Director For Student Diversity And Belonging

Job Summary

Under general direction of the Associate Vice President for Student Diversity and Inclusion, the Director assumes responsibility for managing administrative and programmatic operations of the eight SDAB centers. The Director supervises professional staff who coordinate the work of the centers and offer programs, services, events, and intellectual exchanges that engage diverse perspectives and identities, promote cultural competence and leadership development, and cultivate an inclusive campus climate. The Director creates strategic vision and direction and establishes program priorities, monitors progress toward achieving program goals, and conducts assessments to evaluate program effectiveness. The Director serves as a key member of the Student Affairs on Diversity, Inclusion team and serves as a principle advisor to the Student Affairs AVP for Diversity and Inclusion on strategies to accomplish Student Affairs goals and objectives.

Department Summary

Student Diversity and Belonging (SDAB) is a collaborative sub-division of community centers that serve an active role in creating a culturally enriching environment at Cal Poly's campus and in San Luis Obispo. We instill understandings of Diversity and inclusive excellence by facilitating identity-affirming spaces of belonging, student-centered programming, student support services, and peer educational learning opportunities. Our unit is comprised of the following campus community centers: Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC), Dream Center, Gender Equity Center (GEC), Latinx/e Center for Academic Success and Achievement (La CASA), MultiCultural Center (MCC), Pride Center, the Men & Masculinities Center and the Native American and Indigenous Cultural Center (NAICC). SDAB centers collaborate across campus to establish meaningful campus and community involvement in building cultural competency, and support students and the campus in providing an inclusive and accepting campus environment and providing training and outreach to target populations.

Key Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of effective personnel management practices and supervisory skills, including motivation, training, professional development, conflict resolution, and progressive discipline, with the demonstrated ability to effectively model appropriate professional behavior.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain high quality and standards of work, initiative, ethics, commitment, and professional responsibility and judgment. Ability to represent the university in a professional and conscientious manner. 
• Demonstrated understanding and application of program development, training, and coordination skills.  Ability to research, plan, evaluate and implement programs and services.
• Knowledge of, and ability to apply, current best practices in student developmental theory when developing or modifying policies and practices.
• Ability to research, interpret, communicate and apply technical procedures or regulations as well as federal, state, CSU and University policies and procedures.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the area of Diversity and inclusion. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.

Salary and Benefits

The anticipated hiring range for this role is $90,000 - $110,000 Per Year. Note that the offer is calculated based on the background and relevant years of experience of the individual selected.

Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees. See our benefits website for additional information.

Cal Poly

Known for its Learn by Doing pedagogy, Cal Poly is the flagship of the world-renowned California State University system. Annually recognized as one of the top public universities in the nation, Cal Poly continues to offer an academic curriculum based on learned experience gained through real-world practice. Located in San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly is nestled comfortably among the coastal foothills, minutes from the Pacific Ocean and equidistant to the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

Cal Poly offers a best-in-class benefits program, including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System, and educational benefits for eligible employees. See our benefits website for additional information.  

Diversity Statement

At Cal Poly, we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and our community. Bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and value systems fosters the innovative and creative thinking that exemplifies Cal Poly's values of free inquiry, cultural and intellectual diversity, mutual respect, civic engagement, and social and environmental responsibility.
Cal Poly's commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. Cal Poly is an equal opportunity employer.

Supplemental Information

Following a conditional offer of employment, a background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate may start work with Cal Poly. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may result in the withdrawal of the offer of employment. Current employees who are offered positions on campus will be required to undergo a background check for any position where a background check is required by law or that Cal Poly has designated as sensitive.

The person holding this position is considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

This position may be "Designated" under California State University's Conflict of Interest Code. This would require the filing of a Statement of Economic Interest on an annual basis and the completion of training within 6 months of assuming office and every 2 years thereafter.

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is not a sponsoring agency for staff positions (i.e. H-1B visas).