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 University of California - Santa Barbara | |
 United States, California, Santa Barbara | |
| 1021 Anacapa Street (Show on map) | |
 Mar 07, 2025 | |
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Position Number: 40261521 Special Instructions: For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application. Department Marketing Statement: Benefits of Belonging Working at UC means being part of this vibrant institution that shines a light on what is possible. People make UC great, and UC recognizes your contributions by making this a great place to work. Excellent retirement and health are just one of the rewards. Learn more about the benefits of working at UC Brief Summary of Job Duties: The Director provides leadership, vision, and management for the campus-wide effort responsible for Black student engagement and success which advances a framework for holistic student success for all UCSB students. Oversees advisory group(s), including the Black Resource Committee (BRC). Interfaces with senior campus leaders, Black Student Union (BSU), University of California, and UCSB campus representatives (faculty/staff/administrators, student leaders, and pertinent student organizations). Advises campus leadership and provides the full range of campus consultation, policy and data analysis, and direct services to support student inclusion and retention. Leads the strategic planning, assessment, academic services, and implementation of long-range goals related to students' success. Participates in local, regional, and national organizations to stay abreast of initiatives and research about Black students in higher education and best practices. Establishes partnership agreements and a program model inclusive of identifying and addressing barriers that impede/motivators that enhance curricular and co-curricular success for Black students, and other marginalized groups. Participates in campus diversity awareness and advocacy efforts designed to improve campus climate and sense of community, including the Anti-Discrimination Policy. Manages the department's budget and development efforts in consultation with divisional leadership and Student Affairs Grants and Development. Responsible for the department's daily operations. Ensures student advisory board input in the program model and participation in the staff selection process. Required Qualifications:
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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: 35% Leadership - Responsible for the Office of Black Student Development's vision, leadership, organizational model and strategic plan for Black students' and underserved communities' access, support, engagement and success, as well as its advancement of holistic student success frameworks that advance the academic success, student life and belonging, and wellbeing of all UCSB students. Includes an assessment and evaluation plan for all initiatives, departmental operations and programs. Uses findings for culturally informed, evidence-based decision-making and efficacy, campus education needs, partnerships and practice. -Aligns program design to the division and campus mission and ensures department efforts integrate with campus efforts that support other marginalized groups, and underserved communities such as low- income and first-generation students. Collaborates with campus partners to address coalition needs between marginalized identity groups to include intersectionality, community building and campus climate issues. -Responsible for the department's learning, operational and programming outcomes, measures and evaluation. Ensures student input into the program model, to include allegiance to the legacy of the BSU Demands Teams, collaboration with Black student-affirming and other student organizations, campus initiatives and /or departments that advance Black student development as well as any related student advisory board. -Develops efforts to assist UCSB in its ability to increase the access and educational achievement of Black students, including assisting staff and faculty's capacity-building and awareness efforts designed to increase Black student's sense of belonging and participation in the intellectual, social, political and cultural life of the campus. Participates with key committees to make recommendations toward inclusive practices and helps increase the understanding of/ability to address implicit bias and microaggressions. -Interfaces with senior leaders, Division of Student Affairs, Black Student Union and UC and campus stakeholders (faculty/staff/administrators, student leaders, organizations and departments) to provide consultation about federal, state, local and UC policies, and legal, social and political issues impacting the Black community and underrepresented students at UCSB. -Ensures the department regularly conducts assessment and research to better understand the needs and concerns of the Black community at UCSB. Stays abreast of current research and best practices impacting Black students in higher education. Oversees staff's work on the Black Student Survey development, data analysis and integration of findings into campus practice. Shares evidence-based findings with relevant campus partners. -Interfaces with local, regional and national organizations to ensure awareness of best practices and to stay abreast of research in serving "at-risk" and / or underrepresented students. Collaborates on research projects. Submits articles for journal publication and makes presentations (on campus and at professional conferences). -Participates in the campus response during campus hate-related incidents or emergencies. Advises senior leadership; works with student leaders and student organizations on advocacy, intervention, and communications. -Conducts Office of Black Student Development programs and services in full compliance with University non-discrimination policies. Ensures services are available to all UCSB students regardless of explicit identification. 