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Assistant Director, Community Equity & Diversity
Job Description
Operating Title
Assistant Director, Community Equity & DiversityLong Classification Title
Educational Program Coordinator IICampus Location
DurhamDepartment
UNH Community, Equity and DiversitySummary of Position
The Office of Community, Equity and Diversity oversees and advances UNH’s strategies for institutional inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA). It promotes sustainable organizational change and accountability, builds capacity, develops partnerships, offers guidance and consultation, and facilitates shared responsibility for creating an anti-racist, inclusive, and accessible campus where sense of belonging is fostered for all constituents.
Reporting to the Chief Diversity Officer – Associate Vice President for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (AVP) and in direct consultation with the AVP, the Assistant Director of OCED will provide collaborative leadership in the development, planning, implementation, and execution of programs, trainings, and events to promote UNH’s overall diversity and inclusion strategic objectives. The assistant director serves as a resource across UNH’s three campuses to address related IDEA concerns, build community, and help foster inclusive practices.
This position involves strong collaboration with campus units to help implement initiatives that address barriers to success for a variety of campus constituents. Characteristic duties include designing and facilitating trainings, workshops, and intellectual exchanges that directly educate internal and external community members in order to build awareness, capacity for understanding, ally-ship, and an improved campus climate for all; utilizing assessment data to measure efficacy of programs and identify campus needs; assisting with IDEA strategic planning and initiatives; supervision of one professional staff and student interns where relevant, and other duties as assigned.
Although primarily situated on the Durham campus, this position will have occasional presence at the Concord and Manchester campuses. Some evenings and weekends are required.
Acceptable minimum level of education
Master'sAcceptable minimum years of experience
2 yearsPosting Number
PS4585FY24Other minimum qualifications
- At least 2.5 years spent progressively building a background in IDEA, preferably in an academic setting.
- Experience in advancing programs and services to identify issues for multicultural, LGBTQIA+, and otherwise diverse populations in a university setting.
- Experience in planning, implementation and assessment of programs.
- Demonstrated problem solving, project planning and implementation skills.
- Proven ability to research and prepare documents, reports, and summaries for community consumption.
- Strong in-person and virtual presentation skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive issues that require discretion and confidentiality.
- Able to foster relationships with co-workers, university stakeholders, and others to advance institutional IDEA.
- Strong understanding/expertise in working with issues faced by historically marginalized faculty, staff, and students.
- Strong interpersonal skills, diplomacy, political savvy, and sensitivity to engage effectively with all constituencies.
- Knowledge of and/or experience with assessment strategies to evaluate effectiveness of programs and services.
- Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent priorities.
Additional Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the development, creation and production of promotional materials and other marketing efforts for office events and programs.
- Experience with website design/digital content creation.
- Knowledge of local, state, and regional politics and relevant IDEA statutes.
Salary Information
Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.
Quicklink for Posting
https://jobs.usnh.edu/postings/60816Percent Time Information (FTE)
1.00Grade
18EEO Statement
The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.
Institution Information
The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.
The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/hr/diversity-resource-guide
Posting Date
04/24/2024Open Until Filled
YesPosting Open to Internal Candidates Only?
NoInterested Internal Candidates Exist?
YesJob Category
Salaried Staff (Exempt)Appointment Type
RegularEquipment/Instruments
- Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
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None applicableDuty/Responsibility
- Manage, assess, and facilitate IDEA training and outreach.
- Coordinate related meetings with volunteers, and design customized training content to meet the needs of staff, faculty and student leaders.
- Assess measurable gaps in IDEA-related trainings and work with the AVP to implement new initiatives needed to address them.
Duty/Responsibility
- Collaborate across campus to support initiatives related to IDEA.
Duty/Responsibility
- Supervision of professional staff and interns. Hire, supervise and train student employees and interns, and professional staff where relevant.
- Assist the AVP in the production of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Annual Report and other periodic reports.
- Represent the OCED office at various meetings and as a member of university committees.
Duty/Responsibility
- Serve as an IDEA consultant where appropriate.
- Identify gaps in services and work with programs and departments to remedy.
Duty/Responsibility
- Chair or co-chair the Bias Assessment and Response Team and the University Commission on Community, Equity and Diversity.
- Other duties as assigned.
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