Associate Director, Student Lifecycle Engagement

Job Profile:

Administrative Operations Manager 2

Job Family:

Administrative Operations

Time Type:

Full time

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Manages the intermediate to complex operations of a department within the division. Monitors budget, implements strategic priorities, and prepares reports for senior management.

Job Description:

Position Salary Range:

• $75,000 - $80,000; DOE

The College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) seeks a dynamic and collaborative Associate Director of Student Lifecycle Engagement to join the Academic Strategy and Student Experience Team (ASSET). The Associate Director will develop, coordinate, and advance college-wide engagement strategies that strengthen alumni connection, constituent engagement, career transition, development alignment, and long-term affiliation with CISA. 

Serving as a thought partner and strategic connector, the Associate Director will collaborate across ASSET, School Directors, faculty leaders, development and alumni partners, and other university stakeholders to build a coordinated approach to student and alumni engagement. This position will help connect student experiences, alumni participation, employer relationships, philanthropic opportunities, and school-level priorities to strengthen student success, applied learning, career transition, and lifelong affiliation with CISA. 

CISA is an interdisciplinary, multi-campus college with a strong emphasis on applied and experiential learning. As one of three liberal arts colleges at ASU, CISA offers foundational and professional education spanning the humanities, social and natural sciences, mathematics, and career-connected fields, equipping students with the knowledge and transferable skills needed to engage and contribute locally, nationally, and globally.

This position is based on the Polytechnic campus and requires travel to CISA’s other ASU campus locations and surrounding communities to support meetings, events, partnerships, and college-wide engagement activities.  

Arizona State University offers a comprehensive benefits package to enhance your total compensation. This package includes flexible work schedules, low-cost health and life benefits, a wellness program for preventative health education and screenings, tuition waiver for benefits-eligible staff members, as well as tuition reduction for their spouses and dependents, a disability and leaves program for income protection, employee assistance for free and confidential behavioral health services, volunteer and professional development release time, disability resources and retirement program designed to promote long-term savings and provide income upon retirement.
 

Essential Duties:

Leadership, Strategy, and Student Lifecycle Engagement

• Serve as a thought partner to the Executive Director, School Directors, development partners, and college leadership in identifying opportunities for emerging alumni, philanthropic alignment, constituent engagement, and long-term affiliation with CISA.

• Identify, strengthen, and lead strategic initiatives focused on later-stage student engagement, alumni mentoring, post-graduation connection, and career transition.

• Partner with School Directors, faculty leaders, and college leadership to identify school-specific alumni, employer, community, and constituent engagement opportunities aligned with academic programs, applied learning, student success, and workforce pathways. Design, pilot, and scale repeatable models that connect across CISA’s schools, campuses, and modalities.

• Serve as a liaison among ASSET units, academic units, development, employer engagement, and college leadership.

• Represent CISA on relevant college and university committees and prepare reports, briefings, presentations, and recommendations for college leadership.

• Provide strategic recommendations to ASSET, School Directors, and college leadership on emerging alumni, partner, workforce, and constituent engagement opportunities.

Partnership and Constituent Engagement

• Collaborate with the Manager of Employer Engagement to connect employer and internship initiatives to broader lifecycle engagement, alumni mentoring, career transition, and constituent engagement strategies.

• Map current CISA alumni engagement activity and opportunities to strengthen a coordinated college-wide strategy for alumni mentoring, career connection, participation, storytelling, and long-term engagement.

• Collaborate strategically with student-facing teams across the college to strengthen connection and belonging by developing pathways that foster meaningful relationships, shared interests, and sustained engagement throughout the student lifecycle.

• Coordinate alumni-related communications, events, partner stories, and engagement opportunities in collaboration with Marketing and Communications, SEET, development, employer engagement, and school partners.

Assessment, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

• Develop methods to track engagement activities and assess effectiveness of lifecycle engagement initiatives and recommend improvements.

