Director of Student Success, Equity, & Inclusion (Stamford Campus)

JOB SUMMARY

The University of Connecticut seeks an innovative leader to serve as the Director of Student Success, Equity, & Inclusion (Student Services Program Manager 1) at the UConn Stamford campus.

Reporting to the Executive Director for Access and Postsecondary Success, the Director of Student Success, Equity, & Inclusion will serve as a leading voice for advancing educational equity and promoting student enrollment, transition, and success at the UConn Stamford campus for students traditionally underrepresented in higher education. The Director provides leadership to guide the implementation of a new framework for promoting student engagement, coordinating existing support systems and resources, and collaborating with the campus and University community. They will also be responsible for developing new initiatives that enhance underrepresented student access, academic performance, persistence, participation in life transformative and high-impact experiences, sense of belonging, post-graduation preparation, and timely graduation.

The Director is responsible for the administrative and operational effectiveness of Stamford Center for Access & Postsecondary Success (CAPS) college success program and the Resilience, Inclusion, Success, and Equity (RISE) Initiative, having overall oversight of staffing, fiscal management, grant management, resource development, and coordination of related support. The Director must be able to use recent educational research and institutional data to inform the implementation of current programs and the development of new programs to promote underrepresented student success on the Stamford campus as well as within the UConn system. As a vital member of the UConn community, the Director will maintain strong positive relations with UConn advisors, faculty, staff, administrators, cultural centers, and student organizations. 

Undergraduate Student Success (UGSS) is home to multiple departments, programs, and initiatives designed to ensure students are connected to the resources and opportunities to succeed and thrive at UConn. For almost 60 years, our Center for Access and Postsecondary Success (CAPS) has served to advance postsecondary access, transition, engagement, retention, and graduation for students traditionally underrepresented in higher education. Now, the Undergraduate Student Success division seeks to expand our support and engagement of this population through the incorporation of additional accessible and holistic advising, academic support, personal development, and professional preparation programming.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages planning, development, implementation, evaluation, and administration of student access and success initiatives under the Center for Access & Postsecondary Success (CAPS) office on the Stamford Campus.
• Provides institutional advocacy through consultation and capacity building with key stakeholders to address barriers to access and to transform climate to support the success of students traditionally underrepresented in higher education.
• Supervises CAPS Summer Bridge, success coaching, academic support, financial literacy, student engagement, career preparation, and campus change programming components of the UConn Stamford CAPS office.
• Selects, trains, supervises, and evaluates professional, classified, and student staff associated with the program. Determines work assignments and work schedules to most effectively meet program needs; resolves personnel problems and reviews personnel actions to ensure compliance with collective bargaining agreements and with University, state, and funding agency regulations.
• Assists in the management of all fiscal and business operations, including overseeing program budget plans. Develops annual budget requests.
• Prepares statistical analyses, evaluations, and reports of department processes, programs, and initiatives. Oversees the evaluation of Program Goals and Outcome metrics and makes recommendations for increasing student success and engagement outcomes for the targeted populations.
• Oversees programs and collaborates with the Center for Academic Success and Engagement on the campus related to access, academic support, and enrichment programming to serve traditionally underrepresented students throughout the educational pipeline. Facilitates campus engagement and community-building programming in partnership with UConn Cultural Centers and Programs. Collaborates with the Stamford Center for Academic Success and Engagement to develop and facilitate peer leader programming to promote students’ successful transition, academic success, community-building, personal development, and post-graduation preparation.
• Partners with University offices, including the Offices of Admissions and Financial Aid Services, to support traditio