Senior Associate Dean of Student and Community Development

Summary of Position

The Senior Associate Dean of Student and Community Development is the direct supervisor for The Center for Well-being, Life Design, and Community Engagement (The Well).  “The Well” builds community with people from all walks of life, helps to create a welcoming environment for students and employees, and provides resources to students and employees to set them up for success on and off campus. The Senior Associate Dean is the deputy for the Dean of Student and Community Development. 

Key Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership of “The Well”: Provide leadership and supervisory oversight to the Director of Spiritual, Religious Life, and Well-being, the Director of Life Design, and the Director of Community Programs and Operations. Facilitate and implement professional development opportunities for the Director of SRLPW while refining the affiliate religious staff structure to suit current student expressed needs and priorities. Organize and Identify on and off campus professional development opportunities for leadership development and career advancement. Oversee the continued development of “The Well” and develop a relocation and campus-wide communication plan for The Well on Allegheny’s campus that will attract students, faculty, staff/admin from different communities.

• Implementation & Strategic Planning for Campus Wide Initiatives: Provide thought leadership for an action-oriented, institutionally specific Life Design curriculum for students and employees. Serve as a thought partner and co-executor of the Pathway to a Vibrant and Inclusive campus implementation plan, in direct advisement with the Dean of Student & Community Development.

• Accessible Leadership & Collaboration: Engage directly with students, faculty, and non-instructional staff. Collaborate and coordinate with the Offices of Academic Success, Student/Residential Life, Human Resources, Admissions, CCPD and others to encourage student and employee success throughout their time at Allegheny.

• Cohort and Retention Priorities: Co-chair the newly combined Retention and Student Intervention teams. Provide administrative and strategic oversight for our student-facing, cohort programs [Bonner and RISE] ensuring timely and efficient support mechanisms are used for recruitment, retention, and long-term strategic planning.  Create efficient procedural processes for each of the cohort programs to ensure consistency and alignment with student facing institutional priorities.

Experience and Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; Doctoral/Advanced degree preferred
• 4-7 years of related professional experience required

Required Knowledge

• Demonstrate knowledge of recruitment & retention of students and employees within higher education. 
• Exposure to scholarship on research on student wellness/well-being, spiritual and religious life, student college readiness, civic engagement, student cohort initiatives, and Life Design.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), Google Suite Products required.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and public speaking skills.
• Self-starter, forward facing administrator who can work collaboratively with other higher education professionals across different offices and departments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. 
• Coachable leader who can accept and apply constructive feedback from direct supervisor. 
• Work efficiently and effectively in a timely manner to complete pertinent work assignments. 
• Proven record of organizational leadership and ability to lead multiple direct reports in a fast-paced environment. 

Compensation

Starting salary will be competitive, based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Expected starting salary: $100,000.00 full time, exempt

About Allegheny College

Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold. It is one of the few colleges in the United States with a unique requirement to choose both a major and minor for graduation, to provide students with a cross-disciplinary path in the sciences and humanities for educational depth and intellectual growth. Located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Allegheny College is one of 44 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives.” In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s 100 top national liberal arts colleges — and including in the top 25 Undergraduate Teaching, Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects, First-Year Experience, and Senior Capstone.Allegheny was honored as the top baccalaureate college in the nation for undergraduate research in the Council of Undergraduate Research’s inaugural Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA). Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social developme...nt and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world.

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