Assistant Director,Diversity Education and Student Engagement
- Employer
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Closing date
- 7 May 2019
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- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Directors
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD
Starting Salary Range: Commensurate with Experience
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 37.5
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: 01-MD:Homewood Campus
Department name: 10001413-Multicultural Affairs
Personnel area: Johns Hopkins University
General Summary:
Specifically, the Assistant Director for Diversity Education and Student Engagement designs, delivers and evaluates programs on topics surrounding diversity, inclusion, equity and authentic engagement across difference. This individual will primarily create and oversee an intergroup dialogue program, and oversee co-curricular engagement for international students. This individual will also be responsible for innovative initiatives that support curriculum building around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Essential Functions:
Administrative
- Develops and manages annual budgets
- Supervises student interns or graduate assistants
- Evaluate and report on program outcomes
- Participates on divisional or campus wide committees and/or projects related to diversity and inclusion.
Collaborative Partnerships
- Collaborates with key Homewood Student Affairs and Academic Affairs stakeholders to develop and implement new training modules that enhance the capacity of JHU student leaders to:
- Work with diverse populations
- Engage in thoughtful interactions around issues of inclusion, intersectionality and identity.
- Works with Diversity and Inclusion offices (Campus Ministries, Women and Gender Resources, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and LGBTQ Life) to create and implement an intergroup dialog program among interested student organization members and other participants.
Student Events/Advising and Advocacy
- Supports/Advises representatives from other multicultural student organizations as they plan and implement the annual JHU Cultural Celebrations.
- Collaborates with the Assistant Director for Programming to create in-depth opportunities/programming that supports the #Heritage365 celebrations.
- Recruits, hires, trains and manages the OMA’s SEED Educators (Students Educating and Empowering for Diversity). Works with the group to plan, implement, and evaluate active or passive diversity or social justice awareness programs.
- Advises a cohort of multicultural student organizations and representatives under the OMA Multicultural Leadership Council.
- Advise an International Student Coalition organization that supports institutional engagement and addresses concerns within the population
Strategic Initiatives
- Research best practices and peer institutions on an on-going basis in order to evaluate current student development program offerings and to identify areas of need and growth.
- Advance diversity education work (Train the Trainers) through key cultural immersion/competencies that recruit faculty and staff around supporting students and cultural identity.
- Support and represent leadership development trainings, retreats, and events hosted by Homewood Student Affairs offices and departments related to identity development.
Other duties assigned
- Create marketing content to address demographics and information around multiculturalism.
- Represent the office for open houses and orientations.
- Assess trainings, initiatives, and programs produced.
- Complete other tasks and initiatives as assigned.
Education:
- Master’s degree in higher education, student personnel demonstration or other related field required.
Special Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities:
- Advanced knowledge of principles and practices of student development, identity development.
- Highly skilled in creating and facilitation of Intergroup Dialogue programs.
- Experience supporting diverse student populations; experience in international student engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to relate to students, faculty, staff, and the public.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, student-oriented, and data driven environment.
- Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrated leadership and collaborative skills.
- Ability to develop and implement short and long-range plans to meet program needs.
- Computer skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint a must.
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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