Description:
This recruitment will be used to fill one part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Diversity and Inclusion Director position with ASOSU at Oregon State University (OSU).
The Diversity and Inclusion Director serves on the ASOSU President’s team to support development among student leadership, and at the university, the values of diversity and inclusion. The Diversity and Inclusion Director helps to ensure ASOSU fulfills its mission of representing all students at Oregon State University by working to build relationships with student groups and organizations representing a multitude of backgrounds and life experiences.
These efforts include collaborating with ASOSU executive staff and student leaders on ASOSU’s ongoing advocacy, with a focus on identifying and addressing inequities, building community belonging, and helping acknowledge the necessary steps to ensure equal access to important resources.
Given the limited hours and timeline of ASOSU’s advocacy, these responsibilities (including those provided below) may be amended or vary depending on ongoing priorities, needs, or emergent issues and/or circumstances.
Position Duties
- Communicate ASOSU’s interest and keep up to date with programs, groups, and resources pertaining to diversity and inclusion on campus and in the broader community;
- Work collaboratively with executive staff tasked with addressing policy advocacy, to ensure the values of diversity and inclusion are upheld as part of local and legislative policy advocacy, as well as University policy;
- Assist the executive branch in communicating a welcoming atmosphere for students of diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds, and in identifying opportunities to expand availability of campus resources where barriers to access may occur;
- Communicate with University offices and faculty on issues pertaining to Institutional Diversity and Inclusion;
- Provide support for students of diverse cultural backgrounds and encourage the development of an inclusive campus;
- Provide support for students of limited socioeconomic backgrounds and
- encourage the development advocacy to support low-income students;
- Provide leadership to staff on the Diversity Team through one-on-one meetings;
- Serve as a point of contact for interfaith or religious/spiritual student affinity groups and organizations;
- Work with on-campus services and programs, such as:
- Asian and Pacific Cultural Center,
- Centro Cultural Cesar Chevez,
- Ettihad Cultural Center,
- Lonnie B. Harris Black Cultural Center,
- Native American Longhouse Ina Haws,
- Pride Center,
- SOL,
- Women and Gender Resource Center,
- AYA,
- Disability Access Services,
- Nia Black Scholar and munk-skukum Living-Leaming Communities,
- Military & Veterans Resource Center,
- Spiritual Life at OSU
- Office of Institutional Diversity,
- Public Safety,
- and other engagement programs to provide connections and knowledge regarding services available to students;
- Work with the Office of Institutional Diversity, and Diversity and Cultural Engagement, to track university diversity, social justice, and equity initiatives;
- Work collaboratively with executive staff tasked with addressing issues of diversity and inclusion, and address these matters as a part of broader advocacy efforts;
- Meet with the ASOSU President and Vice President to discuss policy issues pertinent to OSU students with respect to the values of diversity and inclusion;
- Work with executive leadership and staff to develop opportunities for student input in areas of diversity, inclusion, equity, and equal access in higher education and related areas.
- Work to provide opportunities for input and involvement in ASOSU for students of underrepresented backgrounds, communities, and/or perspectives;
- Encourage and provide opportunities for feedback on ASOSU’s ongoing programs, advocacy, and services, to address emergent or unaddressed student needs;
- Assist staff within the Diversity Team on developing initiatives to address concerns of their respective advocacy areas.
- Facilitate and attend meetings with the Diversity Team
- Provide oversight for the Diversity Team
- Attend regular all-executive staff meetings and debrief meetings;
- Provide a report to the ASOSU Congress at least once per term;
- Serve as an ex-officio member on the ASOSU Student Advisory Board;
- Assist the Chief of Staff by providing relevant input during expenditure processes;
- Meet with the ASOSU Faculty Advisor biweekly for one-on-one meetings;
- Meet regularly with the ASOSU President and Vice President and send the Chief of Staff a schedule of working hours at the beginning of each academic term.