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Location : 2600 South First Street Temple, TX
Job Type: Full-Time (Staff)
Job Number: 00563
Division: Student and Enrollment Services
Department: Division of Student Enrollment Services
Opening Date: 08/20/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Exempt
Salary Grade: Professional
Salary Grade Ranking: Bachelors
Minimum Requirements: A Bachelor's Degree and five (5) years of directly related work experience.
Total hours required per week: 40
Work Schedule: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Thursday with an hour lunch break. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Friday. Summer Schedule:7:30 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Thursday with a half hour lunch break.Some evening and weekend hours may be required throughout the year.This is an on-site position. Essential duties of the role must be performed in-person, during prescribed work hours.
Position Summary & Essential Duties
SUMMARY:
Under general supervision of the Associate Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management the incumbent is responsible for creating and supporting a high-quality student life experience for all students at Temple College. The Director of Student Life and Programs creates, implements, and facilitates opportunities for co-curricular learning and student leadership development. The Director of Student Life will also promote proactive retention activities and student engagement. The Director of Student Life functions as a student advocate by responding directly to student needs and issues affecting student well-being.
Qualifications (Required and Preferred)
MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL AND WORK REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS):
A Bachelor's Degree and five (5) years of directly related work experience.
PREFERRED:
Knowledge of Colleague software and student planning.
CERTIFICATION OR LICENSES:
None
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent will:

• Develop and market student initiatives and programming that will promote high-quality student life experiences and holistic well-being
• Serve multiple campuses (Temple, Hutto and Taylor) to create student engagement opportunities.
• Provide oversight to campus-wide signature student events and programs such as New Student Orientation, Welcome Week, Spring Fling, Fall Festival, Blue Coats, and others as requested by the Associate Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management
• Primary point of contact and support for student clubs and organizations.
• Coordinate required federal risk-management training for organization sponsors, maintain the Sponsor handbook.
• Assist organizations and sponsors with navigating club budgets and college organization financial allocations.
• Develop and implement effective handling of student organization processes for student activities and travel. Coordinate submission and approval of activity forms and organization travel paperwork. Enforce timely submission of documentation to allow adequate time for approval and campus preparation for events.
• Coordinate on-campus tabling from partner institutions.
• Stay abreast of campus services, programs, resources, and other opportunities to aid in the retention of all students
• Direct students to resources, policies, and procedures to address personal or academic concerns
• Assist with addressing and responding to student complaints
• Serve as back-up student conduct officer for Associate Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management
• Work with faculty, staff, and administration to address and respond to student concerns and needs
• Build relationships and partnerships with student service and support offices across campus
• Serve as lead for orientation programming
• Assist the AVP of Student Services and Enrollment Management with special projects
• Assist and support programming hosted by departments within Student Affairs
• Work alongside staff from multiple locations and departments to develop programming, to include the Associate Vice President and COO of the East Williamson County Centers.
• Perform all other duties assigned.

Professional Standards and Workplace Expectations

• Communicate respectfully, constructively, and supportively with co-workers, faculty, staff, students, and visitors across all forms of communication.
• Demonstrate commitment to the team by practicing punctuality, respecting deadlines, engaging in collaborative problem-solving, and maintaining honest communication.
• Build trusting workplace relationships by acting with integrity, courtesy, and professional responsibility, even during demanding production schedules.
• Proactively maintain technical proficiency by participating in approved training opportunities, reading job-related materials, and collaborating with peers.
• Meet all required standards of confidentiality. Maintain clean, organized, and safe work areas.
• Present a clean, professional appearance suitable for an educational environment with frequent students and community interaction, adhering to all safety wear standards.
• As a Temple College Employee, actively support the Caring Campus initiative by engaging in student-centered behavior commitments, providing responsive and accurate assistance to all internal and external community members, and embracing our core values of Excellence, Integrity, Community, and Respect.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities & Physical Demands
KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of budgeting.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures such as managing files and documents, word processing, and other office procedures and terms.
• Knowledge of trends, issues and accepted practices relevant to higher education, student affairs, student leadership development, and student well-being.
• Knowledge of management principles and practices.

SKILLS

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Customer service and orientation skills, continuously finding ways to provide assistance to others.
• Communication skills to express information to others effectively.

ABILITIES

• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in appraising difficult situations and in making appropriate referrals among and between campus instructional and student services leadership.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with community, school and College personnel and officials.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
• Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Ability to foster a productive, cooperative, and non-competitive work environment.
• Ability to actively listen and understand what clients are communicating.

PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Light physical activity is required with occasional lifting of objects up to 15 pounds.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Work is normally performed in a well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor setting with adequate ventilation. This position will primary work from the Temple College Temple campus, with regular travel to Hutto and Taylor.
WORK SCHEDULE:
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Thursday with an hour lunch break.
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Friday.
Summer Schedule:
7:30 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Thursday with a half hour lunch break.
Some evening and weekend hours may be required throughout the year.
This is an on-site position. Essential duties of the role must be performed in-person, during prescribed work hours.
HOURS PER WEEK:
40
TRS/ORP:
TRS only
SUPERVISORY DUTIES:
Work Study students
REPORTS TO:
Associate Vice President of Student Services and Enrollment Management
The following duties, responsibilities, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's), and physical requirements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. The information listed below is not intended to be construed as a complete listing of all duties, responsibilities, KSA's, and physical requirements required of this position since changes to the position may occur at any time or additional requirements that may be added over the course of time.
TEMPLE COLLEGE BENEFITS
To enhance the employment opportunity you may be seeking, Temple College offers a competitive array of benefit options to select from, some of which are fully paid for by the college. Listed below is a summary of benefits currently offered for full-time employees. Part-time employees are eligible for specific benefits on a pro-rated basis.
MEDICAL AND OPTIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE BENEFIT OPTIONS
The Medical and optional insurance coverage benefit options listed below are offered through Temple College by the Employees Retirement System (ERS) of Texas. Please visit ERS at for further information.

• MEDICAL:
  Eligible full-time employees can choose from the following medical programs which begin the first day of the month following the 60th day of employment:
  • HealthSelect of Texas "Blue Cross Blue Shield" (PPO)
  • Consumer Directed HealthSelect "Blue Cross Blue Shield (HSA)

Medical plans include prescription coverage. Employee medical coverage monthly premiums are fully paid for by the college and the college pays for one-half (1/2) of the cost of dependent care coverage monthly premiums.

• OPTIONAL BENEFITS:

Dental (PPO and HMO), Vision, Optional Term Life Insurance, Voluntary Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Dependent Term Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, Texa$aver (457 plan), TexFlex-Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement.
Optional benefits are employee paid but are offered at very competitive rates.
ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE ACCRUALS

• ANNUAL LEAVE ACCRUALS:

Regular, full-time twelve (12) month faculty and staff accrue Annual Leave as follows:

• Years of Service: 0 through 5
  • Accrual Rate (Maximum Accrual Hours per Month) = 8
  • Accrual Rate (Maximum Accrual Hours per Year) = 96
• Years of Service: 6 through 10
  • Accrual Rate (Maximum Accrual Hours per Month) =10
  • Accrual Rate (Maximum Accrual Hours per Year) =120
• Years of Service: 10 plus years
  • Accrual Rate (Maximum Accrual Hours per Month) =12
  • Accrual Rate (Maximum Accrual Hours per Year) =144

Annual leave may be accrued up to a limit of 240 hours with special provisions allowing for annual accruals above that limit. Faculty with contracts less than 12 months do not accrue Annual Leave but are provided with 20 hours of personal time per fiscal year.

• SICK LEAVE ACCRUALS:

Faculty and Administrative Staff: Accruals of 8 hours per month. Sick Leave may be accrued up to a limit of 1040 total hours. Faculty with contracts less than 12 months will receive accruals during the summer semester if they instruct during that time.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• HOLIDAYS:Recognized college holidays, in addition to Annual and Sick leave accruals, include Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Good Friday, Memorial Day and Independence Day.
• PAYROLL: Employees are paid by direct deposit through the last working day of the month. Actual deposits are paid on the last working business day of the month. All benefit deductions are taken at that time.
• RETIREMENT: Temple College is one of the few community colleges in the state of Texas to be permitted Federal Social Security deductions. Temple College is a Section 218 employer.

All regular employees are mandated by the Texas State Legislature to enroll in either the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) however, ORP participation is based upon position. All faculty members are eligible to participate in either TRS or ORP. A list of ORP providers is available.
Please visit TRS at for further information.

• Contribution:
  • Member: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) = 8.0% of annual salary
  • Employer: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) = 7.75% of member's annual salary
• Contribution:
  • Member: Optional Retirement Program (ORP) = 6.65 % of annual salary
  • Employer: Optional Retirement Program (ORP) = 6.6% of annual salary

Tax Sheltered Annuities (TSAs) also known as Tax Deferred Annuities (TDAs) are available to all employees who are eligible to participate in the TRS/ORP retirement program and who wish to participate in this program. This participation is voluntary and contributions are made from the employee's salary. A list of providers is available.

• MISCELLANEOUS LEAVE: Family and Medical Leave (FMLA), Jury Duty, Bereavement, Deteriorating weather, and Military training.
• WORKERS COMPENSATION: If an employee is injured on the job, Temple College, through its Worker Compensation Program, pays all authorized hospital, nursing, and physician's fees. Additional benefits may be available.
• HOURS OF OPERATION:
  • Regular Schedule:
    • Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    • Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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