College Chaplain and Associate Dean for Institutional Equity ​​Center for Religious and Spiritual Life a Division of Institutional Equity

Overview

The College Chaplain and Associate Dean for Institutional Equity stands at the intersection of community, learning, spiritual discernment, and equity. 

 

As the College Chaplain, this position plans and directs Macalester College’s interfaith religious and spiritual life program including educational, pastoral, and community care, as well as social justice education with a faith-based lens.

 

As the Associate Dean for Institutional Equity, this position serves on the Institutional Equity leadership team to guide Macalester’s ongoing work toward equity and social justice through collective action, shared visioning, and community connection.

 

Reporting to the Vice President for Institutional Equity, the College Chaplain and Associate Dean for Institutional Equity has responsibilities for facilitating a respectful and supportive campus culture, building efforts that connect community members to institutional mission and values, and engaging in reflective practices with an equity lens. The College Chaplain and Associate Dean for Institutional Equity works in close partnership with students, faculty, staff, and alumni.  

 

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working business hours. There is flexibility to adjust hours based on required attendance at evening and weekend events.

 

About The Department: 

 

Institutional Equity leads Macalester’s ongoing commitment to equity and social justice through collective action, shared visioning, and community connection. We act with obligation to generations past, present, and future—to infuse equity and justice principles throughout the college, and to develop skills and knowledge to shape what is yet to be. We embrace the processes of learning and unlearning, cherish opportunities for knowing and not knowing, and revel in the beauty and challenge of many voices. We collaborate with campus and community partners toward enduring institutional transformation. We hold ourselves accountable to learn, listen, and own our mistakes. We honor the theoretical frameworks that guide us while we tend to practical realities, and we seek sustainable, generative pathways as we map this work.

 

The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life affirms that our global community holds diverse wisdom about the sacred. At Macalester we explore wholeness, belonging, and purpose – with curiosity – as we orient ourselves towards experiences of wonder and awe. The diverse chaplains of the CRSL seek to nurture growth into the fullness of the human family. This is possible when we co-create communities that support the inner life through reflection, practice, bearing witness, learning together, and building authentic relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manages the programmatic efforts of the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the operation and management of the Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel facility
• Expands opportunities for students to engage their religious and spiritual expression through support of pluralistic ritual practices on campus and in the Twin Cities area
• Amplifies educational opportunities and curriculum that promote religious literacy for engagement in a pluralistic world. 
• Addresses the spiritual and pastoral needs of Macalester community and make appropriate referrals to on and off campus services 
• Hires, trains, develops and manages the effectiveness of CRSL team members to meet college and department goals, including informal feedback on an ongoing basis and formal feedback in the annual performance review process to develop talent
• Develops and implements programs and initiatives to foster a community-centered culture and climate with equity and inclusion lens
• Convenes campus-wide Equity Connections Collective with faculty and staff who contribute to unit-level equity and inclusion programs to build cross-campus initiatives, build shared resources, and fosters effective collaboration 
• Supports response to reported bias incidents, in collaboration with the Title IX Coordinator and Bias Incident Response Team, to facilitate restorative practices, accountability, and educational efforts
• Partners with the Dean for Institutional Equity to facilitate and contribute to equity education resources and workshops
• Actively partners with Advancement to support fundraising efforts and alumni engagement
• Cultivates strategic and meaningful partnerships with academic departments, administrative departments, and student organizations to support equity initiatives and spiritual exploration on campus 
• Serves on college-wide committees; may represent the division or the college at events with prepared remarks
• Responds to emergent issues and concerns on campus