Program Manager, Black Diaspora - University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
About the Job
Program Manager, Black Diaspora
Requisition Number: 59848
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: University Staff
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 24-Oct-2024
Date Posted:
Job Summary
The Center for Inclusion and Social Change (CISC) welcomes applications for the Program Manager for Black, African, and African American Students! This role is responsible for providing support, resources, programs, and events to undergraduate Black students across the Black Diaspora at CU Boulder. This position will assist with, and advocate for, Black, African, and African American students and communities on campus in order to create a more welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for students to thrive. This position plays an active role in direct student engagement, program management, student outcomes assessment, and developing and implementing both short and long-term action plans customized to ensure the retention, academic success, and resiliency of all Black students at CU Boulder. Additionally, this position will assist with campus wide diversity initiatives to create a more welcoming campus along intersectional identities related to historically underrepresented and/or underserved students. This position reports within the Office of Intercultural Engagement within CISC.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
The Center for Inclusion & Social Change supports students in the exploration of all of their identities. The center is a welcoming and inclusive space on campus that supports academic and personal growth. Students can become active, informed global citizens by engaging and interacting with individuals from different cultures, and staff provide community-building programs and educational opportunities for students to learn and teach.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
_Programming, Engagement and Coordination:_
+ Plan and implement high-impact programming that serves to enhance the academic and social success of Black identifying students, including visibility campaigns and heritage month celebrations.
+ Provide meaningful connections for Black identifying students, including student organizations, identity centers, and other programs and services to holistically support their development and belonging.
+ Create and maintain supportive, welcoming, and inclusive center spaces, and implement outcome-based innovative evolutionary programs that invite all students to communicate across lines of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other social identities.
+ Implement programming in response to national/local incidents.
+ Foster ongoing relationships with Black student organization leaders to provide opportunities for leadership development and community building, including but not limited to clubs and organizations and multicultural fraternities and sororities.
+ Collaborate with teams in CISC to combine programming and projects when and where appropriate for greater outreach.
+ Align programming learning outcomes and events with strategic plans for the campus and division.
+ In collaboration with the supervisor, develop assessment measures that collect and track quantitative and qualitative university data and trends for training needs and partnership development for Black identifying students.
_Student Success and Supervision:_
+ Serve as a primary point-of-contact/resource for Black identifying students, providing academic coaching, individualized guidance, and support.
+ Serve as a support and advisor to Black identifying students, specifically during their first year at CU Boulder, and meet one-on-one regularly to support students.
+ Help students navigate the university system and various departmental procedures to ensure that undocumented students maintain their enrollment, and academic progress and achieve their educational and personal goals.
+ Support students in identity development to contribute to their retention at the university.
+ Leads, mentors, and evaluates performance for student interns/assistants and volunteers from a strengths-based perspective, related to their program or projects, particularly those focused on Black/African American student programs and services.
+ Refer students to appropriate resource areas on campus for support, as needed (i.e. The Center for African and African American Studies, Student Academic Services Center, Basic Needs Center, Center for Student Involvement, Counseling Services, Office of Victim Assistance, etc.).
+ Provide opportunities for students to engage in high-impact practices such as internships and service/study abroad.
+ Create reflective spaces for students to understand, develop, celebrate, and support their salient and intersectional identities within and across the Black Diaspora.
+ Support Black identifying students in identity development to contribute to their retention at the university.
+ Actively foster and maintain a workplace climate that is supportive of employees and respectful of differences, as well as create a learning environment for students that encourages personal development, self-reflection, and academic success.
_Fiscal Operations and Assessment:_
+ Ensure the responsible planning and expenditure of fiscal resources in a manner consistent with equitable fiduciary responsibility.
+ Provide timely/pertinent budgetary information to supervisor as necessary and process university fiscal paperwork promptly and accurately and meet target dates for all requests for reports, data, publications, and budgets.
+ Routinely assess the necessity of various expenditures, including but not limited to programming activities, student recognition, and professional development/training.
+ Construct learning objectives and assessment measures for Intercultural Engagement Office events and programming and provide quantitative and qualitative assessments to assess impacts on student retention.
+ Assist with CISC assessments and evaluations to determine proper and adequate services and resources are being provided.
+ Collect and track quantitative and qualitative university data and trends for training and advocacy needs.
What You Should Know
The work schedule is considered hybrid. Some nights and weekends are required.
What We Can Offer
The starting salary range for this position is $60,000 - $64,000 annually.
Benefits
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits) , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/about) .
Be Statements
Be authentic. Be impactful. Be Boulder.
What We Require
+ Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
+ 2+ years of post-bachelor experience with community-wide programming and advising underserved and/or related underrepresented populations.
+ Proven experience in project management and/or student program planning.
+ Experience developing and facilitating diversity and inclusion presentations and student success workshops
+ Proven experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment.
+ Program assessment and evaluation experience.
What You Will Need
+ Knowledge of diversity, inclusion, and equity concepts, frameworks, and standard processes.
+ Familiarity with intersectional identities and student development theories.
+ Understanding of nationally recognized practices, trends, and practices for underrepresented students in higher education.
+ Capacity to work effectively with persons from diverse backgrounds to promote an inclusive campus and community culture.
+ Experience communicating and interacting with students through active listening, motivational interviewing, and providing mentorship.
+ Strong ability to connect to various audiences, build relationships, and foster trust.
+ Ability to work independently with minimized supervision.
+ Listen and communicate clearly in written and verbal formats.
+ Deep personal knowledge and understanding of the issues impacting Colorado's immigrant and refugee communities.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that briefly describes how your background and experience align with this position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by October 24, 2024 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/) .
