Assistant Director, Experiential Learning - School of Business

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Job Description Summary

Overview
The Wake Forest University School of Business is seeking qualified candidates for the role of Assistant Director, Experiential Learning. This position plays a vital role in advancing the School of Business’s commitment to providing students with opportunities to apply knowledge, skills, and judgment in real-world, simulated, or other immersive high-impact learning activities. Dedicated exclusively to undergraduate business majors, business minors, and co-curricular programs, this role provides operational execution, hands-on program management, and instructional development for student-facing experiential learning (EL) initiatives. Reporting directly to the Senior Associate Director of Experiential Learning, the Assistant Director assists with expanding experiential learning opportunities and supporting faculty and undergraduate students.

Job Description

About the Role

Essential Functions

• Faculty EL Standards & Individual Support: 
  • Assists the senior associate director with design and operational guidance to individual faculty members as they build, refine, or evaluate experiential learning opportunities within the classroom.
  • Assists senior associate director with researching, building, and maintaining modular "Off-the-Shelf” kits, including 1-class micro-sprints, plug-and-play case briefs, and evaluation rubrics, that allow undergraduate instructors to embed real-world business challenges into courses with minimal administrative overhead.
• Summer Programs: Assists faculty and program leadership operationally with the summer offerings.                                                            
• BEM Internship Program Support: Assists Market Readiness and Employment and the associate dean of the undergraduate business program to support the BEM Internship Program.
• Deacs Consulting Club Support: Provides support to the executive team.
• Recruiting: Supports the senior associate director operationally with recruiting organizational partners to participate in specific project based experiential learning classes.
• Campus & Student Center Support: Assists the senior associate director of experiential learning with partnering with Integrated Student Services, Employer Relations, and campus centers to provide operational support for co-curricular workshops, preparation modules, and pitch competitions with core undergraduate career-readiness needs.
• Student Staff Supervision: Recruits, trains, and manages undergraduate student assistants or student project team leads involved in EL operations.

 

Other Functions

• Performs other relevant duties as assigned.

 

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree with at least two years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.     
• Demonstrated ability to operationally support the design of materials (i.e., PowerPoint), organization of events and manage multi-stakeholder schedules.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills with a commitment to undergraduate student mentorship.

 

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Advanced degree.
• Previous experience in education.
• Experience working directly with students, faculty or supervisor position and clients (i.e., corporations).

 

Accountabilities

• Responsible for own work.
• May manage student workers and student project leads.

 

Physical Requirements

Work primarily involving sitting/standing; communicating with others to exchange information; repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers; and assessing the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.

 

Environmental Conditions

Climate controlled, office setting.

Additional Job Description

This position is not eligible for sponsorship of non-immigrant or immigrant visa status through Wake Forest University. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply.

About Us

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational institution dedicated to academic excellence in liberal arts, graduate, and professional education. With over 5,400 undergraduates and 3,400 graduate and professional students, the student-faculty ratio is 11:1. Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant, intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and a strong athletics program competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since its founding, the University has adopted the motto Pro Humanitate, which is exemplified by a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world. For more information, visit: https://about.wfu.edu/.

 

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, a beautiful, mid-sized city centrally located in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina. A family-friendly city with high quality schools, a wide selection of restaurants and shops, outdoor recreational activities, and numerous special events, it is known for its vibrant and thriving arts and innovation scenes. Residents enjoy proximity to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains (1.5 hours) and Atlantic beaches (4 hours), a moderate climate with four distinct seasons, and a very reasonable cost of living. Winston-Salem offers many of the amenities of a large city but with the sense of community and quality of life of a small town. For more information, visit: www.visitwinstonsalem.com.

 

The School of Business

The AACSB-accredited, nationally ranked Wake Forest University School of Business offers undergraduate academic programs in Accountancy, Finance, Business and Enterprise Management, and Mathematical Business as well as graduate programs encompassing the Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA, Online MAcc), Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA, on-ground and online), Master of Science in Management (MSM), and Master of Business Administration (MBA - on-ground, hybrid and online). Courses are offered at the beautiful home campus in Winston-Salem, the Wake Forest University Charlotte Center, and/or online depending upon the chosen program.

Wake Forest University continues to rank as a top school for undergraduate business education (ranked #21 by Poets & Quants for Best Undergraduate Business Programs in 2022). Wake Forest MSA students have earned the #1 CPA Pass Rate more than any other school in the past 20 years, and the MSA Program has been listed as a “Top 20 Program” by the Public Accounting Report. For 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked the part-time MBA Program #1 in North Carolina and #19 in the nation while The Economist ranked the MSM Program as #2 in Career Opportunities and #5 overall for 2021. For more information about the School of Business, visit: https://business.wfu.edu/.

 

Farrell Hall and the Charlotte Campus

Located on the main campus of Wake Forest University, Farrell Hall is an inspiring, four-level, 130,000-square foot structure featuring state-of-the-art technology and groundbreaking design to create an environment in which faculty-staff-student engagement and interaction thrives.

Located in The Pearl within Charlotte’s midtown innovation district, the Howard R. Levine Center for Education is the new home to the WFU Charlotte Campus and houses our on-ground and hybrid MBA Programs.

To learn more about careers at Wake Forest University, the Winston-Salem community and our other locations and entities, please visit our Career Site at https://hr.wfu.edu/careers/.

Time Type Requirement

Full time

Note to Applicant:

This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified candidates to apply without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, disability and military or veteran status.  

 

Accommodations for Applicants

If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please contact AskHR@wfu.edu or (336) 758-4700.