Associate Director of Student Engagement (5156C), Haas Core Programs 86100

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Departmental Overview

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business offers a unique opportunity to champion new ideas, collaborate across boundaries, and continually learn in a workplace committed to increasing diversity and creating a welcoming environment for all. Our distinctive culture is captured within our four Defining Leadership Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. These principles distinguish Berkeley Haas as a unique environment conducive to teamwork, collaboration, and career growth.

The Executive MBA 'EMBA' Program Office runs the full time, accelerated (22 month), in person program for working professional students. The program includes a residential experience (hotels/catering) and empowers our diverse students who travel to campus every 3-4 weeks to leverage Haas/Cal offerings with focused attention and minimal disruption to their busy work schedules. The following goals align with Haas's strategic goals and are differentiator among EMBA programs globally: Equip our EMBA students with an environment that creates and optimizes transformative collaborative leadership development opportunities through teamwork (Teams@Haas), networking (alumni events, crossover, etc.), focused immersive experiences in 5 specific areas - leadership, design thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation, public policy, global sustainability and capitalism, and amplified social professional bonding opportunities through elevated student experience events, and continuing the first three term residency based requirement for the Program.

Position Summary

This position is critical in creating and enhancing the EMBA student experience during the 22 month Program. Responsibilities include providing the full range of student services to student population served by EMBA, communicating regularly with students, campus partners, and faculty regarding program updates, events, scheduling, and other matters; organizing the logistics and collaborating outreach to faculty, alumni, students, and relevant vendors associated with commencement, orientation, and the Leadership Summit; and developing strategic initiatives and ideas to enhance the student experience, both inside and outside the classroom, including networking and social events, speaker series, class officer (student leadership) coordination and coordinating with Career Management Group/ faculty/Program Office to schedule recorded Term Zero synchronous workshops for deposited incoming students.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is May 22, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Responsibilities

• Applying professional student services concepts, provides the full range of student services to the student population served by the organization.
• Responds to inquiries from students, faculty, MBA program staff, and other campus offices regarding program requirements and requests for assistance.
• Communicate regularly with students, faculty, and staff regarding program updates, events, scheduling, and other matters of importance.
• Develop strategic initiatives and ideas to enhance the student experience, both inside and outside of the classroom including networking and social events, speaker series, and class leadership coordination.
  • These initiatives should include the development of technological solutions designed to improve the student experience.
• Advise students regarding curriculum course scheduling, electives, degree requirements, and University, school, and program policies; monitor students' progress through the program and perform degree verification audits for all graduating students.
• Maintain relationships with the University's graduate division and all other central campus units that provide student services, in addition to the Evening and Weekend and Full Time program staff and faculty.
• Plan, develop, and execute Orientation, Commencement, and Leadership Summit events.
• Plan and coordinate workshops, field trips and guest speakers that support the curricular goals of the program.
• Assist with international study trips, including GNAM.
• Create and implement new and exciting extra-curricular activities to enhance the student experience.
• Key aspects of this will be to develop ways to have the student populations from the different programs (EWMBA, EMBA, and in some cases FT) to interact with each other.
• Serve as advisor and mentor to student leadership officers, scheduling ongoing meetings with them and the program office, and executing the Leadership Summit.
• Maintain comprehensive understanding of University and School academic and all other policies.
• Within an academic department/school/college provides and makes recommendations for improvement of the following programs:
  • Overseas key operational aspects of the program, working closely with the Associate Director of Academics and the Associate Director of Experiential Learning.
  • Liaise with all campus partners, departments, and service providers including but not limited to Career Management team, Facilities, AV, IT, Alumni Relations, Marketing/ Communications, Library, Registrar's Office, UC Health Services, and Parking & Transportation.
• Develop and maintain relationships including contract negotiations with vendors for student experience events, including food & beverage, hotels, etc.
• Continually evaluate quality and cost effectiveness of vendors and recommend changes to the Executive Director.
• Advise faculty and students on new or changed policies or procedures and provide solutions for implementation of them.
• Assist Executive Director and Associate Director of Academic Affairs in staffing courses and managing relationships with faculty and lecturers.
• Provide program information and statistical reports to the Executive Director.
• Manage Student Experience budget (events, transportation, catering, lodging, etc.)
• Recruitment and Admissions
  • Plans and implements outreach programs with specifically targeted institutions.
  • Advises prospective applicants on necessary academic preparation.
  • Appropriateness of program as it pertains to the prospective applicant's goals.
  • Utilizing in-depth knowledge of the organization's admissions criteria, helps rank applicants for admissions.
  • Evaluates domestic and international transcripts for degree eligibility.
  • Initiates and arranges student recruitment visits.
• Professional Learning and Growth
  • Embraces the principle of being a 'student always' by engaging in opportunities for training, workshops, seminars, continuing education pertinent to the position, or at the suggestion of the Executive Director.
  • Actively contributes to a team environment that fosters and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within the program and at haas.
  • Exemplifies Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles: (1) Question the Status Quo, (2) Confidence Without Attitude, (3) Student Always, and (4) Beyond Yourself.
• Other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Working knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
• Knowledge of and/or ability to learn University-specific computer application programs and knowledge of and/or ability to learn University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Multicultural competencies; ability to work with diverse populations.
• Knowledge of complex U.S. visa and immigration procedures, compliance issues, and employment eligibility / authorization for international students and scholars.
• Ability in problem identification and reasoning; ability to develop original ideas to solve problems.
• Skills in judgment and decision-making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.
• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training