Associate Director, Student Support and Advocacy Center - George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
About the Job
Department: University Life
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary range starting from low $70ks; commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The Student Support and Advocacy Center is committed to providing an empowering environment for all Mason students to seek support services and to explore healthy life choices. The Center offers educational programming, one-on-one consultations, and resources in the areas of sexual and interpersonal violence, financial well-being, basic needs, substance use, and collegiate recovery. Staff also assist students encountering barriers to personal success.
About the Position:
The Associate Director, Student Support and Advocacy Center (SSAC) reports to the Director for the SSAC and provides direct supervision to the areas of sexual and interpersonal violence and substance use and recovery. Under the guidance of the Director, the Associate Director assists with staff development for the unit, co-leads Center assessment efforts with another Associate Director, provides SSAC representation on university-wide committees, and aids the Director with general office operation and special projects. This position is occasionally called upon to supervise the staff and the activities of the unit during the Director's absence. The Associate Director is a professional who is committed to fostering the holistic growth of students while striving to maintain the wellbeing and safety of the University community.
Responsibilities:
Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: Salary range starting from low $70ks; commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The Student Support and Advocacy Center is committed to providing an empowering environment for all Mason students to seek support services and to explore healthy life choices. The Center offers educational programming, one-on-one consultations, and resources in the areas of sexual and interpersonal violence, financial well-being, basic needs, substance use, and collegiate recovery. Staff also assist students encountering barriers to personal success.
About the Position:
The Associate Director, Student Support and Advocacy Center (SSAC) reports to the Director for the SSAC and provides direct supervision to the areas of sexual and interpersonal violence and substance use and recovery. Under the guidance of the Director, the Associate Director assists with staff development for the unit, co-leads Center assessment efforts with another Associate Director, provides SSAC representation on university-wide committees, and aids the Director with general office operation and special projects. This position is occasionally called upon to supervise the staff and the activities of the unit during the Director's absence. The Associate Director is a professional who is committed to fostering the holistic growth of students while striving to maintain the wellbeing and safety of the University community.
Responsibilities:
- Supervises full-time staff as well as graduate and undergraduate student employees and volunteers;
- Serves as the direct supervisor for the Assistant Director for Sexual and Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Response, Assistant Director for Student Support and Interpersonal Violence Services at Mason Square, and Assistant Director for Substance Use and Recovery;
- Oversees the operation of two peer education groups;
- Sets goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with the university's plans and vision and communicates them to subordinates; organizes workflow and ensures that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks; monitors employee productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching; receives complaints and resolves problems; maintains timekeeping and personnel records; passes on information from upper management to employees and vice versa; prepares and submits performance evaluations; hires and trains new employees; ensures adherence to legal and university policies and procedures and undertakes disciplinary actions if the need arises;
- In an effort to foster the safety and well-being of the Mason community, oversees and coordinates comprehensive support services for survivors/victims of sexual and interpersonal violence as well as students addressing substance use issues and those who identify as being in recovery;
- Manages all aspects of the referral process, intake and screening, case management, support and interventions, referral and resource navigation, and follow-up of ongoing student cases in the areas of direct responsibility. Carries a small case load;
- Provides strategic oversight for a comprehensive offering of co-curricular prevention programs and opportunities that include primary and secondary prevention strategies in the areas of bystander intervention, healthy relationships, boundary setting, consent, resilience behaviors, healing practices, recovery, and risk reduction on topics of substance use as well as sexual and interpersonal violence;
- Assists the Director in developing and implementing an overarching prevention model encompassing all areas of SSAC;
- Partners with campus units and community agencies to implement programming that is responsive to the diverse needs of the University community; and
- Cultivates an understanding of campus approaches to supporting survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence as well as students in recovery and those who are addressing substance use issues - including best-practices and standards of practice developed by a variety of organizations including, but not limited to, the American College Health Association and the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. Shares these approaches with internal staff and University stakeholders as appropriate.
Source : George Mason University