Associate Director, Center Cultural Connections and Community and First-Generation Programs

Associate Director, The Center for Cultural Connections and Community and First-Generation Programs

The Associate Director for the Center for Cultural Connections and Community and First-Generation Programs resides in the Center for Cultural Connections and Community (the Center) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Associate Director role is multi-pronged: the role assists with management of the day-to-day department operations, promotes the unit’s strategic goals as well as provides leadership and oversight by developing transformative co-curricular programming to support first-generation students as they navigate the nuances of their higher education experience and academic rigor.

This position reports to, and works closely with, the Director of the Center for Cultural Connections and Community. As a member of the unit’s leadership team, the Associate Director will lead assessment efforts and will provide consultation and oversight on the student coordinator program. The Associate Director will directly supervise three critical professional staff including the Assistant Director for Education and Social Change, the Coordinator for First-Generation Enrichment and Programs, and the Coordinator for First-Generation Scholars.

The Associate Director will further develop the vision, direction, and actualization of an inclusive co-curricular learning environment for first-generation students across the institution. They will lead the advancement of the first-generation program apparatus in concert and collaboration with other campus partners.

Lastly, the Associate Director will work with department colleagues as well as divisional and institutional partners to address the needs of historically underrepresented and underserved student populations.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Division of Student Life consists of 30 departments that provide student support and services dedicated to helping students become successful, curious, competent individuals during their time at CU Boulder.

The Center for Cultural Connections & Community supports students in the exploration of all their identities. The Center is a welcoming and inclusive space on campus that supports academic and personal growth.

• Lead the First-Generation Enrichment program in the Center and supervise its professional staff and student coordinators.
• Plan and implement comprehensive programs and services to enhance the academic and social success of first-generation students with a focus on activities related to engagement, retention, and graduation.
• Create and sustain a culture of identity celebration, visibility, and recognition of excellence within the first-generation community.
• Lead, with a committee, the application review, selection, and award process for the First-Generation Scholarship.
• Track university data and trends regarding first-generation students in partnership with divisional colleagues in the Center for Assessment, Insight and Research (AIR).
• Co-design and implement data collection to improve the effectiveness of first-generation.
• Create first-generation student programs that emphasize intersectionality and are in collaboration with department and campus colleagues.
• Collaborate with department colleagues to design an identity development curriculum focused on the experiences of historically underserved student populations.
• Collaborate with department colleagues to create and implement outcome-based programs that invite all students to communicate across lines of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other social identities.
• Collaborate with campus partners in the broad-based promotion of inclusion, social change, and campus diversity via campus-wide programming and support for…