Associate Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Employer
- Champlain College
- Location
- Vermont, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Feb 9, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Student Affairs, Academic Advising & Academic Support Services, Other Student Affairs
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Associate Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
About Champlain College:
Founded in 1878,
Champlain College is a small, private, not-for-profit college in
Burlington, Vermont overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack
mountains, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and
Dublin, Ireland. Its career-driven approach to higher education
prepares students for professional life from their very first
semester. For the fifth year in a row, Champlain was named a "Most
Innovative School" in the North by U.S. News & World
Report's "America's Best Colleges" 2020 regional rankings and
listed among The Princeton Review's "The Best 385
Colleges" in 2020. Champlain is also featured in the 2021 Fiske
Guide to Colleges as one of the "best and most interesting schools"
in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain and is recognized
as a 2020 College of Distinction for its "Engagement, Teaching,
Community, and Outcomes. The College offers 30 undergraduate
degrees as well as online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate
programs.
Champlain's Centers of Experience provide students from across all majors with experiential learning environments that guide them in how to take their classroom knowledge and put it to the test in practical applications allowing them to gain real-world experience firsthand. Each Center connects Champlain to the local community and the world, turning theory into practice. The Centers entrust students with responsibility, engage them in ambitious goals and empower them to lead with creativity, confidence, insight, and integrity. At the helms of the Centers are cutting-edge industry professionals who share the goal of providing the most relevant, career-focused education, enriched with hands-on learning opportunities.
Job Description:
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) focuses on advancing
Champlain College's commitment to diversity, community, and
inclusion by serving as a central resource on issues related to
race, ethnicity, culture, and inclusivity. ODI accomplishes this
through developing and facilitating programs, academic and
sociocultural advising while advocating on behalf of students and
communities. ODI staff partner with students, faculty, and campus
colleagues to create and advocate for campus-wide educational
programs, intercultural engagement, and programs that promote the
matriculation of historically underrepresented students.
The Associate Director provides leadership to ODI in order to effectively achieve departmental, divisional, and institutional goals. These responsibilities include:
Program Management:
Proactively seek to identify the developing needs of student
communities and establish priorities and strategies.
- Design initiatives to increase the retention of underserved students (students of color, high financial need students, New Americans, first-generation) and other affinity communities served by ODI. These include, but are not limited to; academic empowerment, mentoring programs, pre-orientation (AHEAD), and first-year programs (CARE).
- Develop, coordinate, evaluate leadership, intellectual, cultural awareness, personal wellbeing, and identity development opportunities for students served by ODI.
- Communicate progress, trends, and data via reports and presentations to internal and external audiences.
Advising and Direct Student Support Services:
- Serve as a resource to the College's Counseling team and other direct student service providers (Academic Coaching, Career Collaborative, etc.).
- Work with institutional partners including, academic and student affairs to develop a strong network of support and services.
- Advise, mentor, and counsel students on a wide variety of academic, personal, social, cultural, and community concerns.
- Serve as an active and engaged member of the Student Success team, SCART team, and Bias Response team to plan for, respond to, and address community and student needs.
Community Education and Collaborations:
- Design and facilitate intersectional educational and community programs that encourage the broader Champlain community to foster inclusion and respect for diversity.
- Foster local partnerships to support students of color on and off campus with businesses, organizations, and other institutions.
Requirements:
Experience:
- Three years of student development, support and advising experience working with students from underserved populations and high financial need students.
- Three years of full-time experience working in a higher education or residential setting.
- Experience with programming in student affairs, and working with international students, preferred.
- Solid foundation in student development theory, identity development theory, and its application to professional practice in student affairs and counseling.
- Strong program development and counseling skills.
- Demonstrated ability to foster positive and productive relationships with all campus constituencies, including institutional leaders, faculty, staff, alumni, students, and parents and families.
- Demonstrated success in utilizing data for planning and evaluation of programs and services.
Education:
- Master's in education, higher education, social work, counseling, related field.
Additional Information:
The successful completion of a criminal background check is
required as a condition of employment.
Application materials must include a resume/CV and a letter of interest (Cover Letter) specifically addressing the desired qualifications.
Champlain College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, religion, age, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, veteran or military service status, HIVd -positive status, qualified disability, or on the basis of any other status protected by law, and does not discriminate in the administration of its education and admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, employment practices or co-curricular and other College-administered programs. Champlain College will make reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified students, applicants for admission or employment, or employees. Please contact the People Center at 802.651.5800 with questions concerning the hiring process or future employment at Champlain College, or if auxiliary aids or services are needed to apply for employment at Champlain College.
Champlain College is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. Recognizing that diversity is both a reflection of our world and a source of rich education, Champlain strives to be diverse and inclusive in ways that reflect the world in which we live and work. All members of the Champlain community are valued as individuals.
The College seeks candidates who, through their work and life experiences, service to the community, teaching or research can contribute to the diversity, inclusivity and academic excellence of Champlain College. Please include information about how you would contribute to these efforts and help to further this goal in your letter of interest/cover letter.
Application Instructions:
For more
information and to apply, please go to
https://champlain.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=128111
In order to be considered for the position, you must upload a resume and cover letter.
EU Employee Data Protection Notice:
https://www.champlain.edu/privacy/eu-employee-data-protection-notice
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