Assistant Director, Multicultural Community Center (4501U), Educational Justice & Community Engageme
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Departmental Overview
The Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement (EJCE) is collaborative charged with developing programs, activities, and strategies that promote students' academic progress and success by engaging them through intersectional and multicultural practices that acknowledge and celebrate their individual and collective experiences. The EJCE collaborative coordinates a series of academic courses and educational and multicultural activities through its centers & offices (African American Student Development, Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center, Asian Pacific American Student Development, Chicanx Latinx Student Development, Latinx Student Resource Center, the Gender Equity Resource Center, Multicultural Community Center, Native American Student Development, and the Native Community Center). The collaborative is a key campus partner in helping the campus create an inclusive environment for student populations through intersectional and transformative practices and approaches focused on mitigating harm and promoting connections among and across diverse communities. Each partner space is steeped in rich and vibrant legacies and established community-centered praxes of educational justice: leadership development, access, activism, academic excellence and social justice. Our work reflects interconnected identities and experiences through our collective and individual commitments to support and advance future global leaders.
The EJCE team is housed within the Division of Equity & Inclusion.
The Multicultural Community Center (MCC) creates academic, community, and social spaces to foster critical dialogue across race and ethnicity; creates a sense of inclusion for students who perceive and experience Berkeley as unwelcoming; educates, advocates, and builds community across differences; and develops student leaders for a multicultural world. The Multicultural Community Center Director helps students build connections between their academic work and efforts to foster multicultural communities, promoting student retention, graduation, and preparation for graduate school and careers.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Director of the Multicultural Community Center, the Assistant Director of the Multicultural Community Center is responsible for the day-to-day operations, logistics, and administration of a multi-use and student-led community center at the heart of UC Berkeley's campus, fostering a space for members of the campus community who often feel unwelcomed and marginalized to build critical connections across difference. In coordination with MCC staff members, this position serves undergraduate and graduate students who are underrepresented, low income, first generation, among others.
Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: February 26, 2025
Responsibilities
Multicultural Advising
Provides advice about academic and personal development resources to students engaged in ethnic specific, multicultural, and/or cross-cultural studies, programs, services, and organizations.
Refers students to appropriate campus and community services.
Plans, develops, and implements advising strategies that address campus climate issues impacting students individually and in student organizations.
Programming and Venue Management
Plans, develops, and implements programs, services, activities, and strategies that promote critical dialogue and social change around multiculturalism, campus climate, and issues of equity and inclusion.
Works with student groups on planning their multicultural events.
Determines and coordinates staffing and other logistical needs.
Addresses issues of safety, security, and risk management.
Mentors and develops student staff on event management and procedures.
Assesses program effectiveness and recommends changes in program content, procedures, and policies, as appropriate.
Recommends the development of new activities and programs.
Coordinates the content, in coordination with the MCC Director, editing, and publication of MCC newsletters, website, brochures, and publicity materials.
Assists in preparing proposals for extramural funding.
Coordinates, tracks and maintains MCC inventorial resources, including the MCC food pantry, non-perishables, outreach materials, and event supplies.
Student Leadership Development
Hires, trains, mentors, and supervises the work of undergraduate and graduate student coordinators and interns in close partnership with the MCC Director. This includes a weekly seminar and collective work time.
Facilitates collaborative group processes and uses innovative pedagogical models.
Supports weekly seminars designed to promote students' academic success and retention, personal development, and leadership formation.
Collaborative Relationships
Develops and maintains relationships with stakeholders, on and off campus, critical to program success.
Serves as a liaison with other programs and organizations on campus and in community.
Promotes collaborations among various student, staff, faculty, and community constituencies with interests in social justice, equity and inclusion.
Required Qualifications
Knowledge of the histories, theories, and practice of multiculturalism, multicultural student development and student leadership development.
Knowledge of the methodologies used to enhance students' academic and personal development, such as collaborative and student-centered teaching/learning models, small group facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and advocacy.
Knowledge of trends and issues facing students from low-income, underrepresented, multiracial, multiethnic, mixed-race, mixed-ethnic, immigrant, refugee, disability, and/or lgbtqia+ backgrounds.
Knowledge of community, labor, youth, and/or student organizing.
Knowledge of research methodology and design.
Experience collecting and analyzing data, and generating reports.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse communities of students, staff, and faculty.
Highly developed interpersonal and public communication skills including political acumen, social/cultural perceptiveness, conflict management, and interventions strategies.
Thorough knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and practices of multicultural event planning and campus-community relations, including event design, organization, and production.
Knowledge and experience analyzing complex situations and identifying solutions to solve problems; skills and experience in developing and administering programs designed to meet the diverse needs of students.
Education/Training:
Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
Salary & Benefits
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.
Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.
The budgeted annual salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $70,000.00 - $85,000.00.
This is a full-time, Career position that is eligible for full UC benefits.
This is an exempt, monthly-paid position.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.
Other Information
This is not a visa opportunity.
Conviction History Background
This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.
Mandated Reporter
This position has been identified as a Mandated Reporter required to report the observed or suspected abuse or neglect of children, dependent adults, or elders to designated law enforcement or social service agencies. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon completion of signed statements acknowledging the responsibilities of a Mandated Reporter.
Misconduct
SB 791 and AB 810 Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.
"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
SB 791 and AB 810 Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.
"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
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