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Department
HUTTON HONORS COLLEGE (BL-HHON-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Hutton Honors College (HHC) recruits talented, highly-motivated students who enjoy thinking about problems from multiple perspectives and who take pleasure in learning for its own sake. We strive to provide an enriched academic and social experience for our students and to create an environment that fosters active, innovative learning. Through special events, interdisciplinary seminars, and support for research and study-abroad opportunities, we provide students with many of the benefits of attending a small college all in the context of an enormous, pluralistic, and distinguished research institution.
Job Summary
The Student Engagement and Global Learning Specialist in the Hutton Honors College supports the development and implementation of high-impact co-curricular experiences that foster student involvement, leadership, and campus community, with primary responsibility for student organizations, honors housing, and collaborative programming that enhances the overall student experience.
Department Specific Responsibilities
- Advances global learning initiatives by supporting internationally focused programs, including study abroad engagement, intercultural programming, and opportunities that promote global awareness and cross-cultural competency among students.
- Builds upon strategic partnerships, advises student leaders, and contributes to a holistic, globally connected environment for Hutton Honors students, while working across student affairs and global education partners.
- Manages finances related to the Hutton student organizations by monitoring account balances, overseeing purchasing for student-organization sponsored events, reconciling transactions in Emburse, processing internal transfer documents in Kuali Financial System (KFS), and processing external payments to Self-Governed Student Organization's (SGSO's) and other vendors through BUY.IU, etc.
- Oversees the Hutton House Program and works with student leaders and faculty mentors to develop distinctive programming for the Hutton Houses.
- Works closely with Communications/Events Specialist and with Director of Academic Administration and Operations to schedule, publicize, and execute extracurricular and student organization programming and events.
- Maintains the HHC events calendar by coordinating with student organization leaders, HHC functional area directors, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure adherence to scheduling policies and minimize conflicts.
- Liaises with IU Housing regarding the Hutton Honors Communities and placements.
- Manages an assigned portfolio of short-term study abroad programs, including collaborating with relevant stakeholders to make program arrangements, creating and maintaining program handbooks, delivering pre-departure and re-entry meetings, and submitting program reports.
- Serves as a member of program and scholarship application review committee(s).
- Travels internationally to provide onsite student support and oversee program logistics during assigned Hutton Honors Study Abroad programs.
- Acts as point of contact during Hutton Honors Study Abroad programs and enacts designated role within the Hutton Honors Study Abroad emergency plan, as needed.
- Collaborates with other members of the Hutton International Experiences Program (HIEP) team to plan and execute global learning-focused events, including study abroad fairs, culture nights, speaker series, etc.
- Supports compliance and documentation procedures, including compiling and preparing program data.
- Stays current on country-specific, federal, and IU policies and regulations on international study and travel.
- Cross trains to support other functional areas within the HHC.
- May serve on relevant departmental or campus committees.
- May provide guidance to student workers and volunteers.
General Responsibilities
- Develops and implements programs and initiatives geared at improving student engagement and involvement outcomes at the program, department/division, or campus level.
- Interfaces directly with students, attending student life events and programs and gathering satisfaction feedback from student participants to implement into future student life initiatives and objectives.
- Collaborates with staff in own department and other departments, as well as student organization leaders, on shared student life goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor student life initiatives.
- Measures and evaluates effectiveness of student life initiatives against projected outcomes; regularly prepares reports and presents to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure funding for initiatives moving forward.
- Provides guidance to student organizations regarding operations, budget, leadership, activities, recruitment, registration, policies, and compliance. Promotes leadership and student development through advising of individual student leaders and volunteers. Contributes to formation, interpretation, and implementation of student organization policies.
- Plans and coordinates communications for student life initiatives to ensure student participation and inclusion.
- May provide guidance to other Student Life Specialists; makes process recommendations to manager for improved delivery of service.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in public affairs, public health, counseling, social work, education, business, or related field.
Preferred
- Master's degree in higher education student affairs or related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 2 years in student services, higher education, or related field.
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
- Highly thorough and dependable.
