Assistant Dean Access and Engagement Job New Haven area,Connecticut USA,Education / Teaching

Position: Assistant Dean for Access and Engagement

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Overview

Reporting to the Associate Dean for Access and Engagement, and working closely with colleagues throughout the University, the Assistant Dean for Access and Engagement provides leadership with graduate student recruitment and retention initiatives. The Assistant Dean will develop programming around mentoring, networking, professional development, and social justice with the goal of creating a safe, respectful, and inclusive campus culture.

Required

Skills and Abilities

Demonstrated knowledge of issues in higher education.

Experience in program development, education, and outreach efforts, and working with diverse students.

Experience with event planning.

Experience with graduate student life.

Preferred

Skills and Abilities

PhD and three years of experience in an academic administration or management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience with higher education, recruiting.

Experience planning large national conferences.

Principal Responsibilities

The Assistant Dean is charged with developing and implementing a comprehensive recruitment strategy that will include participating in national graduate school fairs and conferences, targeted campus recruiting across the US and Puerto Rico, with a focus on honors students such as the Karsh STEM Scholars and the Simons Scholars, and developing and implementing outreach webinars.

Plan and lead the Office for Graduate Student Engagement and Development Fellows’ group meetings.

Plan and coordinate the activities that the fellows will develop and implement throughout the academic year around:
Mentoring and Networking, Communications, First Year Focus, Academic and Professional Development, Social Justice, and New Haven Community Engagement.

Plan and implement Preview Days.

Plan and implement virtual Recruitment Days.

Assist with the logistics for the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Graduate Education.

Assist with tasks associated with the National Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (BGHS), including, but not limited to, maintaining the Bouchet Connect website and enhancing engagement across the platform.

Serve as the Yale liaison for national academic consortia, including, but not limited to, the Leadership Alliance and the Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers (IRT). Other duties as needed.

Required

Education and Experience

Masters degree and five years of experience or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran.

Inquiries concerning Yale's Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment may be referred to the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility (OIEA).

Additional Information

Yale University is a tobacco-free campus.

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