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Program-Manager-Black-Diaspora/59848 (https://apptrkr.com/5715859)
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Requisition Number: 59848
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: University Staff
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 24-Oct-2024
Date Posted:
Job Summary
The Center for Inclusion and Social Change (CISC) welcomes applications for the Program Manager for Black, African, and African American Students! This role is responsible for providing support, resources, programs, and events to undergraduate Black students across the Black Diaspora at CU Boulder. This position will assist with, and advocate for, Black, African, and African American students and communities on campus in order to create a more welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for students to thrive. This position plays an active role in direct student engagement, program management, student outcomes assessment, and developing and implementing both short and long-term action plans customized to ensure the retention, academic success, and resiliency of all Black students at CU Boulder. Additionally, this position will assist with campus wide diversity initiatives to create a more welcoming campus along intersectional identities related to historically underrepresented and/or underserved students. This position reports within the Office of Intercultural Engagement within CISC.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
The Center for Inclusion & Social Change supports students in the exploration of all of their identities. The center is a welcoming and inclusive space on campus that supports academic and personal growth. Students can become active, informed global citizens by engaging and interacting with individuals from different cultures, and staff provide community-building programs and educational opportunities for students to learn and teach.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
_Programming, Engagement and Coordination:_
+ Plan and implement high-impact programming that serves to enhance the academic and social success of Black identifying students, including visibility campaigns and heritage month celebrations.
+ Provide meaningful connections for Black identifying students, including student organizations, identity centers, and other programs and services to holistically support their development and belonging.
+ Create and maintain supportive, welcoming, and inclusive center spaces, and implement outcome-based innovative evolutionary programs that invite all students to communicate across lines of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other social identities.
+ Implement programming in response to national/local incidents.
+ Foster ongoing relationships with Black student organization leaders to provide opportunities for leadership development and community building, including but not limited to clubs and organizations and multicultural fraternities and sororities.
+ Collaborate with teams in CISC to combine programming and projects when and where appropriate for greater outreach.
+ Align programming learning outcomes and events with strategic plans for the campus and division.
+ In collaboration with the supervisor, develop assessment measures that collect and track quantitative and qualitative university data and trends for training needs and partnership development for Black identifying students.
_Student Success and Supervision:_
+ Serve as a primary point-of-contact/resource for Black identifying students, providing academic coaching, individualized guidance, and support.
+ Serve as a support and advisor to Black identifying students, specifically during their first year at CU Boulder, and meet one-on-one regularly to support students.
+ Help students navigate the university system and various departmental procedures to ensure that undocumented students maintain their enrollment, and academic progress and achieve their educational and personal goals.
+ Support students in identity development to contribute to their retention at the university.
+ Leads, mentors, and evaluates performance for student interns/assistants and volunteers from a strengths-based perspective, related to their program or projects, particularly those focused on Black/African American student programs and services.
+ Refer students to appropriate resource areas on campus for support, as needed (i.e. The Center for African and African American Studies, Student Academic Services Center, Basic Needs Center, Center for Student Involvement, Counseling Services, Office of Victim Assistance, etc.).
+ Provide opportunities for students to engage in high-impact practices such as internships and service/study abroad.
+ Create reflective spaces for students to understand, develop, celebrate, and support their salient and intersectional identities within and across the Black Diaspora.
+ Support Black identifying students in identity development to contribute to their retention at the university.
+ Actively foster and maintain a workplace climate that is supportive of employees and respectful of differences, as well as create a learning environment for students that encourages personal development, self-reflection, and academic success.
_Fiscal Operations and Assessment:_
+ Ensure the responsible planning and expenditure of fiscal resources in a manner consistent with equitable fiduciary responsibility.
+ Provide timely/pertinent budgetary information to supervisor as necessary and process university fiscal paperwork promptly and accurately and meet target dates for all requests for reports, data, publications, and budgets.
+ Routinely assess the necessity of various expenditures, including but not limited to programming activities, student recognition, and professional development/training.
+ Construct learning objectives and assessment measures for Intercultural Engagement Office events and programming and provide quantitative and qualitative assessments to assess impacts on student retention.
+ Assist with CISC assessments and evaluations to determine proper and adequate services and resources are being provided.
+ Collect and track quantitative and qualitative university data and trends for training and advocacy needs.
What You Should Know
The work schedule is considered hybrid. Some nights and weekends are required.
What We Can Offer
The starting salary range for this position is $60,000 - $64,000 annually.
Benefits
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits) , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/about) .
Be Statements
Be authentic. Be impactful. Be Boulder.
What We Require
+ Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
+ 2+ years of post-bachelor experience with community-wide programming and advising underserved and/or related underrepresented populations.
+ Proven experience in project management and/or student program planning.
+ Experience developing and facilitating diversity and inclusion presentations and student success workshops
+ Proven experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment.
+ Program assessment and evaluation experience.
What You Will Need
+ Knowledge of diversity, inclusion, and equity concepts, frameworks, and standard processes.
+ Familiarity with intersectional identities and student development theories.
+ Understanding of nationally recognized practices, trends, and practices for underrepresented students in higher education.
+ Capacity to work effectively with persons from diverse backgrounds to promote an inclusive campus and community culture.
+ Experience communicating and interacting with students through active listening, motivational interviewing, and providing mentorship.
+ Strong ability to connect to various audiences, build relationships, and foster trust.
+ Ability to work independently with minimized supervision.
+ Listen and communicate clearly in written and verbal formats.
+ Deep personal knowledge and understanding of the issues impacting Colorado's immigrant and refugee communities.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that briefly describes how your background and experience align with this position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by October 24, 2024 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/) .
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Program-Manager-Black-Diaspora/59848 (https://apptrkr.com/5715859)
Copyright 2024 Jobelephant.com Inc. All rights reserved.
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The University of Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation, or political philosophy. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
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