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
- Demonstrates customer service skills.
- Ability to build strong partnerships with students and other university departments.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location
Bloomington, Indiana
This is an in-person position.
Advertised Salary
$50,107.00 - $55,600.00 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Student Services
Job Family: Student Life
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
Department
HUTTON HONORS COLLEGE (BL-HHON-IUBLA)
Department Information
The Hutton Honors College (HHC) recruits talented, highly-motivated students who enjoy thinking about problems from multiple perspectives and who take pleasure in learning for its own sake. We strive to provide an enriched academic and social experience for our students and to create an environment that fosters active, innovative learning. Through special events, interdisciplinary seminars, and support for research and study-abroad opportunities, we provide students with many of the benefits of attending a small college all in the context of an enormous, pluralistic, and distinguished research institution.
Job Summary
The Student Engagement and Global Learning Specialist in the Hutton Honors College supports the development and implementation of high-impact co-curricular experiences that foster student involvement, leadership, and campus community, with primary responsibility for student organizations, honors housing, and collaborative programming that enhances the overall student experience.
Department Specific Responsibilities
- Advances global learning initiatives by supporting internationally focused programs, including study abroad engagement, intercultural programming, and opportunities that promote global awareness and cross-cultural competency among students.
- Builds upon strategic partnerships, advises student leaders, and contributes to a holistic, globally connected environment for Hutton Honors students, while working across student affairs and global education partners.
- Manages finances related to the Hutton student organizations by monitoring account balances, overseeing purchasing for student-organization sponsored events, reconciling transactions in Emburse, processing internal transfer documents in Kuali Financial System (KFS), and processing external payments to Self-Governed Student Organization's (SGSO's) and other vendors through BUY.IU, etc.
- Oversees the Hutton House Program and works with student leaders and faculty mentors to develop distinctive programming for the Hutton Houses.
- Works closely with Communications/Events Specialist and with Director of Academic Administration and Operations to schedule, publicize, and execute extracurricular and student organization programming and events.
- Maintains the HHC events calendar by coordinating with student organization leaders, HHC functional area directors, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure adherence to scheduling policies and minimize conflicts.
- Liaises with IU Housing regarding the Hutton Honors Communities and placements.
- Manages an assigned portfolio of short-term study abroad programs, including collaborating with relevant stakeholders to make program arrangements, creating and maintaining program handbooks, delivering pre-departure and re-entry meetings, and submitting program reports.
- Serves as a member of program and scholarship application review committee(s).
- Travels internationally to provide onsite student support and oversee program logistics during assigned Hutton Honors Study Abroad programs.
- Acts as point of contact during Hutton Honors Study Abroad programs and enacts designated role within the Hutton Honors Study Abroad emergency plan, as needed.
- Collaborates with other members of the Hutton International Experiences Program (HIEP) team to plan and execute global learning-focused events, including study abroad fairs, culture nights, speaker series, etc.
- Supports compliance and documentation procedures, including compiling and preparing program data.
- Stays current on country-specific, federal, and IU policies and regulations on international study and travel.
- Cross trains to support other functional areas within the HHC.
- May serve on relevant departmental or campus committees.
- May provide guidance to student workers and volunteers.
General Responsibilities
- Develops and implements programs and initiatives geared at improving student engagement and involvement outcomes at the program, department/division, or campus level.
- Interfaces directly with students, attending student life events and programs and gathering satisfaction feedback from student participants to implement into future student life initiatives and objectives.
- Collaborates with staff in own department and other departments, as well as student organization leaders, on shared student life goals, often coordinating funding to sponsor student life initiatives.
- Measures and evaluates effectiveness of student life initiatives against projected outcomes; regularly prepares reports and presents to stakeholders on effectiveness and to secure funding for initiatives moving forward.
- Provides guidance to student organizations regarding operations, budget, leadership, activities, recruitment, registration, policies, and compliance. Promotes leadership and student development through advising of individual student leaders and volunteers. Contributes to formation, interpretation, and implementation of student organization policies.
- Plans and coordinates communications for student life initiatives to ensure student participation and inclusion.
