Take leadership in coordinating cultural heritage month planning for the following celebrations, including but not necessarily limited to: Latino Heritage Month, LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Native American Heritage Month, Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and Asian American Heritage Month. This position collaborates extensively with the Associate Director of the Multicultural Success Center to fulfill this duty. Though these programming series require some direct committee-led programming, their success is highly dependent on inclusion of appropriate initiatives and constituencies from across the institution and Indianapolis community. The Assistant Director is expected to support and cultivate appropriate partnerships in order to enhance the value of these educational opportunities.
Plan and execute all Cultural Leadership Luncheons within each Cultural Heritage month in conjunction with Lead IUPUI.Partner with staff in OSI and across the division to incorporate central themes into social justice programming: In addition to social justice, civic engagement and leadership development are of key importance.
Assist with the development, coordination, and execution of ongoing co-curricular opportunities (such as the SoJoEdu Workshop Series) for students and members of the IUPUI community to engage in meaningful discourse about topics related to diversity, social justice, multiculturalism, and marginalized populations. These programs are executed in conjunction with students, faculty, staff, and community members to support an open and inclusive environment at IUPUI.
Assist with the creation of a Peer Education Program in order to foster diversity, inclusion, and social justice by promoting and advising programs generated by Peer Educators (undergraduate and graduate students).
Assist with institutional/divisional efforts to determine whether campus community is sufficiently inclusive, welcoming, supportive, and affirming to all members by helping conduct focus groups and other research related to social identities to attain data.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Master’s degree in Higher Education, College Student Personnel Administration or related field required.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Experience in program development and engaging with populations and individuals of diverse backgrounds. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of scholarship on race, diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice.
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