attention to detail.
- Ability to utilize an entrepreneurial approach to building community, advancing divisional efforts, and addressing emergent and longstanding needs, concerns, and opportunities.

About Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University is defined by the success of our students and alumni, and by our collective impact with the communities we serve. To achieve our mission, we adhere to the core values of integrity, respect, compassion, inclusiveness, equity, social responsibility, excellence and innovation. While much has changed over the last two centuries, our values today do not stray from those inscribed upon our seal in 1892: Sapientia, Virtus, Amicitia—wisdom, virtue and friendship. The Division of University Engagement and Student Affairs (UESA) is the driving force behind CMU’s commitment to creating a culture of care and concern across campus. The work of our division emerges in the expansion of institutional policy, procedure, practice, and community outreach. UESA serves as an advocate for students and their concerns while simultaneously coordinating student services. UESA promotes a learning environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, professional development, holistic engagement, and community building among students, faculty, and staff. In total, the Division of University Engagement and Student Affairs aims to advance Central Michigan University as a pluralistic educational community that fosters growth and transformation in action and thought.

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