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Coordinator of Student Engagement, SORF Advisor

Student Success and Engagement

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Facilitate training and coaching, and provide guidance on organizational development, fiscal management, funding request reviews, and recruitment of future board members.


• Approve and sign expenditures, compile financial and annual reports, attend funding meetings, and advise student organizations of SORF procedures, policies, and resources.


• This position will work with office staff to incorporate SORF policies and processes within student organization orientations and trainings.


• Oversees the maintenance of records on all Student Organizations that apply for SORF funding.


• Works closely with Student Organization Finance Center (SOFC) staff to ensure all fund transfers and reconciliations for allocations are in accordance with the awarded SORF funds.

• Coordinate integrated and intentional learning experiences and opportunities for student organization officers and members intended to prepare them to be proactive ambassadors of the Illinois Experience.


• Design, facilitate, and evaluate trainings for student organization officers, members, and advisors on areas including, but not limited to, career readiness, Design Thinking, diversity and inclusion, harm reduction, business practices, hazing prevention, and community engagement.


• Work with student organizations through mentoring relationships with student officers, assisting student leaders to develop and monitor budgets, as well as planning and executing events and programs.


• Assist with the implementation and coordination of University-wide engagement initiatives, i.e, Quad Day, Involvement Fair.

• Coordinate the hiring and selection process for new student staff members.


• Coordinate training and development initiatives.


• Manage weekly tasks of student employees while tracking performance for development of learning and growth opportunities.


• Coordinate schedules and approve bi-weekly timesheets.

• Serve as a member on one of the Student Engagement Teams: Marketing & Branding or Programs & Outreach.


• Assist with the advisement of Illinois Student Government.


• Serve as an advisor to a student council or committee as needed.


• Collaborate with campus partners to address co-curricular engagement through the assessment of gaps in needs and services.


• Perform other duties as assigned (including service on campus committees) to advance the unit, department, and division.

• Master's degree

• Minimum 1 year (graduate or fulltime) of experience in student activities/development, leadership.

• Ability to interpret policy, to exercise keen judgment, and to adapt to changing conditions successfully.


• Knowledge of student organization/engagement management software.


• Experience supervising staff.


• Ability to engage in program evaluation and outcomes assessment.

• Demonstrated knowledge of current needs, trends and issues in the area of Higher education, Student Affairs and /or student engagement.


• Demonstrated knowledge of student development and group dynamics principles.


• Ability to work with diverse group of people and understanding of issues of diversity and inclusion.


• Demonstrated advising or student success coaching.


• Ability to provide programmatic oversight and leadership.


• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and assess new and existing programs and services.


• Excellent communication skills and ability to prepare and deliver presentations and external publications.


• Ability to incorporate student learning and development philosophy into program delivery.


• Strong organizational and problem analysis skills.

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