Manager, Inclusive Excellence

Position Title:

Manager, Inclusive Excellence

Job Description:

POSITION TITLE:

Manager, Inclusive Excellence STATUS:
Full time DEPARTMENT:
Office of Inclusive Excellence & Advocacy DIVISION:
President’s Office CLASSIFICATION:
Exempt UNION:
Non-union

REPORTS TO:

Chief Officer of Inclusive Excellence and Advocacy PLACEMENT:
Professional, Grade S10HI
RING RANGE: $65,491 - $73,678 annually

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Joliet Junior College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff.

POSITION SUMMARY The Manager of Inclusive Excellence Serves as a strategic leader responsible for advancing the College’s commitment to inclusive excellence, access, servingness and equitable outcomes. This position is responsible for developing, lead, and implement institution-wide inclusive excellence initiatives, programs, professional development and best practices that foster student and employee success, strengthen community engagement, and advance equitable access to resources and opportunities for all stakeholders, with particular attention to the needs of historically underrepresented populations, including Latinx, immigrant, refugee, and multilingual communities.

This role ensures that initiatives are aligned with the College’s core values, strategic goals, and best practices that promote equitable outcomes and continuous improvement.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Familiarity with U.S. Department of Education funding as well as private and other public funding.
2. Develop, lead, and implement inclusive initiatives and best practices across the institution that support all students, employees, and community stakeholders, with particular attention to the needs of historically underrepresented populations, including Latinx, immigrant, refugee, and multilingual communities.
3. Facilitate, coordinate, and deliver campus-wide professional development initiatives focused on cultural competency, inclusive excellence, access, belonging, servingness, restorative and healing-centered practices, and other evidence-based strategies that foster an inclusive and welcoming environment for students, employees, and community stakeholders.
4. Partner with campus and community leaders to strengthen awareness, engagement, and capacity-building efforts that support student and staff success, equitable access, meaningful community partnerships, and a culture of belonging.
5. Manage logistics for speaker engagements, contracts, institutional programs, and other initiatives aligned with strategic goals.
6. Design, monitor, and report on initiatives aimed at improving institutional access, advancement, enrollment, retention, degree completion, and equitable outcomes for both students and employees.
7. Support budget planning, management, and reporting activities, including monitoring expenditures, reconciling budget transactions, tracking financial performance, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with institutional, grant, and funding requirements.
8. Handle confidential matters with discretion, in accordance with institutional policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
9. Research and analyze best practices, industry standards, and data trends to inform program development, strategic planning, and institutional sustainability.
10. Engage in community outreach and service through events, volunteer efforts, resource provision, and relationship-building with community-based organizations and local businesses.
11. Perform other duties as assigned in support of institutional priorities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1. Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, business, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Minimum three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in higher education, community engagement, workforce development, social services, program management, or a related field.
3. Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and…