Manager of Department of Student Life

2 months ago

Ras alKhaimah, United Arab Emirates American University of Ras Al Khaimah Full time

**Job Title**:
**Manager of Department of Student Life****:
**Job Summary**:
The Manager of Student Life is responsible for creating and supporting a high-quality student life experience for all students at AURAK. The Manager of Student Life creates, implements, and facilitates opportunities for co-curricular learning and student leadership development as well as promotes proactive retention activities and student engagement. The Manager of Student Life functions as a student advocate by responding directly to student needs and issues affecting student well-being, promotes relationships with individual students and student groups, and serves as a liaison between students and staff/faculty.
**Office of Student Affairs**

**Manager of Department of Student Life**

**American University of Ras Al Khaimah**

The Office of Student Affairs at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah is seeking an experienced higher education professional for the position of Manager of the Department of Student Life. The Manager of Student Life reports directly to the Associate Provost for Student Affairs and is responsible for creating and supporting a high-quality student life experience for all students at AURAK. The Manager of Student Life creates, implements, and facilitates opportunities for co-curricular learning and student leadership development, as well as promotes proactive retention activities and student engagement experiences. As the supervisor of the Student Life Department, the Student Life Manager oversee the work of the Coordinator for Student Affairs, the Senior Student Life Officer for Sports, and a department secretary.

This position is responsible for the development and implementation of on-campus and off-campus AURAK student life programming for all students, and for supporting residence hall programming. He/she creates, develops, markets, and assesses student programming and initiatives that promote high-quality student life experiences and holistic well-being. The Manager successfully coordinates all functions of the Department of Student Life and provides oversight and planning for all campus-wide signature student events and programs such as Global Day, UAE Day, Flag Day, New Student Orientation, and First-Year Student Welcome Party. This person also creates and develops other signature programs as appropriate and markets and promotes all activities to students, faculty and staff. Student discipline and responding to and resolving student concerns and complaints also falls within the scope of this position. Overseas the creation of graphics and marketing student programs and activities on social media to reach students in the most current and effective manner is a required element of the marketing efforts for student programs and activities, and this position has oversight and management of Student Success social media accounts. Further, due to the large number of programs and activities, the Manager coordinates a rolling schedule of staff chaperones for all trips and programs, both on and off campus. To assure safety and consistency, the Manager serves as chaperone both off and on campus more often than any other staff person. These and other responsibilities of the position require frequent work in evenings and on weekends.

**Qualities and Abilities**
- Demonstrated ability to produce results while working in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment with mínimal direction.
- Knowledge of trends, issues, and accepted practices relevant to higher education, student affairs, student leadership development, and student well-being.
- Excellent customer service skills, along with strong planning and organizational skills, accompanied by attention to detail, demonstrated ability to efficiently and effectively solve problems.
- Ability to deliver excellent written and oral reports in English, with a high level of English proficiency. Fluency in Arabic would be of benefit.

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s Degree in Higher Education Administration, College Student Personnel, Counseling or a closely related field.
- Three years of experience in student activities planning or programming for students, preferably in North America, or in the UAE in a university following the North American model.

**Application**:

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