Assistant Center Director

Tufts University; Medford (MA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Tufts University’s Division of Student Diversity and Inclusion seeks an Assistant Center Director to help design and oversee programs that promote belonging and student success across Africana, Asian American, BLOOM, Indigenous, LGBT, Latinx, and Women's centers.

The role partners with campus resources and departments to advance educational and leadership initiatives, coordinates bridge programs with the BLOOM Center, and supports assessment to improve services for diverse student communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3-5 years relevant experience supporting student growth and development in an educational setting.
• Strong judgment and organizational and communication skills.
• Sensitive to how social identities impact student experiences.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements and evaluates division wide programs that promote scholarship and leadership within an affirming campus climate.
• Develops communication systems and strategies to connect the DSDI community including website updates, e-marketing contact management systems, social media content and campus wide calendar of events.
• Assists in the development and implementation of student leadership programs, coordinates with other staff across DSDI to support student facing programs align across the division.
• Assists division staff in assessments, data gathering and evaluation to monitor the effectiveness of services and programs; works with staff to implement improvements in services based on data.
• Lead special projects and assignments for the division
• Represents Division and participates on school and university committees.
• Oversee the management and creation of program curriculum, ensuring alignment with educational goals and industry standards.
• Work with the Associate Director of the BLOOM Center in the coordination of the center's bridge program including but not limited to bridge cohort selection, summer program coordination and implementation, co-teaching Bridge Advising Seminar and student advising.

Skills

Judgment

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Program coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

The Division of Student Diversity and Inclusion is comprised of seven Centers; Africana, Asian American, BLOOM, Indigenous, LGBT, Latinx and Women's, centered around creating inclusive community to support student experience and success. DSDI focuses on student development and success, specifically supporting the development of personal, social, and academic capital, through engagement in intentional communities that serve as sites of belonging and empowerment for all students.

What You'll Do

Under general supervision applies basic functional knowledge to assist the DSDI in developing and administering quality programs on issues related to multiple intersecting identities (i.e., gender, class, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship/nationality). The DSDI Assistant Center Director works closely with student-facing resources and departments including other identity-based resources, the CARE office, the Office of Religious and Philosophical Life, CMHS, the Career Center, faculty, and departments within and beyond the division.

• Develops, implements and evaluates division wide programs that promote scholarship and leadership within an affirming campus climate including educational programs and outreach activities pertaining to marginalized and underrepresented populations as well as the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, disability, sexual orientation, and religion.
• Develops communication systems and strategies to build and connect the DSDI community including website updates, e-marketing contact management systems, social media content and campus wide calendar of events.
• Assists in the development and implementation of student leadership programs, coordinates with other staff across DSDI to support student facing programs align across the division.
• Assists division staff in assessments, data gathering and evaluation to monitor the effectiveness of services and programs; works with staff to implement improvements in services based on data.
• Lead special projects and assignments for the division
• Represents Division and participates on school and university committees.
• Oversee the management and creation of program curriculum, ensuring alignment with educational goals and industry standards.
• Work with the Associate Director of the BLOOM Center in the coordination of the center's bridge program including but not limited to bridge cohort selection, summer program coordination and implementation, co-teaching Bridge Advising Seminar and student advising.

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements: Knowledge and experience typically acquired by:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3-5 years relevant experience supporting student growth and development in an educational setting preferably within a selective university or liberal arts college environment
• Superb judgement, demonstrated excellence in organizational, managerial and oral and written communication skills
• Awareness of how social identities will impact the experience of college students, strong understanding of issues impacting the experiences of students, including students of color, and first-generation students and an awareness of various models for identity-based resource centers
• Demonstrated sensitivity, imagination and effectiveness in developing educational and community programs; facility in designing programs and resources that consider cultural constructions of race as it intersects with gender, class, ethnicity, sexual identity, religion and ability
• Organized, possesses sound judgement, project management skills and people management skills

Pay Range

Minimum $61,200.00, Midpoint $76,500.00, Maximum $91,800.00

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.