• Prepare regular updates for ASSET and college leadership on key activities, outcomes, opportunities, and emerging needs.

• Identify gaps, trends, and opportunities across the student lifecycle and recommend strategies to improve coordination and impact.

Collaboration and Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in departmental, college, and university-wide initiatives and meetings to represent the college’s financial interests and support integrated, collaborative outcomes.

• Support additional projects, initiatives, and responsibilities as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field, and three (3) years’ experience in one or more of the following: student engagement, student success, advising, recruitment/retention, alumni engagement, career development, employer relations, internship programs, partnership development, advancement/development support, or other related student services in a college/university environment

• Within the required professional experience, three or more years of experience supporting alumni, philanthropic, community partner, or other constituent relationships in ways that advance student success, institutional priorities, or partnership goals.

• Experience cultivating relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as alumni, employers, donors, faculty, community partners, university leaders, staff, or students, to advance student success or institutional priorities.

• Experience working with academic leaders, faculty, schools, departments, or university partners to align engagement, partnership, student success, applied learning, or constituent engagement initiatives with academic priorities.

• Experience designing, scaling, or improving programs that connect students to mentoring, applied learning, internships, career readiness, alumni participation, multi-campus engagement, online engagement, or post-graduation connection.

• Demonstrated experience using data, assessment, reports, surveys, participation trends, or stakeholder feedback to evaluate programs, guide strategy, and recommend improvements.

Working Environment

• Days and Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., evenings and weekends may occasionally be required.

• Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, phone and associated computer/technology peripherals.

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse (75%); required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work (10%).

• Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying objects up to 25 pounds (5%).

• This position requires the ability to travel to engage across CISA’s three primary campus locations and surrounding communities for meetings, events, employer visits, alumni engagement, donor-adjacent activities, and partner relationship development.

• Hybrid work is an option for CISA employees. Hybrid arrangements allow employees to spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location. Dean or Provost level approval is required.

Department Statement:

ASU's College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) seeks candidates who are passionate about connecting academic learning with real-world outcomes and fostering student engagement. As part of CISA, your expertise will contribute to a college culture grounded in service, purpose, and practical impact.

CISA is a leader in applied and career-connected learning, with continuous innovation in teaching, curriculum development and AI integration. CISA has more than 9,000 students at all levels, 84 programs and 361 faculty members. We build degree programs and pathways that are flexible and relevant, providing opportunities for students to discover their passion, develop lifelong transferable skills and enjoy employment success. CISA is committed to ASU’s Charter of inclusive excellence, access and impact, where all faculty, staff, and students can thrive. 

Arizona State University, ranked the No. 1 “Most Innovative School” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 10 years in succession, has forged the model for a New American University by operating on the principles that learning is a personal and original journey for each student; that they thrive on experience and that the process of discovery cannot be bound by traditional academic disciplines. Through innovation and a commitment to accessibility, ASU has drawn pioneering researchers to its faculty even as it expands opportunities for qualified students. 

ASU is ranked in Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces and Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women, and touts a Healthy Arizona Worksites Platinum Award.

To learn more about ASU and the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts visit http://about.asu.edu/ and http://cisa.asu.edu.
 

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Polytechnic

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current employees, student workers seeking staff opportunities, and students applying for student worker positions must apply directly through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter

• Resume or CV

Multiple documents may be uploaded in the attachments section. Alternatively, applicants may combine all required materials into a single PDF for submission. Please ensure uploaded documents are clearly labeled and include your name.

Please ensure your resume includes all employment information in month and year format, for example 6/04 to 8/14, along with job title, job duties, and employer name for each position. Your resume should clearly demonstrate how your experience and background meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position. Incomplete applications or missing required materials may not be considered.

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Graduate Assistant, Intern and part-time positions are counted as half time for experience equivalency, meaning one year equals six months of experience.

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ASU Statement:

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Background Check Statement:

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