Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Gender Equity Resource Center
Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Gender Equity Resource Center
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Job Description
The Office of the Dean of Students (DOS) cultivates the holistic growth and development of students through advocacy empowerment and education. We enhance the student experience by offering comprehensive support and resources providing cocurricular opportunities and fostering a sense of belonging.
The Diversity and Inclusion team works to develop and implement an equityminded and intersectional programming model that engages our students in new and innovative ways. As a unit within the Dean of Students Office we share a dedication to transformational learning in the cocurricular guiding students towards greater resiliency and engagement across the campus. We are a growing portfolio recently adding staff members to support FirstGeneration and LowIncome Student Support (FGLI) and Undocumented/DACA Student Support deepening our holistic commitment to marginalized and underserved student communities and the multiple identities they hold.
The Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Gender Equity Center (Gen Eq) is a senior staff member within the Office of the Dean of Students (DOS) directly reporting to the Senior Associate Dean of Students for the Centers for Student Equity Empowerment and Belonging. This role provides vision leadership and advocacy for women and genderexpansive students while advancing strategic priorities and initiatives within the Division of Student and Campus Life on Cornell Universitys campus which serves approximately 24000 students. The Associate Dean leads the Gender Equity Center and supervises the Gen Eq Assistant Director furthering GenEqs mission to acknowledge and celebrate the diverse contributions that women and genderexpansive students bring to Cornell and fostering a supportive and inclusive campus community. As a leader in the Centers this position participates in collaborative programming and training efforts especially in campuswide initiatives supporting student mental health and wellbeing. Additionally this position serves as a rotating Administrator OnCall for the University managing afterhours crisisresponse situations and supporting protest and expressive activities (such as encampments rallies controversial speakers and labor disruptions) and assisting with protest management.
Success Factors
- Creativity and competency in studentcentered program design and implementation focused on students identity development and exploration leadership development and an increased sense of belonging.
- Knowledge and drive to continue learning of student trends specifically related to supporting women and genderexpansive student success and student development.
- Collaborative and responsive to managing multiple relationships and projects in a fastpaced professional office flexibly adapting to new priorities anticipating needs and being nimble and responsive as projects and needs change.
- Ability to build relationships and maintain trust to assess and balance the needs of various stakeholders and to identify and advocate for achievable solutions.
- A commitment to working collaboratively in a studentcentered environment committed to the important values of shared governance with enthusiasm for supporting a student body that is broadly diverse with regard to gender race ethnicity national origin socioeconomic status sexual orientation gender identity religion and (dis)ability among other factors.
Required Qualifications:
- Masters degree and three 3 five 5 years of professional experience in College Student Development Student Affairs Administration Higher Education Diversity Education Social Justice Education Social Work Counseling or closely related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Applied knowledge of student development theory and student affairs trends related to advocating and supporting women gender expansive students and other marginalized communities.
- Demonstrated understanding of the student experience particularly concerning equity and the unique needs of women and genderexpansive students.
- Experience supervising professional staff
- Multicultural competency and experience working with and/or advising diverse student organizations
- Experience building collaborative partnerships with faculty administrators students parents/families community partners and alumni.
- Exceptional interpersonal communication planning reasoning organizational and project management skills with an ability to multitask in a fastpaced highvolume environment.
- Ability to serve oncall and respond to crisis situations and expressive activity according to organizational protocol including evening and weekend work as required.
- Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity equity access inclusion and wellbeing.
- Demonstrated skill in understanding of cultural differences.
- Proven experience connecting diversity inclusion and wellbeing practices to business goals.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in a relevant discipline and five 5 seven 7 years of progress work experience in higher education or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience working with issues of gender equity women and gender expansive students.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and oversee activities or protests ensuring safety compliance and the respectful expression of diverse viewpoints.
- Experience managing multiple budgets including stewarding gift funds.
- Experience creating programming or engaging in outreach on topics of intersecting identities identity formation mental health cultural nuances and/or empowerment.
- Demonstrated experience with crisis management and case management of students navigating difficult situations.
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