A liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA), St. Olaf College is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity in its students, faculty and staff.  We are especially interested in candidates who will support and further the mission of our diverse community.

 

 

Staff Postings

  • Staff

    • Academic Advisor, TRIO Educational Talent Search (August Start Date)

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Educational Talent Search
      Position Summary:

      To deliver student service, plan and supervise field trips, parent workshops, mentoring, and other activities with general guidance and supervision.  In addition, this position documents services and maintains public relations.

       

      This position will spend 4 days per week at 2-3 middle and high schools located in St. Paul/Minneapolis.  One day per week during the school year and planning days during August and May are spent on the St. Olaf Campus. 

       

      Salary is approximately $32,761 for a position from mid-August to mid-June.  Hours are Monday-Friday, full time, day hours (8 hours/day between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., hours vary depending on school location).  Occasional weekends and evenings are required.

       

      Continuation of this position is contingent on annual renewal of funding from the Department of Education.

       

      Start date is August 12, 2019.

    • Admissions Campus Visit and Data Assistant

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Admissions
      Position Summary:

      To provide collaborative and engaging assistance to families during their campus visit; support the Office of Admissions by serving as an information resource within and outside the Enrollment and College Relations Division; and interact with all levels of staff within Admissions to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the Admissions database utilizing Slate student marketing system.

    • Associate Director of Financial Aid

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Financial Aid
      Position Summary:

      Responsible for integration of regulatory policy into financial aid work; administer state, federal and institutional financial aid; advise students and families on financing a St. Olaf education.

    • Dance Technical Director

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Dance
      Position Summary:

      To manage and design all the productions of the dance program, including design, lighting, sound, staging, and props. With the Department Chair, serve as liaison between dance faculty and college physical plant personnel and the theater department faculty.  Additionally, this position provides lighting design for exhibitions in Flaten Art Gallery and Groot Art Gallery and assists with new media installations when available schedule permits.

    • Data Specialist

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Advancement Data Services
      Position Summary:

      To manage data moving into the college’s database for alumni, parents and friends. Using best-practices, this position ensures long-term, consistent record management and quality data input and output. Collaborating with IT and other campus partners, this position plays a critical role in the colleges overall data management strategy.

    • Head Women's Hockey Coach

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Athletics
      Position Summary:

      To be responsible for the overall of management of the Women’s Hockey program; and to either serve as an athletics administrator OR teach activity courses.

    • Head Women's Soccer Coach

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Athletics
      Position Summary:

      To be responsible for the overall of management of the Women’s Soccer program; and to either serve as an athletics administrator OR teach activity courses.

    • Music and Fine Arts Librarian

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Library
      Position Summary:

      To partner with faculty, staff, and students to advance teaching, learning, and research in music and the fine arts; to teach in the LITS (Library and Information Technology Services) program of course-integrated instruction in information/digital literacy and research practices; to oversee the daily operations of the Halvorson Music Library; and to provide support for multimedia projects in the Halvorson Music Library and the Digital Scholarship Center at St. Olaf (DiSCO). This position broadly supports the college curriculum and the work of the St. Olaf-Carleton Bridge Library Consortium; provides research services and guides library users in identifying, retrieving, evaluating, and creating information in all formats; and contributes to overall student success.

    • Parent and Alumni Engagement Coordinator

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Alumni & Parent Relations
      Position Summary:

      To support the creation and implementation of strategic, multi-channel programming in order to engage parents, alumni, and other volunteers with the St. Olaf College community.    

    • Part-Time Ice Arena Operator

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Athletics
      Position Summary:

      To maintain a world class ice facility to be used by both the St. Olaf and outside communities.

    • Part-time Program Coordinator - Center for Equity and Inclusion

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion
      Position Summary:

      To support international students’ successful transition and engagement at St. Olaf College; to counsel and support international students on academic, personal, cultural, and immigration matters; to serve as a Designated School Official (DSO) and an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO) for Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) compliance; to assist and coordinate opportunities for social, cultural, and informational programming and outreach, support co-curricular engagement, and collaborate with staff and faculty partners to enhance our inclusive, globally engaged community.

    • Program and Operations Coordinator

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Annual Giving
      Position Summary:

      To provide project management for the Office of Annual Giving and to manage all aspects for the faculty and staff giving programs in support of the overall mission and activities of the office.  The Office of Annual Giving educates alumni, parents, and current students about the importance of current dollars to the operation of the college and provides opportunities and encouragement for constituents to maintain and increase annual fund dollars and participation.

    • Prospect Research Assistant

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Advancement Data Services
      Position Summary:

      To support the information needs of the Advancement division through the acquisition and management of data to determine the likelihood and capacity of a constituent’s ability to support the college financially.  Additionally, this position contributes to overall efficiency and effectiveness of the department by aligning daily work and tasks with industry best practices.

       

      This position is grant funded through May 13, 2020.

    • Temporary Boiler Operating Engineer

      Job Category: Staff
      Department: Facilities
      Position Summary:

      This is a temporary, on-call position.  The number of hours worked each week will vary and not every week is guaranteed hours; there are 4 temporary, relief operating engineers who average 22 hours per week between them.  The shifts include:  days, nights, weekends and holidays.

      The Relief Operating Engineer reports to the Chief Operating Engineer but works independently, operates high-pressure steam plant and centrifugal chillers and related equipment according to the laws of the State of Minnesota and standard boiler operating practices. The position responds to alarms and emergencies, reports equipment failure and changes in machinery status and conducts required inspections with documentation to ensure continuous operation for the entire college campus.