Job Details

Assistant Director of Student Activities

Position Number: 6496958
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Position Type: Student Affairs and Services

Assistant Director of Student Activities

Details:
Posted: August 21, 2025
Level: Educational Assistant
Hours: Part-time up to 17 hours per week
Closing Date: Open until filled, with priority consideration given to applicants who submit materials by Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

Location:
CT State Housatonic
900 Lafayette Blvd, Bridgeport CT
**This position is not remote**
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CT State Community College Mission:
Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision:
Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut's citizens and communities.

CT State Community Equity Statement:
Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date:
October 2025

Position Summary:
The Assistant Director of Student Activities assists with an array of services to promote student activities, including research; serves as a resource to students and club advisors, affinity groups, student government and provides assistance to our Athletics Program regarding intramural and competitive sports or assists with coordinating the on-campus food pantry and emergency fund request process or assists with coordinating the on-campus food pantry and emergency fund request process.

Example of Job Duties:
Under the direction of the Director of Student Activities, the Assistant Director of Student Activities is accountable for contributing to the operations of the Student Activities Office by the effective performance in these essential functional areas:

Assisting with research, planning, promotion and execution of student activities.
Assisting in the supervision of support staff, work study, and student labor employees.
Supporting and building relationships with student organizations/affinity groups and student athletes.
Overseeing and enhancing our online student activities presence.
Assisting with budget management as needed.

This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in an appropriately related field with up to three (3) years of related office administration experience; or a combination of education, training and experience which would lead to the competencies required for successful performance of the position's essential duties.

Incumbents are required to have demonstrated advanced knowledge and abilities in the following:

Student development.
Student relations and supervision.
Assisting with the operation of a department/division.
Planning and scheduling.

Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams etc.).

Salary:
$39.44 hourly

Application Instructions:
To apply you must submit a cover letter and resume. The cover letter may be entered as text in the corresponding box, or it can be uploaded as a combined file with the resume.

Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to view resumes are not acceptable. To apply via our website, visit www.ct.edu/hr/jobs.

Background Screening:
All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and previous employers for verification. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.

Continuing Notice of Nondiscrimination
CT State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, genetic information, learning disability, marital status, intellectual disability, physical disability (including but not limited to blindness), present or past history of mental disability, prior criminal record, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, retaliation for previously opposed discrimination or coercion, veteran status, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or trafficking or any other federal or state protected class in its employment, programs, and activities, unless the provisions of Section 46a-80(b) or 46a-81(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes are controlling or there are bona fide occupational qualifications excluding persons in one of the above protected groups.

For information regarding the nondiscrimination, disability, and Title IX policies/procedures, contact: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, CT State Community College, 185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051, 860-612-7056 or jp-cardenas@ct.edu.

CSCC IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

To apply, visit https://ctstatecommunitycollege.applytojob.com/apply/VJlZABvzr6