- May provide guidance to other Student Life Specialists; makes process recommendations to manager for improved delivery of service.
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in public affairs, public health, counseling, social work, education, business, or related field.
Preferred
- Master's degree in higher education student affairs or related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- 2 years in student services, higher education, or related field.
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
- Highly thorough and dependable.
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
- Demonstrates customer service skills.
- Ability to build strong partnerships with students and other university departments.
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location
Bloomington, Indiana
This is an in-person position.
Advertised Salary
$50,107.00 - $55,600.00 annually
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Student Services
Job Family: Student Life
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
Campus Safety and Security
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Contact Us
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
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Who's Hiring
- 2020 Companies34
- AspireHopeNY12
- AmeriCorps10
- Commonwealth Charter Academy9
- Boot Barn7
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Education
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Accounting & Auditing
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engagement specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in communications, public health, human resources, marketing, or a related field
- Experience designing or managing community outreach, patient, or employee engagement programs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences
- Proficiency with CRM platforms, email marketing tools, or applicant tracking systems
- Ability to track and report on engagement metrics, retention rates, or program participation
- Bilingual or multilingual candidates preferred for roles serving diverse communities
Tips for Your Engagement Specialist Job Search
Tailor your resume to each sector
Engagement specialist roles in healthcare look for patient communication metrics, while nonprofit versions emphasize volunteer retention and donor outreach. Swap in sector-specific language and outcomes for every application instead of sending a one-size-fits-all resume.
Quantify community or audience impact
Hiring managers for engagement roles want to see numbers behind your work. Replace vague phrases like 'improved outreach' with concrete results: attendance rates you grew, response rates you lifted, or retention figures you influenced through your programs or campaigns.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists engagement specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter by specialization before applying
Engagement specialist is a broad title. Narrow your search by pairing it with your actual function: patient, employee, community, or customer. You'll surface openings where your specific experience is a direct match rather than a stretch.
Prepare a portfolio of engagement programs
Many engagement specialist interviews include a case-study or work-sample component. Come ready with two or three documented programs you led, including the goal, your approach, the channels you used, and the outcome you measured.
Negotiate using program outcomes, not just tenure
When discussing compensation, anchor your ask to results you drove, such as a membership retention rate you improved or a satisfaction score you moved. Hiring managers for engagement roles respond to data-backed impact more than years of experience alone.
Engagement Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most engagement specialists?
2020 Companies, AspireHopeNY, and AmeriCorps are hiring the most engagement specialists right now, with openings concentrated in New York, California, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is particularly strong in healthcare systems, large nonprofits, and enterprise HR and customer success teams.
How many engagement specialist jobs are remote?
About 56% of engagement specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, making it one of the more flexible professional titles in the market. Customer success and employee engagement sub-roles tend to offer the most remote options, while patient engagement and community outreach roles more often require an on-site or field presence.
How do you become an engagement specialist?
Start by earning a degree in communications, public health, social work, marketing, or human resources, as these are the most common educational backgrounds in the field. Build hands-on experience through internships, volunteer coordination, or entry-level outreach roles. Develop fluency with CRM tools and learn to track program metrics, because employers consistently want to see both relationship skills and data literacy before extending an offer.
How do you get hired as an engagement specialist with little or no experience?
Focus on adjacent experience that demonstrates core engagement skills: event coordination, volunteer management, peer mentoring, social media community management, or customer service. Nonprofits and healthcare organizations frequently hire candidates from these backgrounds into junior engagement roles. Highlight any time you built or maintained a relationship with a group, tracked participation, or communicated across audiences, even in unpaid or part-time settings.
What does the engagement specialist interview process look like?
Most engagement specialist interviews include a phone screen with a recruiter, followed by a competency-based interview with a hiring manager focused on past programs you built and how you measured success. Many employers add a practical component, such as a written exercise, a sample outreach plan, or a presentation on how you'd approach a specific engagement challenge relevant to their audience or industry.
Where can I find and apply to engagement specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to engagement specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your specialization and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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