Job: Director of Intercultural Engagement and Leadership

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Job Title

Director of Intercultural Engagement and Leadership

Department

Diversity and Inclusion

Staff/Faculty

Staff

Employment Category

Regular

Employment Status

Full-Time

Job Summary

The Director will lead the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Leadership to link diversity, equity, and inclusion with student academic and social success. The Director serves all students to shape a campus community rooted in inclusive excellence. Further, the Director will have specific knowledge about issues of race, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, and first generation college student identities. Functioning comfortably with intersectionality of identity and negotiating across difference is key. In tandem, these skills and knowledge, when implemented in an actionable manner by the Director will foster student academic and social development, cultivate diverse leadership, delineate cross-cultural competencies, and tackle difficult dialogues in a student-learning centered environment. The Director will guide the strengths, leadership, and resilience that students from traditionally marginalized groups bring to the College into the foundation of a life-long successful relationship with the Grinnell family and social justice. The Director creatively will engage and network our students, faculty, staff, and alumni in a more vibrant and forward-looking vision for an inclusive Grinnell. The Director will be the strategic advocate and leader of efforts for inclusion of diverse and underrepresented students in all aspects of academic and social campus life. The Director reports to the VP/Chief Diversity Officer and collaborates with the Diversity & Inclusion staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Degree in Higher Education, Student Personnel, or related field required. More than 5 years of professional experience with increasing responsibility in the design and delivery of intercultural/multicultural student programs and services.

Preferred Qualifications

More than 7 years of professional experience with increasing responsibility in the design and delivery of intercultural/multicultural student programs and services.

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Director of Intercultural Engagement and Leadership

Required Documents

Resume
Cover Letter/Letter of Application
List of References

Optional Documents

Letter of Recommendation 1
Letter of Recommendation 2
Letter of Recommendation 3

FLSA Category

No Response

Posting Date

Closing Date

Posting Number

0190

Diversity Statement

Grinnell College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting and retaining highly qualified individuals who collectively reflect the diversity of the nation. No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, veteran status, religion, creed, or disability. For further information about Grinnell College, see our website at http://www.grinnell.edu.

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