Assistant Director for Programs - LGBTQA Resource Center

Assistant Director for Programs - LGBTQA Resource Center

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
Reporting to the Director of the LGBTQA Resource Center, the Assistant Director for Programs is a member of a dynamic team of professionals focused on fostering greater awareness, knowledge and skills around LGBTQA+ identities, culture and inclusion through providing individualized, in person and online support for LGBTQA+ learners. The Assistant Director for Programs will work closely with the Director to further develop and grow the Center's engagement and support to meet the needs of a diverse LGBTQA+ population on Northeastern's campuses as well as a growing network across the globe.

Responsibilities:
This individual will assist the Director in overseeing the successful implementation of departmental operations. This student-facing position has a special emphasis on organizing and executing signature programs, creating new programs to meet student needs, and providing support for the growing number of affinity groups associated with our center. The Assistant Director for Programs will provide direct support and meet with learners one-on-one, provide referrals, and mentor and advise student organizations and affinity groups as needed.

Qualifications:
Master's degree in a related field with at least 1-3 years of experience working with diverse or marginalized populations or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of social justice issues and best practices, programming, student activism and diversity issues is a must. Knowledge of international LGBTQA climates is preferred. Specific experience in providing direct services to historically underrepresented and LGBTQ students in an urban, multicultural, and global environment preferred.

Salary Grade:
11

Additional Information:
Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.



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