Director of Unity Center

Full-time employee benefits include:

 

• Comprehensive Health Benefits and Rewards for Wellness Incentives
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Family/Parental Leave
• Tuition Waivers at RIC, CCRI & URI
• Retirement Plan
• Long-term Disability Coverage
• Variety of voluntary add-on’s

For a complete listing, visit:
http://www.employeebenefits.ri.gov/benefits/new/index.php

• Supervise and mentor staff, graduate assistants, student workers, interns, and volunteers affiliated with Unity Center.
• Develop, manage, and facilitate student employment program with clear development goals for students.
• Keep Unity Center operations current and relevant, and align programmatic work with national best practices, local initiatives, and regional/sector priorities.
• Initiate and join collaborations and coalitions across campus to increase inclusive and equitable practices.
• Work closely with faculty and staff to ensure quality and expertise-based information. Innovate ways to collaborate across the academy and practice.
• Oversee the design, content, and maintenance of the Unity Center social media.
• Design and implement strategic plan for student recruitment and retention, as it pertains to the Unity Center foot traffic and program attendance, as well as institutionally in respect to issues of equity and inclusion.
• Knowledge to help students navigate college policies and procedures that are related to the work of the Unity Center. Make recommendations for new policies.
• Sit on the executive committee for Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion (DDI)
• Work closely with student leaders to design and model peer education and student driven activism.
• Develop, facilitate and oversee mediation, restorative justice, and conflict resolution services/program, including a peer-to-peer component.
• Responsible for data collection, tracking, and reporting.
• Work closely with Chaplain and partnering local religious organizations
• Create pathways for students to engage in governance, policy, and committee work on campus that directly relates back to equity, in partnership with Student Community Government
• Work well with students in crisis and be able to direct them to appropriate services and resources. Sit on Bias Incident Reporting Team and CARE Team
• Support Orientation efforts.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Associate Dean of Students.
• Work evening or weekend hours as needed.

The College requires that all applicants and employees be able to perform the above essential duties of the job and will explore reasonable accommodations for individuals with documented disabilities in accordance with ADA requirements.

• Perform other tasks as they evolve and are delegated by the Associate Dean of Students.
• Work occasional evening or weekend hours.

• Knowledge of equity-based issues, local and national best practices for organizing and mobilizing, and community-based resources.
• Knowledge of current and immediate issues facing queer, BIPOC, immigrant communities and frontline communities.
• Ability to represent a diverse campus community positively and effectively with prospective students, parents, faculty, staff, and the public.
• Commitment to the principles of ethics, equity, and justice.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with other college leaders.
• Ability to provide quick and measured response to crisis in order to navigate campus policies and student development landscape.
• Background in conflict resolution, mediation, and/or restorative justice practices.
• Ability to successfully perform multiple tasks and to prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational skills, planning skills, and the ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain open and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, administrators.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as required.
• Clear and consistent communication.
• Ability to thrive in a team-building atmosphere.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills.

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Five years’ work experience related to identity-work and student development.
• Experience and interest in pedagogy of student development practices with a lens of equity, restorative practice, and liberation.
• Experience cultivating community-based resources.
• Experience in recruitment, retention, college completion, and building lasting relationships.
• Experience managing a team.

• Doctoral degree.
• Bilingual in English / Spanish (fluent in speaking and writing).