POSITION IDENTIFICATION
TITLE Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 1199
GRADE 47
CLASSIFICATION Exempt
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Vice President for Student Affairs
GENERAL FUNCTION
The primary duty of the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs is to provide
leadership and support for the establishment and administration of student initiatives
and the development and administration of departments and programs that serve the
needs of students.
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Education: A Master’s degree is required; a terminal degree is preferred. An equivalent
combination of years of experience and education may be considered for substitution
of educational requirements.
Experience: Five years of experience in broad-based student recruitment, , support
services, counseling, or program development supporting students which demonstrates
a record of accomplishment and increasing responsibilities is preferred. Successful
experience in developing and maintaining relationships with broad-based organizations
and political groups is preferred.
Skills: Management skills in the selection and supervision of professional, clerical,
and student employees, in the development of programming, goals and objectives, and
in decision making are required. Strong verbal and written communication skills are
required. Excellent interpersonal skills are required. Awareness and sensitivity to
the issues related to the recruitment and retention of students are required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Provides leadership, supervision and oversight of departmental units with the Division
of Student Affairs.
2. Initiates, plans, and coordinates special events sponsored by Student Affairs.
3. Provides leadership within the Division of Student Affairs by serving on the Vice
President’s Staff, Student Affairs Leadership Team, and other committees as assigned.
4. Facilitates the Inclusive Excellence program for all recipients of the Inclusive
Excellence Scholarship.
5. Seeks to collaborate with the University community as it relates to initiatives
for broad-based student populations.
6. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing
professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses,
and attending training and/or courses required by the Vice President for Student Affairs.
7. Supports the overall success of the Division of Student Affairs by performing all
other duties assigned.
SUPERVISION
The Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs supervises full time, part time,
graduate assistants, and student employees.
OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
REVISED JANUARY 2025
JOB FAMILY 4
Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery
Level 5.0 - 3300 Points: Knowledge of the principles and methods of an administrative, managerial, or professional field such as accounting or auditing, financial management, information technology, business administration, human resources, engineering, law, social sciences, communications, education, or medicine. Knowledge permits employee to supervise projects and/or departments using standard methods to improve administrative and/or line operations. Knowledge also permits employee to plan steps and carry out multi-phase projects requiring problem definition and modified techniques, to coordinate work with others, and to modify methods and procedures to solve a wide variety of problems. Knowledge at this level requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree with substantial related work experience, including up to two years of administrative or supervisory experience. Alternatively, this level may require a professional or clinical degree beyond the Bachelor's degree with moderate related work experience; knowledge requirements include significant levels of related work experience.
Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility
Level 5.0 - 730 Points: Supervision of (a) several work teams or work team leaders, (b) a rather large group of operative, administrative support, or paraprofessional employees, (c) a work group involving direction of skilled technical employees, (d) professionals in technical and skilled areas, and/or (e) subordinate supervisory personnel. The incumbent performs a full range of supervisory responsibilities including the authority to hire, train, transfer, promote, reward, or discipline others. Supervision will likely be general rather than close supervision of others. At this level, supervisory responsibilities consume significant amounts of work time and include substantial responsibility for work planning activities, staffing, and performance management as well as budgeting and planning functions.
Factor 3: Interactions with Others
Level 4.0 - 500 Points: Interactions with others are somewhat unstructured. The purpose may be to influence or motivate others, to obtain information, or to control situations and resolve problems. Interactions may be with individuals or groups of co-workers, students, or the general public, may be moderately unstructured, and may involve persons who hold differing goals and objectives. Individuals at this level often act as a liaison between groups with a focus on solving particular unstructured problems. Interactions at this level require considerable interpersonal skill and the ability to resolve conflict.
Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines
Level 3.0 - 500 Points: The employee operates under general supervision expressed in terms of program goals and objectives, priorities, and deadlines. Administrative supervision is given through statements of overall program or project objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are relatively comprehensive and the employee need only to fill in gaps in interpretation and adapt established methods to perform recurring activities. In unforeseen situations, the employee must interpret inadequate or incomplete guidelines, develop plans, and initiate new methods to complete assignments based on those interpretations. Assignments are normally related in function, but the work requires many different processes and methods applied to an established administrative or professional field. Problems are typically the result of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, or incomplete or conflicting data. The employee must interpret and refine methods to complete assignments. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing single-purpose programs or performing complex, but precedented, technical or professional work.
Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility
Level 5.0 - 2350 Points: Work involves primary accountability for a larger department, program, or process. Work activities involve managerial decisions that directly affect the efficiency, costs, reputation, and service quality of the department, program, or process. Work affects a limited range of professional projects or administrative activities of the University, influences internal or external operations, or impacts students, faculty, and/or staff. Work activities have a direct and significant impact on the department. Work activities also have a significant effect on the efficiency and reputation of the cost center and represent a relatively major function within the cost center. At this level would be jobs in which the incumbent may have responsibility for developing budgets, distributing budgeted funds, and exercising primary control over a moderately-sized budget.
