Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Leadership and Learning

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Department:

Inclusive Excellence

Time Type:

Full time

Job Type:

Regular

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Work Modality:

Hybrid 01 (On Campus 3-4 Days/Week)

Union:

Job Description:

Summary:

The Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Leadership and Learning (AVP) is a senior administrative position in the Office of Inclusive Excellence (OIE) reporting to the Vice President of Inclusive Excellence (VPIE). This critical position partners closely with key university offices and groups to provide strategic leadership for the oversight, implementation and ongoing evaluation of inclusive excellence and to advance a campus culture and climate where all community members experience a sense of belonging and satisfaction on the campus. The AVP serves as a campus wide leader in the development of the next phase of inclusive education (informative, engaging, preventative), leadership support and development, and strategy development and implementation that advances the mission and purpose of OIE.

Essential Functions:

1.) Leadership Support

• Reporting directly to the VPIE, the AVP will have leadership responsibility for high-level university wide initiatives and direct key aspects of institutional OIE accountability, strategic planning, leadership development and capacity building, and campus development in support of inclusive excellence.

• Represent the VPIE on university task forces, committees, working groups, and relevant external committees, programs, and events.

• Advise senior leadership regarding complex inclusive excellence trends, issues and priorities.

• Provide coordination on the university-wide accountability framework that promotes and ensures inclusive excellence across all dimensions of the mission and culture of AU.

2.) Campus Climate Action and Education

• Lead the Climate Action Response Team (CART), a cross-campus action-focused network that co-creates pathways forward to support campus climate through healing, trust-building, and learning.

• Directly addressing and responding to discrimination-based issues.

• In collaboration with Equity and Title IX, implement the next phase of leadership in an effort designed to respond to incidents related to bias.

• Integrating the principles of critical restorative action and responses to all forms of dehumanization and hate.

• Oversees the development and delivery of training programs for faculty, staff, and students on topics related to inclusive excellence.

• Craft well-developed and practical solutions to a wide range of complex issues affecting the university.

• Lead various ad-hoc committees and working groups to accomplish inclusive excellence goals and objectives.

3.) Strategy Coordination and Implementation

• In collaboration with VPIE, review and recommend revisions to institutional policies and procedures to ensure alignment with inclusive excellence framework.

• Lead the effort on collection, analyzing, and interpreting of data related to inclusive excellence to identify areas for improvement and measure progress.

• Fosters strong collaborative relationships with various departments, groups, and external organizations to support the framing and advancement of inclusive excellence.

• Provide leadership and engage collaboratively with other leaders to adopt strategies that foster education, awareness, and actions that promote an inclusive university.

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