Distinguishing Characteristics: STUDENT LIFE PROFESSIONAL Career Progression

PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL SENIOR
Nature of Work
  • Coordinate programs and provide services designed to enrich the student life experience and to foster academic and personal success 
  • Use judgment in prioritizing work and selecting methods
  • Influence individuals and area processes
  • Oversee and provide leadership in facilitating programs and services to influence, define, and support the student life experience and University goals
  • Use judgment in prioritizing work, selecting methods, and applying programmatic processes
  • Influence individuals and area operations
Expertise
  • Organize and develop programs
  • Design materials
  • Use standard or specialized software applications
  • Lead development of major programs
  • Develop strategies, short term goals and objectives
  • Use standard or specialized software applications
Interaction
  • erve as liaison and University representative to internal and external constituents
  • Respond to and address inquiries and concerns
  • Provide counsel, advice, and direct support
  • Interpret and communicate policies, procedures, and processes
  • Facilitate outcome resolution
  • Use comprehensive knowledge of University policies and procedures
  • Access sensitive or confidential information
  • Serve as liaison and University representative to internal and external constituents
  • Respond to and address inquiries, concerns, student grievance, or related issues
  • Provide counsel, advice, and resource support
  • Interpret and communicate complex policies, procedures, and processes
  • Facilitate outcome resolution
  • Use thorough knowledge of University policies and procedures
  • Access and apply judgment in use of sensitive or confidential information
Supervision
  • May provide functional supervision to non-exempt and student employees
  • Provide administrative or functional supervision to exempt, non-exempt, and student employees
Conditions
  • Evening and weekend hours
  • Evening and weekend hours
  • Environment may be highly charged
Minimum Qualifications
  • Master's degree in a related or specialized field and one to two years' related experience.
  • Master's degree in related or specialized field and three to five years' specific experience.