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Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Stdnt Affairs Mgr
Job Summary:
The Engineering Student Center within the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering (CoE) seeks a dynamic and collaborative professional to serve as the Student Organization & Engagement Manager. This position plays a central role in advancing student engagement, leadership development, and co-curricular learning across the College.
The Student Organization & Engagement Manager is responsible for supporting nearly 70 engineering student organizations by providing guidance on organizational operations, ensuring compliance with university policies, and fostering inclusive, high-impact student experiences. The role includes overseeing the planning and execution of large-scale programs and events that enhance community, belonging, and professional development within the engineering student population.
The Student Organization & Engagement Manager provides strategic leadership for key student engagement initiatives, including the Badger Engineer Engage program for first-year students, ensuring these efforts align with institutional priorities and advance student success. This role also manages the student organization grant process in collaboration with campus partners, ensuring equitable and transparent allocation of resources. Through cross-campus partnerships, intentional program development, and a commitment to student-centered leadership, the position contributes to enriching the undergraduate experience within the College of Engineering.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Monitors, evaluates, and modifies processes, procedures, and/or standards, ensuring alignment with the Institution's mission, values, goals, and objectives, as well as all local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
- May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
- Plans, organizes, administers, and manages processes and operations related to assigned area(s) of responsibility
- May monitor the program budget and approve expenditures
- Schedules logistics and secures resources to support the operational plans of the program or unit
- Serves as the program or unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups
- Advises and enforces Institution policies related to services in Student Affairs
Department:
College of Engineering, Student Engagement
Compensation:
The starting salary for the position is $60,000 (but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications).
This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. Please review the summary of benefits for more information.
Required Qualifications:
3-5 years of professional experience in college student affairs, student organization advising, or campus engagement
Experience in developing and implementing student-centered programs and services
Experience designing and facilitating workshops and programs on topics such as leadership, conflict resolution, cultural competency, and organizational management, ideally for student organizations
Experience leading and supporting large-scale events and programs
Experience designing or delivering programs, advising, or services for students from a wide range of backgrounds
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of student development concepts, theories, and issues pertaining to college students
Experience working with students interested in pursuing STEM fields
Experience managing budgets, grants, or resource allocation processes
Experience advising student governance bodies or councils
Experience monitoring and evaluating program success
Experience working on a team to create, implement or deliver projects or programming
Education:
Bachelor's degree required - preferred area in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Counseling, Sociology, Psychology, STEM, or related field.
Master's degree preferred - preferred area in Higher Education, Student Affairs, Counseling, Sociology, Psychology, STEM, or related field.
How to Apply:
To apply for this position, select either “I am a current employee” or “I am not a current employee” under Apply Now. You will then be prompted to upload the following:
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Applicants are required to attach both a cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced in the position description. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process. Applicants that do not submit all materials or do not clearly show that they meet the requirements will no longer be considered.
Selected applicants will receive an invitation to participate in phone or virtual interviews shortly after the application deadline. Those moving on to final round interviews will be invited to an in-person interview at UW-Madison.
Once finalists are identified, they will be asked to provide names and contact information for at least three professional references, including a current/most recent supervisor.
UW-Madison is not an E-Verify employer and therefore we cannot accept F-1 OPT STEM Extensions for employment eligibility. Please be aware that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is a renewable position that will require continuous work eligibility, if you are selected for this position you would have to provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.
Contact Information:
Beth Brandl, Department Administrator, beth.brandl@wisc.edu
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