15% Strategic Partnerships - Involves faculty and staff as key champions for diverse students' learning, engagement, inclusion, access and success including developing relationships with Academic Affairs' Faculty Equity Advisors. Builds their capacity for campus-wide advocacy, student/community support and advocacy and skill-building. -Directly responsible for leadership of the Black Resource Committee (BRC). Sets vision and priorities for the committee of approximately 75 faculty, staff, and students. Manages BRC initiatives and ensures their sustainability. Serves as a consultant to staff and faculty on how to increase opportunities that advance Black student engagement, inclusion and success. -Maintains existing/Creates new campus partnerships and professional affiliations/agreements for ongoing growth of services and support with collaborating departments, including how the OBSD will collaborate with existing efforts that affirm the Black community, such as EOP's African diasporic Cultural Resource Center, Admissions' Diversity Equity Initiatives, Promise Scholars, and Black Student Union and any emerging student advisory board. -Serves as an expert advisor to faculty and campus leadership on how current practices impact and/or impede Black students' access, retention, student experience, well-being, success, and inclusion. Sits on key committees and updates stakeholders about the current educational landscape, policy, practices, and issues impacting the community. -Works directly with campus partners, academic departments, research centers, and colleges on key initiatives/strategies to identify academic and non-academic barriers impacting Black students' graduation rates, retention, and success. Establishes interventions, initiatives, and programs, identifies opportunities for collaboration, negotiates partnerships, and leads campus-wide efforts and best practices. Key partners include the Black Student Union and other Black-affirming student groups, campus departments such as the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and the African diasporic Cultural Resource Center, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR), Department of Black Studies, Multicultural Center, Library, Alumni Association, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office. 40% Management - Responsible for the department's daily operations and budget. -Manages the department's budget to include staffing and programming funds. The Director will need to work with campus partners to raise funds to expand student development and department infrastructure, including furnishing and renovating any newly acquired space. Works closely with the Student Affairs Development Office to identify funding opportunities, implement development activities and secure external funding to enhance services to Black students and broader campus community, including seeking federal, state and local grants. -Responsible for accountability and internal controls of department's financial resources including stewardship and reporting with partners for any shared funds. Provides financial reports, as needed, and for annual budget strategic planning. -Works with the cluster administrative team and/or department financial analyst to assure prompt handling of financial matters in accordance with federal, state and campus policies. Ensures compliance for all funding sources, purchasing and expenses according to policy. -Develops financial co-sponsorship agreements with collaborating departments, student organizations, and relevant external community organizations or partners. -Responsible for recruitment, screening and selection of staff position applicants. Ensures student and/or advisory group input in the staff selection process. -Assigns work and sets priorities. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for the staff; evaluates performance. Provides training, orientation, consultation and guidance. -Works with department staff to build their capacity and acumen in providing holistic services to the diverse cultural/intersectional identities within the Black student community at UCSB. Ensures staff professional capacity, political acumen and participation in the diversity education and awareness training efforts provided by the department and Student Affairs to the campus community. -Ensures that each staff has a professional development plan to include training on distressed students, implicit bias, hate incident response and reporting, academic requirements (GE, Major, residency, etc.), student development theory, intersectionality, counseling, referral and community advocacy, crisis intervention, and academic support. 10% Student Services - Uses advanced knowledge in retention, academic achievement and multicultural research to create the infrastructure of services to holistically support Black students and the student body at large at UCSB. Creates programs inclusive of strength-based models and cultural wealth, and an understanding of academic and personal barriers. -Creates a counseling/advising protocol for holistic counseling and crisis response. Ensures an advising model that includes Black student success, assistance with research skills development, graduate school preparation, and financial literacy and planning. -Streamlines and advises campus about communication and processes to improve access and ongoing support for Black students' individual and group needs. Develops referral protocols with CAPS, SMHCS, Student Health, Social Work, Colleges, AS Legal Services, CARE, Student Conduct, etc. -Collaborates with other campus entities to ensure that services excel in addressing the wellbeing needs of Black students (undergraduate and graduate). Works with Student Affairs, the Graduate Division, and the campus to adapt and apply cross-cultural/intersectional models to address the various needs of a diverse student population, which may consist of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, age, medical condition, ancestry, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or uniformed services and the intersection of identities. -Oversees case management for complex and sensitive student situations and works with campus partners to address special needs and relevant services for at-risk populations/situations. -Develops expertise on UCSB Black students and their families. Collaborates with the Admissions' staff and affiliated student organizations (e.g. BSU) and departments in the outreach efforts to prospective students. Works to address academic/family and work/life needs. UC Vaccination Programs Policy: As a condition of Physical Presence at a Location or in a University Program, all Covered Individuals* must participate in any applicable Vaccination Program by providing proof that they are Up-to-Date with any required Vaccines or submitting a request for Exception in a Mandate Program or properly declining vaccination in an Opt-Out Program no later than the Compliance Date (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.). Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements. For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20. | |