Associate Director for Student Equity, Access, and Retention (17049)

Within the Center for Diversity & Inclusion, the Associate Director for Student Equity, Access, & Retention will have overall leadership and management responsibility for overseeing direct service to domestic minority and multiracial/multiethnic students. Develop and implement collaborative student-centered specific programming initiatives related to community- building, equity, and access for underrepresented students. This position will utilize a data driven approach to examine student experiences, retention, and graduation completion linked to campus experience, global context, and changing demographics.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, building relationships with individual students and working in collaboration with campus partners to develop and implement evidence-based strategies to enhance the quality of underrepresented students' college experience. This position will oversee the CDI’s portion of the university’s CARE Network, the campus pantry the “Market”, work with key campus partners such as Financial Aid, Housing and Residence Life, Dean of Students Office, Alumni Relations and Development, student organizations, faculty, and student advising units. This position has decision-making/problem solving authority for the Center for Diversity & Inclusion to address and resolve student issues under the guidance of the Director of CDI. Associate Director for Student Equity, Access, & Retention is responsible for the direct supervision of the full-time Assistant Director for Student Success, Transition, and Retention, the “Market” Campus Pantry Graduate Assistant, AU District Scholars Graduate Assistant, Student Support & Outreach Graduate Assistant, Student Support Programs Assistant, Research, Assessment, Administrative Support Assistant, and Social Media, Communications, & Outreach Assistant and indirect supervision of 3 full-time staff and 6 student staff.

Essential Functions include, but are not limited to:

1. Student Outreach & Advising: With the CDI Director and Assistant Director for Retention and Student Success, develop and implement campus-wide retention initiatives tied to student support, community-building, equity, and access and sense of belonging.
2. Staff Supervision: Hire, train, supervise, evaluate, and conduct weekly staff meetings with direct reports.
3. Program, Education, and Resource Development: Provide leadership and direction for the development and implementation of community-building, equity, belonging, and access initiatives.
4. Assessment, Data, and Research: Provide leadership and direction for assessment tools to evaluate student success initiatives, student support needs, and program impact.
5. Administration: Respond to inquiries from students, staff, and families.
6. Marketing and Communication: Provide leadership direction for CDI’s social media and traditional marketing strategies to support CDI programs, trainings, workshops, publication, and passive programs.

Required Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, social work, or related field.
• 5-8 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum of 7 years’ post-masters experience with experience in diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and justice work.
• Eight or more years administrative experience that includes budget management, program development and student advising/counseling/mentoring in higher education.
• Experience serving as an advocate and resource for ethnically and racially diverse students within a university/college environment.
• Knowledgeable of best practices and experience in the development and implementation of successful advising, mentoring, social, identity-based programs.
• An understanding of how individual and group identity intersects with race, ethnicity, class, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and nationality.
• Strong oral, written and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate with diverse audiences.
• An ability and desire to be actively involved with campus initiatives and work collaboratively with groups of students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

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