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DescriptionReporting directly to the Director of the Asian Student Center (ASC), the Associate Director serves as a key member of the ASC within the broader context of Belonging and Community Justice (BCJ) area.
BCJ is comprised of six identity spaces at Emory that serve as a hub of support for students to matriculate to and through the university and includes the Asian Student Center; Centro Latinx; the Emory Black Student Union (EBSU); Emory First; the Center for Women at Emory; and LGBT Life. BCJ promotes dynamic and cohesive learning by creating space for individual, cultural, and communal development. BCJ's value of ensuring every student belongs and graduates is central to all programming, events, and initiatives within and across the respective identity spaces.
The Asian Student Center (ASC) at Emory University is an identity space focused on supporting all Emory University undergraduate, graduate, and professional students including Asian Pacific Islander Desi/American (APIDA) students. The ASC is led by a Director and supported by the Associate Director and assistant Director. The ASC also employs several undergraduate and graduate student staff supervised by the Associate and Assistant Directors.
This position is student-centered and responsible for supporting the Director's strategic vision and alignment of Emory resources to coordinate and assess community relevant programs and services to support access, academic progress, sense of belonging, persistence, and retention of students who find their place in the ASC. Supports collaboration amongst other identity spaces within BCJ (Centro Latinx; Center for Women at Emory, Emory First, Emory Black Student Union, and LGBT Life) as well as colleagues across Emory Campus Life, Provost areas, and the university as a whole to develop intentional planning and implementation of programs and resources focused on students' salient and non-salient identities and intersectionality while also promoting a university culture of inclusion where students from all identities can thrive.
Responsible for program development and implementation, student development, and collaboration with students. Focuses on supporting students and their personal and professional development. Actively engages in student advising and forges strong partnerships across campus to enhance the services available to all students representing the Asian diaspora and the broader student body.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Student Support & Supervision:
Provides and develops resources to all Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.Serves as an advisor for all student organizations supporting APIDA students.Collaborates with student organizations and campus partners leading high impact practices for APIDA students.Refers APIDA students to appropriate campus resources for support, as needed (i.e. Student Involvement, Leadership, and Transitions, Student Case Management and Intervention Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, etc).Meets one-on-one with all students who request assistance in collaboration with the ASC Leadership Team.Creates reflective spaces for APIDA students to celebrate their identities and cultures representative of the Asian diaspora at Emory.Supervises, leads, mentors, and designs professional development opportunities for ASC professional and student staff. Supervision of staff may include the following groups: undergraduate student staff, graduate student staff, and/or Assistant Director(s).Responds and supports leadership in crisis situations in accordance with university policies and protocols.Emory and Campus Life Program Development
Develops, coordinates, and executes comprehensive and consistent ASC programs designed to support Emory's Student Flourishing Initiative with an additional focus on programs and services related to graduate students.Creates and implements outcome-based, innovative, transformative programs that invite all students to communicate across social identities.Coordinates efforts to welcome Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) students to Emory, including those transitioning from the Oxford campus.Leads the planning and implementation efforts to celebrate all Asian Pacific Desi American Heritage Month and other campus-wide activities reflecting identity, culture, and history of the Asian diaspora.Designs assessment tools to gather quantitative and qualitative program data and trends.Supports the BCJ areas and initiatives.Creates and presents educational engagement opportunities for students in collaboration with the Director.Develops and collaborates with the Director on presentations, conferences, retreats, and workshops relevant to APIDA students.Cultivates and strengthens relationships with colleagues across the university including alumni.Supports Emory, Campus Life, and the other BCJ areas via committee work, projects, and initiatives that serve the campus broadly, such as:Dean of Students portfolio retreatsStrategic planning committeesAssessment committeesPre-Orientation and Orientation planning meetingsLarge-scale community and university-wide programsOther duties as assigned by supervisor or their delegate.Communication & Marketing:
Leads office newsletters content creation and implementation that is in alignment with ASC, BCJ, Campus Life, and Emory University guidelines.Maintains accuracy and effectiveness of the ASC website. Manages ASC listserv and ensures timely and appropriate responses to all students, faculty, staff, and community partners.Markets and promote the ASC, BCJ, and their programming to all students to increase participation.Fiscal and Center Operations:
Provides timely/pertinent budgetary information to supervisor as necessary throughout the year.Processes university fiscal paperwork promptly and accurately.Routinely assesses the necessity of various expenditures, including but not limited to programming activities, student recognition, and professional development/training.Meets deadlines for all requests for reports, data, publications, and budgets.Ensures the responsible planning and expenditure of fiscal resources in a manner consistent with good fiduciary responsibility.Oversees the cleanliness and organization of the ASC & BCJ as a whole, ensuring that all areas are tidy, well-maintained, and adhere to health and safety standards.Oversees the management of the ASC space and space reservations.Regularly inspects the facilities to identify any maintenance, safety, or operational issues, ensuring that the environment is safe and functional.Supports the Director with fundraising efforts in the ASC.Performs other related duties as required.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master's degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or a related field and three years of experience with campus-wide programming, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.Demonstrated experience in supervising and developing student staff including graduate assistants.Demonstrated understanding and experience with complex issues around identity and equity; intercultural communication and competence; and cultural humility.Experience educating and training students on topics of diversity, inclusion, and difference.Willingness to learn how to advance student support, student belonging and sense of place, and student initiatives.Knowledge of student development theory and understanding current issues, best practices, and higher education trends related the challenges facing students and staff from historically underrepresented communities such as people with disabilities, people of color, queer, transgender, gender diverse, first-generation, low-income, international, immigrant, undocumented, tribal, and indigenous communities.NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location. Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.
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