Assistant Director for Multicultural Programs & Intercultural Engagement

Working Title: Assistant Director for Multicultural Programs & Intercultural Engagement

State Role Title: N/A

Position Type: Administrative & Professional (Non-teaching Faculty)

Position Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Exempt: Not Eligible for Overtime

 

College/Division: Accessibility and Belonging

Department: 100154 - Ctr for Multicultural Student Services

 

Pay Rate: Maximum Starting

Specify Range or Amount: $55,597

 

Is this a JMU only position? No

Is this a grant-funded position? No

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated position? No

 

Beginning Review Date: 12/13/2024

 

About JMU:

Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

 

General Information:

The Center for Multicultural Student Services (CMSS) within the Division of Student Affairs at James Madison University invites applications for the position of Assistant Director for Multicultural Programs & Intercultural Engagement. This position resides within the Division of Student Affairs.

Commitment to University Mission: Demonstrates a sense of responsibility for helping the university achieve success through a commitment to the university’s mission, vision, values and appropriate defining characteristics.

Leadership: Communicates effectively, shares vision, focuses on people, initiates positive change, values differences and fosters collaboration. Inspires others to achieve university, unit, and individual success. Challenges processes and is willing to break from the status quo to improve individual and unit performance.

Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates self-awareness, self-control, motivation, empathy, social skills and group work skills. Is known as trustworthy, understanding and helpful. Considerate. Works well on committees.

Professionalism/Judgment: Acts with integrity. Makes the right decision even when that may not be the most popular decision. Poised. Coachable. Respects authority and the rights of others. Fair.

Execution: Identifies/addresses problem areas before they escalate into crises. Solves problems courageously and creatively, plans effectively and carries out those plans. Improves individual and unit performance. Manages ambiguity and aligns the unit and university values with performance. Productive, demonstrating a strong work ethic and sense of ambition. Makes good use of resources. Accountable.

Professional Development: Committed to learning and growth. Pursues improvements and encourages and empowers others to learn.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

#1: Departmental Functions: Multicultural Programming, Engagement

The Assistant Director (Asst. Dir.) plays a critical role on a team focused on strengthening and providing advocacy and support for multicultural, multiethnic students and historically marginalized communities on campus. This position leads the continual development of intentional and intersectional programming that supports and carries out the mission and vision,