Assistant Dean, Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MAFull-time$79–106K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Assistant Dean provides leadership, support, and advisement to MIT’s Panhellenic Association, Multicultural Greek Council, Living Group Council, and their chapters and living groups. The role leads work in recruitment, organizational development, educational programming, risk reduction, housing coordination, and responding to student and organizational concerns. It also contributes to strategic planning, assessment, and policy improvement, coordinating complex matters with institutional partners.
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Assistant Dean, Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups
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Job Number: 26208
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Functional Area: Student Services
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Department: Fraternities, Sororities and ILgs
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School Area: Dean for Student Life
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Pay Range Minimum: $79,050
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Pay Range Maximum: $106,420
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Employment Type: Full-Time
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Employment Category: Exempt
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Visa Sponsorship Available: No
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Schedule:
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Pay Grade: 8
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Posting Description
ASSISTANT DEAN, FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, AND INDEPENDENT LIVING GROUPS, Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs), provides primary leadership, support, and advisement to MIT’s Panhellenic Association (Panhel), Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), and Living Group Council (LGC), and the chapters and living groups recognized under these councils. The position strengthens organizational health, leadership development, and the long-term sustainability of these communities in support of MIT’s educational mission. The Assistant Dean leads assigned work in recruitment and membership intake, organizational and officer development, educational programming, event registration, risk reduction, housing-related coordination, and response to student and organizational concerns. The Assistant Dean works with student leaders, alumni and house corporations, inter/national organizations, and MIT partners to support safe, effective, and welcoming organizational environments. As a member of the FSILG Office team, Assistant Dean contributes to strategic planning, assessment, and policy improvement; and coordinates complex matters with the Associate Dean and relevant institutional partners.
The full description is available at https://studentlife.mit.edu/about-dsl/careers/
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in related filed with a minimum of three years of related professional experience; demonstrated skill in student advising, conflict resolution, leadership education, public speaking, written communication, and collaboration across diverse stakeholder groups; ability to exercise sound judgment in sensitive situations, navigate a fast-paced academic environment, and articulate a student development philosophy appropriate to MIT; ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as required by student programs and organizational needs; demonstrated ability to independently coordinate complex programs, interpret policies, and manage competing priorities. PREFERRED: Master’s degree in higher education administration, college student personnel, student affairs, or a related field; full-time professional experience in fraternity and sorority life or comparable student organization advising; familiarity with AFA competencies, NASPA professional competencies, and CAS standards; a minimum of three years of experience advising multiple councils or student organizations with differing governance and membership models; experience supervising or coaching graduate or student staff, using assessment data to improve programs, and managing assigned program budgets; and experience with organizational intervention, prevention education, crisis coordination, and collaboration with alumni or inter/national organizations.
11/2/2026
How this job compares
Set against the 569 open Student Services jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$79–106K/yr
- US median$55–65K/yr241 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $93K, is 55% above the US median midpoint ($60K) — in the top quarter of Student Services salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Student Services jobs in Massachusetts and 569 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Boston Public Schools13 open
- Boston University4 open
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (this employer)3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Student Services postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (343 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 173 of the 569 open Student Services jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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