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The Santos Manuel Student Union (SMSU) is a focal point of the campus that serves to retain and develop students, encourage diversity, and provide a space for social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities. The Executive Director provides leadership, management, direction, and financial oversight for SMSU and related programs.

This is a regular, full‑time, salaried position. Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including extended hours, evenings, weekends, and some holidays, is required.

The Executive Director is senior executive accountable for strategic direction, fiscal stewardship, policy implementation, risk management, and effective administration to all areas of the SMSU, including the Recreation & Wellness Department (RecWell) and Rancho Mirage Student Center (RMSC). The role serves more than 16,000 students through programs, services, facilities, employment opportunities, and student engagement experiences.

• Provides executive leadership for policy development, strategic planning, and operational alignment across SMSU, RecWell, RMSC, and related student union programs.
• Establishes measurable goals and objectives that emphasize student engagement, wellness, belonging, retention, and organizational effectiveness.
• Leads annual budgeting and planning process, administers and reviews financial plans and budgets consistent with Board‑approved procedures and campus accounting requirements.
• Monitors financial performance, budget variances, reserve impacts, and emerging fiscal issues, keeping senior leadership and appropriate committees informed.
• Engages stakeholders from executive‑level, student affairs, enrollment management, academic affairs, financial services, campus auxiliaries, and community to develop customer‑centered plans and policies.
• Identifies and evaluates contractual, partnership, and shared service opportunities to optimize spending and enhance service delivery.
• Provides executive oversight of vendor and partner relationships to ensure alignment with SMSU priorities and institutional values.
• Coordinates capital equipment purchases, facility development, and long‑term capital planning.
• Ensures compliance with federal and state regulations, industry standards, institutional policies, and auxiliary operating guidelines.
• Supports transparent and accountable governance by elevating major fiscal, contractual, and policy matters through appropriate approval channels.
• Provides oversight to SMSU RecWell and RMSC, aligning staffing, services, budgets, facilities, and student‑facing programs with organizational priorities.
• Serves as a member of the Student Life Team and participates in the DSA Council.
• Collaborates with DSA partners to develop and deliver programs that support student development, success, wellness, and belonging.
• Other duties may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Educational Leadership, Student Personnel Administration, Higher Education Administration, or a related field. Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible management experience, including personnel supervision, budget and fiscal management, organizational leadership, policy implementation, and collaboration with executive leadership or governing boards.

Directly supervises a total of 2 directors, 2 associate directors, 5 other managers, and indirectly supervises 26 professional staff across the organization, as well as an executive assistant. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, performance management, and dispute resolution.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents; respond to inquiries from customers, regulatory agencies, or stakeholders; write speeches and articles; and present information to leadership, public groups, and boards.

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, fundamentals of geometry, accounting/financial analysis, and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw conclusions, interpret instructions, and exercise independent judgment.

Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and enterprise financial, reporting, and administrative systems necessary for budget review and organizational oversight.

Regularly required to talk or hear, sit, and use hands. Occasionally required to stand and walk. Must lift up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally; close vision required.

First Aid and CPR/AED certification required (certifications may be obtained within the first month of employment).

• CalPERS Retirement
• CalPERS 457
• Holidays & Personal Holiday
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Educational Assistance Benefit (based on availability of funding)
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Long‑Term Care Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Workers' Compensation
• Unemployment Insurance
• State Disability Insurance

California State University, San Bernardino is committed to fostering a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for diverse human experiences. The university seeks to include knowledge and values from many cultures and to promote policies that discourage intolerance and discrimination. Diversity includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, socioeconomic status, cultural orientation, national origin, and age.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered this position. Fingerprinting is required for all employees that have direct contact with minors.

The Santos Manuel Student Union is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, train, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, caste, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, protected military or veteran status, or any other status protected by law.