Assistant Director, DEI

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Job Category: Education

Description

The Assistant Director for DEI promotes and fosters a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community at the Mount that supports students, faculty, staff, and alumni on their educational and career journeys while at the Mount and beyond.         

Key Responsibilities:              

• serves as a member of the Office of Mission Integration team;
• coordinates diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies for students, faculty and staff, including but not limited to DEI training opportunities, engagement events, and programs that commemorate key holidays and celebration months;
• serves as the contact and support for the staff/faculty sponsor of student affinity clubs; 
• serves as the coordinator for the Lion’s First Program (first generation college students); 
• supports the Office of Human Resources in the recruitment, hiring and retention of diverse faculty and staff (approximately 20% of time spent in HR);
• serves as a member of the Council on Inclusive Excellence and serves as the committee’s vice-chairperson;
• regularly engages with academic leadership to support DEI initiatives of academic schools, programs, and in courses; 
• regularly engages with the Office of Admissions, University Retention Committee, University Enrollment Committee, and others to actively support the recruitment of underrepresented populations and retention of diverse students;
• regularly engages with the Division of Marketing and Communications to promote University DEI initiatives and successes externally;
• conducts surveys for department-led DEI programs and University culture (annually) to measure success and develop data points that drive future University DEI initiatives;
• collaborates with Alumni Relations team and participates in alumni events, e.g. Homecoming
• contributes to team effort by welcoming new and different work requirements; exploring new opportunities to enhance the services of the division; helping others accomplish related job results as and where needed;
• perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:          

Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s Degree Preferred

Experience:       

Prior experience focused on DEI-related work preferred; prior experience in university setting preferred

Skills/Specialized             

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office programs (can also include Training: licenses, certificates, driver’s license, etc) 
• Superb oral and written communication skills
• Keen organizational skills and attention to detail
• Prompt responses to customers (internal and external)
• Client-service focused
• Experience executing all aspects of event planning
• Strategic thinker and innovator
• Teamwork-oriented
• Willingness to become “van certified” to transport students to events and activities
• Collaborative and positive contributor to work environment
• Excellent budget management
• Or any combination of education, experience, or training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Work Environment Physical Demands:  

Multiple service hours; computer data input; multiple concurrent tasks with service interruptions; extensive customer contact; strict confidentiality; detailed work (add other demands as appropriate)

Skills, Attributes               

Customer Service:          

• Exhibit a “student/customer first” and faculty/staff customer first orientation in providing exceptional service in all responsibilities and interactions demonstrating versatility in handling people and situations
• Adapt willingly and quickly to changing priorities, responsibilities, and student-parent-faculty-staff customer needs and expectations; anticipate and identify student-parent-faculty-staff customer needs

Teamwork:

• Collaborate well with others and help make the Office a cohesive group
• Communicate, cooperate, and collaborate well with others to achieve common office, division or College goals
• Willingly assists in various responsibilities as appropriate within the Office of Mission Integration and other areas of the college as appropriate as required during high service demand times

Communication:

• Develop and nurture an effective, productive, and respectful rapport and working relationship with students, parents, faculty, and staff co-workers, and various campus and community constituencies maintaining an appropriate level of professionalism
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and organizational skills, a sense of humor, flexibility, and creativity
• Demonstrate strong written, telephone, and electronic (email and internet) communication skills and strengths in public speaking
• Communicate information clearly and concisely and listen well to others

Accuracy:

• Maintain a high level of accuracy, consistently reviewing work to detect errors, oversights, or omissions
• Ensure accuracy of the information that is provided to others.

Initiative:

• Take immediate and independent action when necessary assuming initiative for creative problem solving
• Accomplish tasks with follow through to completion
• Adapt willingly and quickly to changing priorities, responsibilities, and functions within the department and/or position

Technical:

• Must possess an aptitude for technological development and its implications for appropriate automation of office; proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook, Internet, CARS, and others as indicated for various tasks

Work Environment, Physical Demands:

• Standing or sitting in one position for long periods. Multiple service hours; computer data input; multiple concurrent tasks with constant service interruptions; faculty and student contact; strict confidentiality; detailed work.

To apply, please upload a cover letter, resume, and contact information with three professional references via Paycom.

A review of resumes will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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Mount St. Joseph University is an Equal Opportunity Employer