Associate Center Director Africana Center

The Africana Center at Tufts University works to implement programs designed to encourage and support the intellectual and individual growth and awareness of all Tufts Undergraduates. These programs include lectures, workshops, concerts, and films, as well as a range of additional activities and programming that reflect and celebrate the intellectual and cultural traditions of people in the African Diaspora. The Center also sponsors programs that promote an understanding of and respect for diversity, multiculturalism, and equity issues.

The Associate Center Director is a student facing role that supports the Africana Center through the development and implementation of community engagement programs that uplift students of African descent and their many intersecting identities (i.e., gender, class, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship/nationality). The Associate Center Director works closely with the Center Director to manage projects and programs connected to the Africana Center and meets regularly with students for individual support needs.

The Associate Center Director works closely with student-facing resources and departments including other identity-based resources, Residential Life and Learning, Student Affairs Office, Counseling and Mental Health Services, Career Center, Global Education, Financial Aid, Tufts University faculty, the CARE office, and other departments within and beyond the Division. In addition, this position writes grants and seeks funding sources for center programs and initiatives.

• Africana Center Daily Operations:
  • Oversee programming and outreach for the Africana Center with support from the Director, Program Administrator and Administrative Coordinator.
  • Develop goals, strategies, and infrastructure in collaboration with Director, to support and advance programs that promote scholarship and leadership within an affirming campus climate for marginalized and underrepresented student populations. This includes educational programs and outreach activities pertaining to marginalized and underrepresented populations as well as the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, disability, sexual orientation, and religion.
  • Annual programs include SQUAD Pre-Orientation Program, First Year Orientation Retreat, and Orientation Open Houses, Black Legacy Month, CHMS Vent & Vibe, Stole Ceremony, Black Men’s Group and Black Women’s Collective, etc.
  • Cultivate collaboration with student organizations within the Africana Advisory Alliance (AAA) and maintain relationship with the Africana Center TCU Senate Community Representative
  • Attend weekend and evening programs offered by the Africana Center and student organizations associated with the Africana Center
  • Oversee communications including but not limited to:
  • Developing website and social media content and strategies
  • Managing outreach and communications for the Africana Center
  • Designing and delivering seminars, lectures, or leading special events
  • Supporting the Program Administrator in identifying programs, events, and opportunities to promote and publicize in the African Center weekly newsletter and podcast
  • Represent the Africana Center in training and facilitation capacities for students.
• Africana Center Peer Leader Program:
  • Manage the year – long Peer Leader Program and their support of the SQUAD Pre-Orientation Program
  • Interview and select the cohort of Peer Leaders
  • Develop and execute Summer Peer Leader training and Spring Retreat.
  • Create and maintain monthly Peer Leader professional development training through a comprehensive training curriculum that helps Peer Leaders identify strategies to best support their development and the development of first year mentees.
  • Regularly assess the…