Program Director , Native Community Center

Program Director (4974C), Native Community Center #88887

At the University of California, Berkeley , we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world.

At Berkeley, the best careers are built on a foundation of continuous learning and growth. We actively support professional development by providing all full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours of paid time per year and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups.

The Native American Student Development Office works to support undergraduate and graduate student needs, creates academic, community, and social opportunities to foster understanding of Native American, Indigenous and intersectional identities; fosters critical dialog across race and ethnicity; works to create a sense of inclusion for students at UC Berkeley; educates, advocates and builds community across differences; and develops student leaders for a multicultural world.

NASD is part of a collaborative, the Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement (EJCE).

The Native Community Center provides a space for community organizing, meetings, academic and educational workshops and networking opportunities. It serves as the main programming space for NASD and also provides an opportunity to connect and partner with faculty, alumni and community stakeholders.

The Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement (EJCE) is collaborative charged with developing programs, activities, and strategies that promote students’ academic progress and success by engaging them through intersectional and multicultural practices that acknowledge and celebrate their individual and collective experiences. The EJCE collaborative coordinates a series of academic courses and educational and multicultural activities through its centers & offices (African American Student Development, Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center, African American Student Development, Chicanx Latinx Student Development, Latinx Student Resource Center, the Gender Equity Resource Center, Multicultural Community Center, Native American Student Development and the Native Community Center, and South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African Student Development.

The collaborative is a key campus partner in helping the campus create an inclusive environment for campus populations through intersectional and transformative practices and approaches focused on mitigating harm and promoting connections among and across diverse communities. Each partner space is steeped in rich and vibrant legacies and established community-centered praxes of educational justice: leadership development, access, activism, academic excellence and social justice.

Our work reflects interconnected identities and experiences through our collective and individual commitments to support and advance future global leaders.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Native American Thriving and Native American Student Development (NASD), the Program Director of the Native Community Center (NCC) is responsible for the day-to-day operations, logistics, and administration of a multi-use community center on the UC Berkeley campus, fostering a space for members of the campus community. In coordination with the NASD Executive Director, this position serves undergraduate and graduate students.

The First Review Date for this job is September 29, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Multicultural Advising - 10%

• Provides advice about academic and personal development resources to students engaged in ethnic specific, multicultural, and/or cross cultural studies, programs, services, and organizations. Refers students to appropriate campus and community services.
• Plans, develops, and implements advising strategies that address campus climate issues impacting students individually and in student organizations.

Programming and Venue Management - 40%

• Plans, develops, and implements programs,…