"Associate Director of Black Student Engagement"

Job Details

• Assist in developing and delivering culturally relevant programs that support student engagement, retention, and graduation of Black students.
• Serve as educator, advocate, and thought leader on the unique needs, experiences, and challenges Black students are experiencing in higher education.
• Collaborate with the NEST staff to develop a multicultural program curriculum for residents.
• Collaborate with the APCDIA professional staff in recruiting, training, and developing student staff.
• Supervise a graduate assistant/aide and the student staff at the Pedroso’s front desk.
• Collaborate with campus entities on events that promote intercultural, multicultural, and cross-cultural understanding, academic success, alliance, and civic engagement.
• Chair and facilitate programs with the Black History Month Planning Committee.
• Serve as an active member in student success and retention initiatives and programs of the Committee for Black Student Success in partnership with University-wide and Division-wide retention efforts that support Black Student Success.
• Create safe spaces for students to seek assistance and develop appropriate rapport with students. Coordinate referrals and interventions for tutoring, success coaching, and other support services; monitor follow-up and follow through with referrals and interventions.
• Collaborate with Student Success, Retention Programs, and other university partners to offer coordinated academic support for Black students.
• Coordinate extended orientations for new, incoming Black students in collaboration with New Student Programs and other university partners.
• Design and implement with partnering university departments to offer mental and physical health and wellness-related programming, student and academic success, leadership skills, social engagement opportunities and programs, life skills, and related programming for Black students.
• Monitor all student engagement activities within the student success platform (i.e., NEIU Star).
• Foster coordination among student organizations supporting and celebrating Blackness on campus (e.g., fraternities/sororities, Black Caucus, etc.).
• Execute communication plans for promoting the Center with a dynamic website as entry points for student engagement**.
• Assist the Director of APCDIA with creating and presenting program reports, annual reports, publications, and other information required from the APCDIA.
• Work closely with the Director of APCDIA on any task required for the efficient functioning of the Center and serve in leadership in the absence of the Director and Associate Director for Latinx Student Engagement.
• Perform other duties as assigned or delegated by the Director of the APCDIA.