Association Of Christian Schools In Hiring for Director of Student Services at Remote Full Time

Position Summary
The Director of Student Services is tasked with the leadership, vision, and strategy for the Student Services Department. By collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, this position is key to ensuring that programs are of high quality, cutting edge, and well executed to serve the students involved in activities across the globe.
This job will be performed remotely from a home office anywhere in the continental United States.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and leadership for the ACSI Student Services program, including current and future direction and vision, integrated into the Vision 2030 Strategic Plan
• Coordinate development and delivery of Student Services and benefits across the US and globally as requested
• Serve on leadership teams or committees and regularly collaborate with Senior Directors and department leaders for ongoing planning, collaboration, and coordination of value-based benefits for student activity leaders and schools
• Provide direction and leadership for the Student Services team, including regular communications and virtual meetings, as well as working with HR in workforce planning to meet the needs of the program and help ensure a well-balanced work environment
• Partner with Office of Communication and Engagement on a marketing plan utilizing social media, website, and other communications to promote the program
• In collaboration with the Finance Department, oversee and manage the annual budget for the program, and develop a 3 to 5 year budget plan for future growth and needs
• Work with the IT department to integrate Student Services into software and selected data management programs and seek to continue to improve the end-user experience
• Collaborate with Purposeful Design Publications and Professional Development on curriculum opportunities
• Engage with member colleges and universities to develop strong partnerships for events
• Seek strategic partnerships with outside organizations that are missionally aligned
• Develop innovative opportunities for new student activities across middle and high school levels
• Build research and development processes to ensure activities and events are leading the industry in content and quality
• Expand student leadership programs globally
• Evaluate and develop departmental priorities for current and future event opportunities
• Develop a set of quality assurances for all student activities
• Create and develop a strategy for student leadership opportunities
• Target new and lapsed schools to participate in student activities
• All other duties as assigned

Compensation and Benefits
Starting Salary Range: $70,100 – $85,000 annually; based on work experience, education, training, knowledge, skills, and internal and external equity.
Employees may choose from benefits including HDHP and copay medical plans, dental, vision, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 403b retirement plan, and supplemental life and disability insurance. In addition, ACSI provides vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, basic life, basic accidental death and disability, long term disability, employee assistance plan, Christian school tuition benefit, and discretionary annual bonus.

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Essential Qualifications*
Spiritually the ideal candidate shall possess characteristics that reflect

• a demonstrated acceptance without reservation of the ACSI Statement of Faith
• a strong, clear Christian testimony, acknowledging Christ as Savior and seeking to live as His disciple
• a desire for spiritual growth as evidenced by his/her prayer life, Bible study, and spiritual outreach to others
• a mature, godly spirit
• a Christian role model (Luke 6:40) in attitude, speech, and actions toward others. (This includes being committed to God’s biblical standards for sexual conduct.)
• a person of faith and prayer
• a broad acceptance of and by the evangelical Christian community
• a strong knowledge and understanding of Scripture
• a servant leader
• an active participation in a local Bible-believing church
• a willingness and intent to enroll K-12 school-aged children in a local Christian school

Required Experience and Education

• Five or more years of experience in Christian Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field relevant to this position
• Experience managing co-curricular activities in education preferred
• Experience planning all aspects of an event with a focus on customer service
• Experience managing teams
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong and effective relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to move multiple tasks forward concurrently toward multiple deadlines
• Proficient in basic technology skills and Microsoft Office applications

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Professional remote work environment in which to conduct videoconferences and phone calls
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% by plane or automobile
• Driver’s License required to be kept current and in effect as a condition of employment
• Employee is regularly required to walk, sit, use hands and fingers, talk, and hear
• Essential duties require the use of computers to process information
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to read at close range and distinguish colors and contrasts
• The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal
• Able to lift up to 20 pounds

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,100.00 – $85,000.00 per year