Coordinator Espacio Cultural Latinx

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Reporting to the Director of Campus Life, the Coordinator of the Espacio Cultural Latinx (ECL) provides day-to-day leadership and oversight of the ECL and its programs, services, and student staff. The Coordinator provides resources, support services, community engagement, and educational experiences that foster student belonging, engagement, and success. The Coordinator serve as a primary resource for information, referrals, and advocacy to address the needs of Latinx students at Berea College.

This position promotes and fosters a campus environment that is inclusive of people from all identities while directly supporting Latinx students. The ECL provides a venue for all students to learn about Latinx culture, heritage, and traditions.

Following long-standing tradition and practice at Berea College, this position includes responsibility for supervising, mentoring, and developing students in the College's integrated Work College Program. This supports student learning, career readiness, and the program's learning goals and outcomes. The Work College Program provides a developmental framework that guides student learning while creating a structured mentorship opportunity, with role-specific training that equips faculty and staff mentors to support student development.

Faculty and staff mentors play an essential part in helping students connect their work-learning-service experiences with broader academic, professional, and personal development. For faculty, this aligns with Berea's tenure and promotion criteria.

• Develops, coordinates, implements, and evaluates educational, cultural, heritage, and community-building programs that foster belonging, student success, and cross-cultural learning..
• Maintains regular communication and updates with students in regard to programming, events, conference opportunities, and community events.
• Provide support to the instructor of the Latino Male Initiative (LMI) course and lead programming initiatives.

• Oversees the daily operation of the Espacio Cultural Latinx (ECL) and cultivates a welcoming, culturally affirming environment that fosters belonging, connection, learning, and community among students. Supports the mission of the college by creating an inclusive environment to support student success.
• Recruits, trains, supervises, schedules, and develops the ECL student staff labor team, providing ongoing coaching, feedback, leadership development, and career preparation. Develops and manages the ECL’s assigned budget.

• Supports the mission of the college by creating an inclusive environment to support student success.
• Develops and maintains institutional and non-institutional student referral sources for Latinx students.
• Initiates referrals to services such as Academic Advising, Career & Internships, Counseling Services, Financial Aid, Student Labor, etc.
• Provides individualized support, advising, advocacy, and resource navigation for Latinx students, connecting students with appropriate campus and community resources as needed.

• Serves as a collaborative partner with other campus departments to create programs and services to address the intersectional nature of identities.
  • Serves as a liaison to Latinx Studies, and works with academic partners to provide programs, resources, and services for students, faculty, staff, and community stakeholders.
  • Serves as a proactive…