Signature and educational programming: Design and deliver the
Center's signature programming, including heritage month
observances and the events that anchor the CML's year, giving
students opportunities for celebration, community building,
learning, and connection.
Supervision and staff development: Supervise, mentor, and
evaluate the Assistant Director of the Center for Multicultural
Life. Hire, train, and supervise the Center's student staff and
ambassadors, partnering with the Office of Student Leadership
Development to build their professional and leadership skills.
Collaboration and partnership across campus and in Ladd House:
Partner with academic departments and programs - Africana Studies
and allied fields in particular - on co-sponsored programming,
curricular connections, and faculty engagement.
Budget, operations, and College citizenship:
Manage the program and operating budgets for the Center for
Multicultural Life.
The hiring range for this position is expected to be: $ $78,500 -
87,500 annually.
This is an 11-month position.
BENEFITS AND PERKS
Education/Skills Requirements:
Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in a related field
preferred.
- Strong leadership and strategic planning skills, with the
ability to establish priorities, translate vision into actionable
goals, and assess outcomes to strengthen programs and
services.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and
presentation skills, with the ability to build trusting
relationships and communicate effectively with students, faculty,
staff, senior leaders, alumni, and external partners.
- Demonstrated cultural humility and intercultural competency,
with the ability to support and engage students across a broad
range of backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences.
- Strong program development, assessment, and administrative
skills, including the ability to design and evaluate educational
and community-building programs, use data to inform decisions, and
effectively manage budgets and resources.
- Collaborative, well organized, and experienced in advising,
program planning, and evaluation.
Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents:
4-7 years experience in a similar role required. 7+ year experience
preferred.
A minimum of three years of experience working with broadly diverse
cohorts of students in an educational setting is also required.
- Demonstrated success supporting and advising students from a
range of backgrounds and identities, including students of color,
first-generation students, and students from low-income
backgrounds, preferably within a residential college or university
environment.
- Proven ability to develop, implement, and assess programs and
initiatives that foster student learning, community building,
belonging, and engagement for identity-specific and campus-wide
audiences.
- A record of effectively supervising, mentoring, and developing
professional and/or student staff, including hiring, performance
management, goal setting, and professional development.
- Success building collaborative relationships across an
organization and navigating complex or sensitive situations with
sound judgment, discretion, empathy, and steadiness, including
supporting students in distress and connecting them with
appropriate resources.
Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications in this posting
to be considered for hire.
Standard Work Days and Hours:
Administrative office hours are 8:30am-5:00pm. This is a full-time
position working 40 hours/48 weeks, (0.92 FTE) with evening or
weekends as required. This is an exempt level position that
requires the time commitment to complete the essential duties of
the position.
This is an on-site role, and candidates must be able to work in
person on Bowdoin College Campus in Brunswick, Maine.
We regret that Bowdoin College is unable to provide visa
sponsorship for staff positions.
Employment at Bowdoin College is contingent upon satisfactory
completion of applicable background checks including but not
limited to: criminal records, educational verifications, driving
records (when job-related), and/or credit history (when job
related).
About Bowdoin:
Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to
talented students, faculty and staff-with a variety of racial,
ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs;
and gender identities, among other factors.
We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support
of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and
contribute to the College's multifaceted diversity. We value a
community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly
welcomed and encouraged to succeed.
Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the
liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin's reputation as a
preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its
faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of
community; and connections to the people, history, and natural
beauty of Maine.
Bowdoin's campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting.
Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the
College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles
from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.
Shift:
Employment Category: Full Time Year Round
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Pay Type: Salaried
Background Check Package Requirements:
Faculty/Administrative
Is driving a Bowdoin vehicle an essential function of this
job?:
Is a pre-placement physical required for this position?:
No
Posting Date: 10/02/2026
Applications Accepted Until:
Open Until Filled: No
Special Instructions to Applicants: If selected as a
finalist, you will be required to submit information for three
references, including name, email address, phone number and how you
know the reference.
EEO Information:
Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and
state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment,
admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular
programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color,
ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital
status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or
against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities
on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected
statuses.
To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/9871816"">https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/18450
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