Assistant Director of Student Belonging & Inclusion

Reporting to the Director for Student Belonging and inclusion, the Assistant Director of Student Belonging and Inclusion will strive to cultivate an inclusive campus experience that facilitates student engagement, social inclusion, intellectual curiosity, and personal exploration. The Assistant Director is responsible for the creation and implementation of a comprehensive co-curricular student experience surrounding student belonging and inclusion. This individual will oversee the work-study team for the office including 10-12 student workers and will be responsible for their training and development..

The Assistant Director is responsible for supporting the mission, values, and goals of the Office for Student Belonging & Inclusion to support an inclusive, vibrant campus experience for all CCA students. We seek an energetic, visible, student-focused individual with a strong commitment to supporting our highly motivated, creative, and talented student body. This individual will model an atmosphere of respect, caring, collective engagement, inclusive excellence, accountability, and personal growth in a rigorous and vibrant student community. Additionally, the candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work within a globally and culturally diverse college community.

Through the intentional use of student development theory, cultural identity development theory, and leadership theory the Assistant Director will work to enhance a growing sense of community, inclusion, and belonging through the creation of activities and programs focused on personal growth. This position will ensure that student belonging and inclusion at the California College of the Arts is designed and nurtured through a lens of equity and inclusion attracting all CCA students' engagement in campus life.

The successful candidate will guide colleagues across campus and within the Division of Student Affairs to ensure that students develop and sustain a strong sense of belonging and inclusion, particularly BIPOC students, women, LGBTQ+ students, First-Generation Students, and other underrepresented populations.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Development, Leadership, & Management - 50%

• Serves as a strategic thought partner with the Director, implementing the vision, mission, and goals of the office. Ultimately translating the mission into action within the student community through educational and developmental co-curricular structures.

• Creates an inclusive and welcoming Multicultural Resource Center dedicated to BIPOC and other under-represented student groups, offering support and referrals for students desiring more connection within the CCA Community and larger Bay Area.

• Partners with the Dean of Students Office, Student Life, International Student Affairs, & Residential Education to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts across campus.

• Chairs the Chimera Welcome Week Committee and directs all staff, faculty, and students responsible for workshops, programming, and events occurring during Welcome Week each semester.

• Chairs the Heritage/History Month Celebration Task force, supporting and coordinating campus wide efforts to elevate and celebrate diversity of both the local and global community. 

• Develops and organizes community response to incidents of hate or discrimination of marginalized groups (incident-specific programming) through the development of a bias incident response group.

• Remains professionally current with knowledge and practice; affiliate with appropriate professional organizations; attend and present at regional and national professional conferences

• Will monitor national trends in promoting the success of diverse students and help to educate the division and campus on the changing needs related to race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, LGBTQ+ students, and assess the impact of departmental programs as a result.

• Maintains high visibility and engagement with the student body and campus community at College events.

• Partners regularly with the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging on collaborative initiatives and projects that support the missions of each office.

• Supervise, Recruit, select, and train a work-study team of 10-12 students, conduct regular meetings, provide guidance to students in their decision making processes. 

• Engage in strategic and operational planning and manage financial resources to ensure maximum use of allocated budget for work-study and campus events and programs such as Welcome Week and theme months..