Director of Student Activities

Overview

Belmont Abbey College is seeking an experienced and creative Director of Student Activities to start June 1, 2025. The Director, who reports to the Assistant Dean of Student Engagement, delivers quality extracurricular programs and services for traditional students. The Director will consistently demonstrate skills, attitudes, and stable disposition of character to support the richness of our Catholic and Benedictine identity while fostering the development of mind, body, and spirit in our students, our staff, and the greater community.

The Director of Student Activities must be able to develop student leaders through a student-centered approach.  He/she must lead programming initiatives and students in ways that directly support the Catholic character of the institution. The position requires an outgoing, charismatic personality that motivates and inspires the enrichment of the Belmont Abbey College community.  The successful candidate will possess a broad vision of student programming and a knowledge and comfort level with Catholic teaching in an institution with diverse membership. He/she must have high organizational skills, attention to detail, and an eagerness to roll up the sleeves in planning, managing, executing and overseeing student activities and programming.

Bachelor’s degree required and a Master’s degree is preferred.  Experience working in a higher education setting with student activities or related programming area is required, preferably in a small college setting. The Director must have strong communication, organization, creativity, motivational, and interpersonal skills with a self-driven desire for success. Ability to coordinate several different programs at the same time is necessary to this position.  The person chosen for the position will support, embrace, and instill the habit of excellence and virtue while fostering the vision of Belmont Abbey College as a Catholic, Benedictine institution that finds glory in the true, the beautiful, and the good. They should understand that their role is directly tied to supporting holistic student development by helping students grow closer to the Benedictine Hallmarks. The candidate must be willing to work evening and weekend hours as necessary.

Belmont Abbey College is an extraordinary Catholic, Benedictine and Liberal Arts institution. Founded in 1876, its mission is to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all things God may be glorified. In this endeavor, we are guided by the Catholic intellectual tradition and the Benedictine spirit of prayer and learning. Exemplifying Benedictine hospitality, we welcome a diverse body of students and provide them with an education that will enable them to lead lives of integrity, to succeed professionally, to become responsible citizens, and to be a blessing to themselves and to others. The beautiful and historic campus is conveniently located just five miles west of Charlotte, NC.