Assistant Director, Student Transitions and Family Programs

Are you a passionate education professional, eager to welcome new students to the University of Dayton community? The University of Dayton is seeking an assistant director, student transitions & family programs! This position will create critical programming for incoming students (including New Student Orientation and Welcome Weekend), coordinate communication with family members, and plan Family Weekend for the University of Dayton campus. Come join our UD community!

Reporting to the executive director, student engagement and wellbeing, the assistant director of student transitions & family programs works in collaboration with the senior assistant director, student transitions & family programs and executive director, student engagement and wellbeing to ensure the successful manifestation of all aspects of development, coordination, implementation, and assessment of critical student onboarding programming, communication with families, and student community building for commuter and transfer students. Programming includes New Student Orientation (January and June), Welcome Weekend (August), Camp Blue (August), and Family Weekend (September). This position is focused on family engagement, planning Family Weekend and coordinating family communication throughout the year, Welcome Weekend, co-supervising student leaders, and planning portions of New Student Orientation. The assistant director also supports the departmental assessment, communication, technology, student leadership development strategies, and key community building initiatives, including community building programs for commuter and transfer students.