Director, Center for Diversity & Inclusion

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

ID: 7215404 (Ref.No. 24F500002)
Posted: February 8, 2024
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Position Description

WHY RIDER UNIVERSITY?? – We take pride in our progress and the positive impact it has on our students and the University.

Rider University is consistently highly ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review for student success, academic programs, veteran friendliness, and its sustainability efforts.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Rider University is seeking a Director of The Center for Diversity & Inclusion to join Academic Affairs. Reporting to the Chief Diversity Officer & Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, the Director serves as the primary lead in student diversity, equity, and inclusion leadership engagement. The Director of the Center for Diversity & Inclusion provides vision, leadership, and management for the physical space and programmatic outreach efforts that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion for students on campus, supporting marginalized, underrepresented, and underresourced students and advancing intercultural competency for all students and serving as a resource for faculty and staff who are seeking to support diverse students and facilitate inclusive environments. Reporting directly to the Chief Diversity Officer, the Director will be central to developing a campus-wide approach to enhancing excellence through diversity and inclusion of students, faculty, staff, and the broader community, and provide the necessary planning, structure, leadership, and direction for the full execution of a campus-wide diversity program.

Position Requirements

Master’s degree in a related field with 3-5 years’ experience in a related position.
Demonstrated professional work experience in leading diversity and inclusion efforts in higher education
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of student development, organizational perspectives of inclusion work, and an appreciation of the complexities of inter/intra-cultural interaction.
Demonstrated effective communication, interpersonal, organizational, budgeting, and management skills.
Ability to develop and deliver educational programming to students to address the complexities of privilege and oppression and appreciation of all aspects of social identity and their intersectionality.
Flexibility with work schedules is necessary, as weekends and evenings are required.
Demonstrated ability to be effective in working with a diverse student population.
Satisfactory background and/or DMV checks required

Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience

Experience developing, conducting, and evaluating comprehensive inclusion, diversity, and equity education or training programs and knowledge of leading practices for training and education in higher education settings.
An IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory) Qualified Administrator
DEI training certificate(s)/program completion

About Rider University

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.

Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.

Rider University is consistently ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and The Princeton Review. For more than a decade, Rider has also been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts.

Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity.

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