Location: Louisville, KY Category: Staff Positions Posted On: Wed May 1 2024 Job Description: The Director of the Office of Military and Veteran Services (OMVS) is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of all functions of OMVS. The Director designs, implements, administers, maintains, and assesses programs and services for military service members, student veterans, and eligible dependents. The Director advises student veterans and eligible dependents in accordance with federal, state, and system wide regulations. The Director serves as an advocate for and representative of military service members, veterans, and eligible dependents on campus, should have demonstrated knowledge of military veteran issues pertaining to successful educational development, evidence of professional development activities specifically in veteran services, working knowledge of Enrollment Manager software, and the ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.
Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree with graduate coursework in higher education, counseling and guidance or related field. Four years of professional experience in a student services program Previous experience providing services and programs to military service members, veterans, and eligible dependents in a higher education setting Knowledge of student success theory/application and an understanding of life experiences of veteran student populations. Knowledge of student development strategies and high-impact practices. Strong administrative, logistical, interpersonal, public speaking, and communication skills. Ability to build relationships across campus with faculty, staff and students. Impeccable attention to detail Ability to maintain an extensive level of confidentiality. Provides oversight and manage compliance for all veteran education benefits Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; ability to work effectively with a culturally diverse campus population Preferred:
Master's degree in counseling and guidance, higher education, college student personnel or related field. Two years working in military and veteran services in a higher education setting. Licenses / Certificates: Enrollment Manager Additional Information: This is a regular, full-time position with the normal office hours of 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. However, this position sometimes works extra hours to complete important tasks. The number of months worked per year is 12.
Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.
About Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 382 Colleges, is one of the top 15 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2018 college rankings, and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 175-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, KY, which Glassdoor recently recognized one of the nation's top 10 cities where pay goes the furthest, and National Geographic calls it a top 10 food city. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 1 ... 0 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class. Show more
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