Associate Dean of Student Services

The University of Maine School of Law is accepting applications for an Associate Dean of Student Services. The Associate Dean for Student Services provides leadership and strategic direction for a broad range of services and programs to enrich the overall experience of Law students and provides individualized support and resource referrals for students’ academic, professional, and personal development. The Associate Dean for Student Services plays a critical role in managing and resolving a wide spectrum of student-related issues, while contemporaneously creating a positive, supportive, and inclusive campus environment for a diverse student population. The Associate Dean for Student Services fosters a spirit of community within the Law School by creating, running, and supporting student programming and governance. The Office of Student Affairs serves as the central point of contact for approximately 260 full-time students and dozens of flex-time students each year. 

The work location is 300 Fore Street, Portland.

The hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with some evenings and weekends required. This position reports to the Dean of Student Services and is an integral part of a dynamic team.

Salary: The hiring salary range is $80,000-$90,000/year.

Benefits: The University of Maine System offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes (but is not limited to):

• 13 paid holidays plus earned vacation and sick time
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance and employer-paid long-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and supplemental life insurance
• Tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents (spouse, domestic partner, and dependent children)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution

To learn more, please review the Benefits Information Summary.

Associate Dean of Student Services job description.

Qualifications
Required:

• Experience working in student affairs, student services, or student counseling.
• Experience with student program development and supervision.
• Experience with, or high capacity to excel at, student advising.
• Demonstrated interest in working with law or other graduate students.
• Knowledge of and interest in recent changes in legal education and the legal profession, including the intersection of co-curricular programs and professional skills development.
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, including high emotional intelligence, ability to navigate conflict and difficult individuals, and ability to speak compellingly to large audiences.
• Strong administrative skills, including the ability to develop, supervise, and implement programming.
• Superior judgment, discretion, integrity and professionalism.
• Capacity to collaborate with and support students, staff and faculty from highly diverse racial, ethnic, gender and sexual identity, religious, political and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Ability to juggle multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to navigate complex problems and offer strategic solutions.
• Flexibility and commitment to periodically work long and/or irregular hours, especially in August, September, December, and May.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree required; JD or advanced in a related field such as higher education, law, counseling and/or management, preferred.
• At least three years of progressively responsible management experience in student affairs or a related field at the undergraduate and/or professional or graduate school level, or equivalent management and program experience with a demonstrated commitment to higher education and student affairs.

How to Apply
Materials must be submitted via “Apply Now” below. You will need to complete an application and upload the following: 

1. A cover letter that describes your experience, interests, and suitability for the position. 
2. A resume/curriculum vitae.

Important items to know about the recruitment process:

• Review of applications will begin immediately. The position will remain open until a qualified candidate is hired.
• Incomplete application materials cannot be considered.
• Candidates selected to proceed to the final s