Senior Director Multicultural Affairs for Students

Responsible for developing and implementing effective strategies that promote a sense of inclusion and equity for underrepresented students on campus.

• Oversees and manages the daily operations of the departmental unit. Provides direction and leadership to unit and resolves personnel and operational issues.
• Provides leadership for department's student development model. Manages the continuous quality improvement of the model's learning objectives. Oversees strategic efforts for the University's impact.
• Leads the department in assessment of all departmental services and their impact to student persistence, student retention and graduation. Coordinates department's annual reporting.
• Collaborates with other departments and community partners to ensure cohesion of student support services. Serves on campus committees to advance unit goals.
• Builds and maintains internal and external collaborations, partnerships, and customer relations to ensure successful fulfillments of department goals and missions.
• Analyses the training needs of the department. Ensures compliance with University and departmental policies and procedures.

Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.

• Master’s degree in related field from an accredited institution.

• Five years’ relevant experience.
• Program management experience.
• Experience with curriculum development.
• Budget administration experience.
• Demonstrated training in high impact practices for retention and graduation in higher education institutions.
• Supervisory or lead experience.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Varied work hours for special projects, committees, presentations, etc. as needed.

• Experience in grant writing for foundations, federal programs, and state programs.

Office or other indoor work with the minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.

Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.

Revised: 2026-03-26