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Posted: 23-May-23
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Position Summary
Join a vibrant campus community whose excellence is reflected in its diversity and student success. West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion invites applicants for the position of the Director of The Center for Women and Gender Equity (CWGE).
West Chester University, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is a public, comprehensive institution committed to offering high-quality undergraduate education, selected post-baccalaureate and graduate programs, and a variety of educational and cultural resources for its students, alumni, and citizens of southeastern Pennsylvania. We are a community of educators dedicated to developing graduates who succeed personally and professionally and contribute to the common good.
WCU proudly offers a positive and purposeful work environment; comprehensive employee benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance along with generous retirement plans; many wellness programs; a commitment to work-life balance including generous paid vacation, paid sick time, military leave and paid time off for most major holidays; and a University mission to support employee personal and professional growth including a tuition waiver for self and family members, training and development, and advancement opportunities.
The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) provides leadership and expertise to West Chester University to advance its commitment to the principles of inclusivity, service, and academic excellence. Through programmatic and educational initiatives, collaborative partnerships, and outreach we cultivate an environment that welcomes all. The CWGE actively promotes and advocates for a campus community that values the safety, equality, and intellectual advancement of women and other historically marginalized groups.
Reporting to the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Director provides leadership and staff development and manages all operational and budgetary aspects of the CWGE; completes assessment and analysis to ensure the best practices; provides advocacy and community relations to the campus and local community including violence prevention initiatives; and ensures a sense of community for faculty, staff, and students. This position requires a high level of scholar-practitioner thinking to align CWGE operations with the division and institution mission, vision, and strategic priorities.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience supervising, training, and developing staff for an on-campus Women’s or Gender Equity Center; knowledge and application of assessment learning; data analysis and reporting experience; current and effective communication strategies; and the ability to work collaboratively and successfully with a wide range of constituents from diverse backgrounds to achieve a common agenda.
Responsibilities include:
- Supervise professional staff including preparation of job descriptions, hiring processes, completing performance evaluations, addressing job performance issues in conjunction with labor relations, and identifying staff development and training needs
- Create a culture that advocates the appropriate and effective use of feedback systems to improve individual leaders and team leadership performance
- Foster a vision that drives department operations such as short-term and long-term planning, learning outcomes and assessment, benchmarking, and connections to divisional and institutional strategic directions
- Engage in service to the profession and to student affairs and DEI professional associations
- Participate in appropriate seminars, workshops, conferences and other training
- Provide opportunities for inclusive and social justice educational professional development
- Ensure institutional policies, practices, facilities, structures, systems, and technologies respect and represent the needs of all people
- Link individual and departmental performance indicators with demonstrated commitment to social justice and inclusion
- Foster and promote an institutional culture that supports the free and open expression of ideas, identities, and beliefs, and where individuals have the capacity to negotiate different standpoints
- Collect and maintain data to track Center programs and collaborate with stakeholders on other University civic engagement initiatives for the purposes of reporting, research and pursuing external awards
- Design ongoing and periodic data collection efforts such that they are sustainable, rigorous, as unobtrusive as possible, and technologically current
- Develop and establish processes and system procedures to ensure efficient and effective functions of department and confidential reporting
- Effectively address bias incidents impacting campus communities as part of University’s Campus Climate Intervention Team (CCIT) and other campus committees.
- Advocate for social justice values in institutional mission, goals, and programs
- Provide assessment and input on WCU norms, policies, space, programs, publicity, and resources for underlying cultural assumptions and modify from a culturally inclusive lens
- Maintain favorable relationships and collaborative efforts with constituencies on and off campus
- Develop budget process, submit annual requests, and approve budget expenses including operating, compensation, and scholarship endowments
- Lead the development of the departmental program review process for the Middle States accreditation review
- Create and submit campus-wide quarterly reports
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Student Personnel Administration, Counseling, or related field
- Five (5) years of experience working in higher education student affairs
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a campus-based Women’s or Gender Equity Center
- Training and experience in Bystander Intervention, Title IX, and Masculinity Studies
- Experience with federal guidelines including Title IX, Violence Against Women Act, and Clery Act
- Evidence of supervision of multiple full-time professionals
- Budget management experience
- Experience collecting and analyzing data for program assessment and evaluation
- Experience creating complex reports
- Doctorate in higher education, educational leadership, counseling or closely related field
Special Instructions
Ask about opportunities to work from home and alternate work schedules.
The salary range for this position is $69,716 to $79,675.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Candidates should apply online at https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/wcupa. Application materials must include a resume, cover letter and references (all required for consideration).
Applicants must successfully complete the interview process to be considered as a finalist.
Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff advances WCU’s educational mission and strategic Plan for Excellence. West Chester University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
All offers of employment are subject to and contingent upon satisfactory completion of all pre-employment background checks.
