Associate Director of Community Engagement amp Equity

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Associate Director of Community Engagement & Equity, Stanford Law School
School of Law, California, United States


Student Services


Jul 12, 2018


79730

Job Code: 7502
Grade H

Stanford Law School seeks to hire the best talent and to promote a safe and secure environment for all members of the university community and its property. To that end, new staff hires must successfully pass a background check prior to starting work at Stanford University.

DESCRIPTION:

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, the Associate Director of Community Engagement & Equity helps provide leadership for the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Admissions that fosters a welcoming environment to all of our students, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. The Associate Director will also work to create an inclusive environment for all students both inside and outside of the classroom. There are four key goals of the Associate Director’s role: to provide counseling and support to students across a spectrum of diverse backgrounds; to develop and implement a broad range of programs and services that promote inclusion, belonging, equality and community, and underscore that cultural competency is a core professional skill for lawyers; may support, in collaboration with the Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, efforts to recruit students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds; and to serve as the convener of the law school’s Diversity Cabinet.


CORE DUTIES*:
• Student Counseling: Provide support, counseling, and referrals to JD and LLM students on issues concerning equity, inclusion, and diversity. The Associate Director will advise students from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds, with a special focus on developing relationships with and working through concerns of students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, whether, racial, gender/sexual identity, socioeconomic, disability, religious or origin of citizenship. The Associate Director will serve as an institutional resource for students with a significant involvement in problem resolution and advocacy.
• Programming: Creates and/or implements a range of programs to promote cultural competency and civil discourse and to explore the intersection of social justice and various forms of diversity. Develop and execute programming designed to improve the quality of student life, support professional development, and enhance the academic mission. Programs including, but not limited to cultural competence training, programming to help students have difficult conversations, community discussions, academic symposia, diversity receptions, alumni networking, and celebrations.
• Admissions: Under the supervision of the Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, duties may include the support of the Office of Admissions’ recruitment efforts in (1) enhancing applicant pipeline with outreach and programming to college and high school students and (2) increasing yield of accepted applicants from historically underrepresented groups by assisting with coordination of outreach, mentorship, and other areas as needed by Admissions
• Diversity Cabinet: Serve as the convener of the law school Diversity Cabinet.
• May work closely with the Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and the Associate Director of Admissions to develop and implement plans for outreach efforts.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three years of relevant experience, preferably in counseling and/or student services, or combination of education and relevant experience in the area of diversity and inclusion in higher education. Familiarity with and knowledge of law school environments strongly preferred. A JD is strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Good judgment and the ability to keep sensitive information confidential.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to clearly and effectively communicate with internal and external audiences, students, staff and faculty.
• Ability to bring a student-centered approach to the work and be sensitive to issues faced by a diverse professional student population.
• Ability to analyze the needs of individual students and groups of students, and to be or become knowledgeable about the range of University resources available to students.
• Prior experience with and ability to plan and organize events ranging from small to large scale. Ideally concerning diversity, cultural competence or related topics.
• Ability to be flexible, deal with ambiguity and change, and work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and complete numerous projects efficiently, effectively and on deadline.
• Ability to ensure and apply compliance with legal, financial, and university policies and external regulations.
• Understanding of financial transactions (familiarity with PeopleSoft and knowledge of Stanford systems preferred).


* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

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