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Position: Student Engagement & Belonging Consultant (SAB)
Department: Student LifeSummary:
Student Engagement & Belonging Consultants (SEBC) are members of the Student Activities Board (SAB) that have demonstrated their ability to promote inclusive community engagement among CCS students through fun, educational, and innovative events. They also serve as advocates of student resources and a bridge between students & their available resources. SEBCs play an essential role in building a campus community that promotes a sense of belonging & connection. SEBCs are student experts in CCS event planning processes and are equipped to advise other student leaders on campus as to how they can plan their own events outside of the Student Activities Board.
Duties and Responsibilities:– Lead large-scale event planning committees throughout the semester to plan, coordinate, & execute events & activities that engage the CCS community throughout the school year.
– Create task management systems for large-scale events and delegate tasks during planning committee meetings.
– Mentor Student Engagement & Belonging Assistants on large-scale event best practices.
– Help with all designated large-scale, all-hands-on-deck SAB events.
Examples of events include:
– Traditional (such as Century Ball & WatsonCon)
– Belonging (such as Hispanic Heritage Month, Lunar New Year, Holi Celebration)
– Recreation (such as Field Day & Bowling)
– Entertainment (such as End of the Year Celebration)
– Community Engagement (such as Halloweek)
– Off-campus Trips (such as Detroit Broadway & Red Wings)
– Student Affairs (Orientation, Winter + Spring Commencement, Welcome Week)
– Collaborate with Resident Assistants, Wellness Peer Educators, International Ambassadors, Student Organizations, and other campus departments to put on joint programming throughout each semester, as needed. Provide consultation to these groups for program planning.
– Gather feedback and assess the needs of the student body in order to plan events that are relevant to students.
– Plan and execute Welcome Week events. This will require work throughout the month of August — see below for more details.
– Work as an Orientation Leader during winter New Student Orientation.
– Market & promote events to the entire CCS community at least 2 weeks in advance via flyers, Weekly Email, social media, Peacock Pride, and campus tabling.
– Traverse between the Ford and Taubman Campuses in order to Flyer for events weekly during office hours.
– Hold at least 5 (but no more than 10) set office hours weekly to plan events, host consulting appointments, assist the Assistant Director of Student Engagement & Belonging, and help with additional Student Affairs team needs.
– Create a Calendly for consultant appointment scheduling.
– Participate in the weekly Student Activities Board Meetings on Fridays at 11:30am in the Yamasaki Basement (A010). Absence from more than 2 meetings in a semester will result in establishing a success plan and review of position responsibilities with the AD of SE+B.
– Attend a biweekly 1:1 meeting with the Assistant Director of Student Engagement & Belonging.
– Work as a team to support each SAB member. You are expected to provide support with one another’s events, as needed.
– Participate in training and professional development sessions for the Student Activities Board.
– Maintain consistent communication with the Assistant Director of Student Engagement & Belonging, the Student Coordinator for Belonging & Engagement, and the rest of the SAB team.
– Complete a semesterly self-evaluation & evaluation discussion with supervisor.
– Assist with additional duties as assigned by the Student Affairs Leadership Team.
– Minimum one year of experience as a Student Engagement & Belonging Assistant
– Exhibits good problem-solving skills. Anticipates potential issues and is able to address issues as they arise.
– Good communicator. Communicates with the Assistant Director of Student Engagement and fellow team members in a timely manner.
– Organized & proactive. Demonstrates the ability to stay on top of deadlines and responsibilities while balancing school and life commitments.
– Collaborative & team-oriented. Works with team members and campus partners to achieve goals and successfully execute events.
– Creative & innovative. Continually seeks new ways to engage the campus community and creatively markets the SAB activities.
– Eager to learn and participate in ongoing development, as well as mentor new team members in their development.
– Energized & positive attitude.
– Availability to work 10-15 hours per week, including some evening & weekend hours.
The Student Engagement & Belonging Consultant position is active from mid-August through the middle of May. It requires a minimum of 10 hours per week (1-hour meeting with Avery, 1-hour SAB meeting, 5 office hours, 3 flex hours–workload dependent). However, the total weekly time commitment will be based on the workload necessary to plan & execute the events and support the Student Affairs team. SEBCs may occasionally work upwards of 10-20* hours in a week depending on that week’s workload.
*Note: If a student has another work-study position, they may not work more than a combined 20 hours between the work-study positions. It is the responsibility of the student to communicate their hour needs and restrictions with all supervisors.
Student Engagement & Belonging Consultants are considered to serve at will and can be released from the position at any time for reasons deemed appropriate by the Student Affairs Leadership Team. You are expected to successfully complete all areas of your position.
Mandatory Dates:
– Saturday, May 2: Job shadowing at the End of Year Celebration
– Wednesday, August 12 – Friday, August 21: SAB Training
– Sunday, August 23: New Student Move-In
– Monday, August 24 – Saturday, August 28: Welcome Week Events
– Friday, January 8, 2027: Winter New Student Orientation
– TBD in May: Spring Commencement
*Dates are subject to change. Times for each day vary.
Applications are due by Wednesday, April 17th, by 8:30am.
Application form is available to SAB members with at least 1 year of experience via the Asst. Director of SE+B directly.
The Position Description can be found here : http://tinyurl.com/SEBCApp
Email Assistant Director of Student Engagement & Belonging Avery Harriger – aharriger@ccsdetroit.edu with questions
Posted on March 26, 2026