Fraternity/Sorority Life Advisor

About the Role

Alma College seeks a dedicated professional to advise and support fraternity/sorority life and manage on-campus residence life operations. The role focuses on leading leadership development, programming, risk management, and housing operations to foster student success and a vibrant campus community. What You'll Do

• Advise and support fraternities, sororities, and governing councils (Interfraternity and Panhellenic)

• Coordinate fall and winter recruitment in alignment with institutional and national standards

• Plan and deliver leadership development, community building, and educational programming

• Implement and oversee risk management initiatives, including alcohol education, bystander intervention, and anti-hazing training

• Support student leaders through mentoring, officer transitions, and retreats

• Collaborate with chapter advisors to support chapter development

• Maintain accurate rosters, academic reports, assessment data, and FSL-related budgets

• Serve in an on-call capacity related to fraternity and sorority housing and events

• Supervise, train, and mentor student House and Apartment Managers, including hiring and performance evaluation

• Develop and implement residential programming that supports student success, retention, and community building

• Oversee daily operations and administrative functions for apartment buildings and theme, fraternity, and sorority houses

• Manage residential programming and operational budgets

• Support major residence life processes such as opening, closing, housing selection, and summer housing

• Participate in professional staff duty and emergency response rotation

• Build strong working relationships with faculty, staff, advisors, and students

• Serve on departmental, divisional, or campus-wide committees as assigned

• Model professional, ethical, and inclusive behavior at all times

• Perform additional duties as assigned What We're Looking For

• Experience advising fraternities/sororities or student organizations

• Ability to coordinate recruitment in alignment with institutional and national standards

• Experience planning and delivering leadership development, community building, and educational programming

• Knowledge of risk management, including alcohol education, bystander intervention, and anti-hazing training

• Experience mentoring student leaders and overseeing officer transitions and retreats

• Ability to collaborate with chapter advisors to support chapter development

• Strong skills in roster maintenance, academic reporting, assessment data, and budget management for FSL programs

• Willingness to serve in on-call capacity related to housing and events

• Experience supervising and mentoring student housing staff (House and Apartment Managers)

• Ability to develop residential programming that supports student success, retention, and community building

• Experience managing housing operations and budgets

• Familiarity with residence life processes such as opening/closing, housing selection, and summer housing

• Willingness to participate in professional staff duty and emergency response rotation

• Commitment to building professional, ethical, and inclusive behavior

• Strong collaboration and communication skills