(NAME-MCE) Position Announcement - Associate Dean of Student Affairs

[The Spelman & Johnson Group]

Columbia University

Associate Dean of Student Affairs/Office of Student Group Advising

 

Columbia University is one of the top academic and research institutions
in the world, conducting pathbreaking research in medicine, science, the
arts, and the humanities. It includes three undergraduate schools,
thirteen graduate and professional schools, and a school of continuing
education. Enrollment at Columbia includes 7,400 undergraduate students.
Located in the heart of the vibrant and diverse city of New York,
Columbia offers a vast array of cultural opportunities.

 

Reporting to the Dean of Student Affairs, the Associate Dean of Student
Affairs/Office of Student Group Advising (OSGA) is responsible for the
overall development, leadership, and planning for the Office of Student
Group Advising.  The Associate Dean supervises two associate directors,
serves as a member of the Dean of Student Affairs senior staff, and
collaborates with other departments within Student Affairs and
throughout the University on issues of organizational and developmental
advisement to political, social action, religious, humanitarian,
identity conscious and special interest student organizations. The
Associate Dean of Students/OSGA works in partnership with the Associate
Dean of Student Affairs/Student Development and Activities & Residential
Programs and Associate Dean of Student Affairs/Multicultural Affairs to
provide leadership and vision for the Community Development unit within
Student Affairs.

 

An earned bachelor's and master's degree are required. Additionally, a
minimum of seven years of related experience, preferably in the areas of
social, political, religious and community-sensitive special interest
programming and activism; counseling; student activities; and/or
leadership training are required. The successful candidate will have
experience in staff supervision and possess excellent written and spoken
communication skills, as well as knowledge of student development theory
and leadership development theory. Professional experience working in a
complex urban organizational setting is required, preferably with
experience in higher education, community organizing, and/or large scale
and complex event planning.

 

Review of applications will begin on June 18, 2007 and will continue
until the position is filled. A resume with an accompanying cover letter
may be submitted via the SJG website at www.spelmanandjohnson.com under
the link Open Positions. Nominations for this position may be emailed to
Martha H. Smiles at mhs at spelmanandjohnson.com. If you are unable to
submit materials electronically, please call SJG at 413-529-2895.

 

SJG - The Spelman & Johnson Group

Columbia University-Associate Dean/Student Group Advising (NAME-L)

Martha H. Smiles, Senior Associate

 

Visit Columbia University's website at www.columbia.edu

 

Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.