Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

Associate Director for Gender and LGBTQ+ Student Life

A00137

AD 01

Student Development Office

S 121300933

Full Time

12

Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm; nights and weekends when applicable

Supports the needs of women and LGBTQ+ communities through education, advocacy, and outreach efforts. Cultivate meaningful community engagement opportunities that align with social matters related to lived experiences of students. Develop programmatic initiatives to support thriving queer communities and healthy gender identity development. Serve as a positive influencer who consistently cultivates a sense of inclusion and belonging for all members of the Denison community by successfully collaborating with a variety of stakeholders within the university as well as local community partners.

Programming

• Develop initiatives to cultivate a healthy campus climate for Denison students, focusing on women and gender non-conforming students.
• Create, develop, and support programming in topic areas including but not limited to LGBTQ+ initiatives, gender equity, student wellness, and women’s leadership.
• Design high-impact programming in focus areas including but not limited to women’s rights, reproductive health, gender, and mental/physical wellness, spirituality, resource equity, sexuality, and gendered violence, and healthy masculinity, especially as these may intersect across race, ethnicity, class, ability, and national origins.
• Facilitate constituency-relevant training and awareness-building sessions for the Division and university-wide initiatives such as first-year orientation, senior celebration, peer training, and professional development.
• Coordinate outreach programs, often in partnership with other staff and faculty, around gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression.
• Implement dialogue programs and student leadership development in partnership with peer ambassadors.
• Coordinate holistic well-being initiatives on healthy relationships, positive body image, leadership, and professional development.
• Formulate partnerships with relevant colleagues and departments to design high-impact experiences to address patterns of toxic masculinity.
• Serve as a co-chair for the annual women’s leadership development conference.
• Facilitate discussion/dialogues and speak publicly on LGBTQ+ issues and identities.

• Provide direct one-on-one and group engagement, advising, and advocacy with individual students, alumni affinity groups, and student organizations including Pride, Outlook, Denison Feminist, Sexual Harassment and Assault Resources and Education, Denison Coalition for Sexual Respect, Gender and Sexuality
• Sustain relationships with academic partners and local partners who support queer communities.
• Facilitate faculty/student awareness-building and professional development sessions in partnership with the Diversity and Inclusion Unit.
• Support the exploration of gender identity, gender status and sexual orientation, and gender identity related to opportunities and lived experiences within local and global communities

• Design inclusion seminars to engage colleagues in discussion about strategies for creating and sustaining an inclusive collegiate climate.
• Create intersectional initiatives in partnership across the unit of Diversity and Inclusion.
• Provide leadership for ongoing assessment of thriving queer communities, including but not limited to values, attitudes, and practices of queer students as it relates to the evolution of individual student support and campus programming.
• Provide informed leadership through university committees, governance councils, and ad hoc working groups on issues related to the mission of the department/unit/division.
• Sustain collegial relationships with the Provost Office, Admissions, International Student Services, Community Leadership & Involvement Team, Dean of Students, Dean of First-Year Students, Residential Communities, Athletics, University Chaplain, and Director of Religious & Spiritual Life, and several off-campus partners and vendors.

Master’s Degree in College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration, Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, or similar area of study. Demonstrated enthusiasm for supporting diversity, gender, and sexual identities, particularly at the praxis of antiracism and multiple identity groups.
A skilled facilitator and competent in leading, advising, and training student groups. Demonstrated ability to construct and measure programmatic learning outcomes, design programs with an inclusive excellence framework and implement assessment tools to evaluate measurable outcomes. Knowledge of current theoretical frameworks related to intersectional identities, gender identity development, queer identity theories, healthy masculinity, and feminist thought.
Strong interpersonal, public speaking, and written communication skills. Must be willing to work during evenings and weekends. Must have a valid driver’s license and be insurable by the College. Excellent written and oral communication skills, the ability to form strong working/collaborative relationships with students, faculty, and staff members, and the ability to relate effectively with diverse members of the University community.

Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives at once; ability to take direction and initiative. Ability to accommodate extended work hours, including evening and weekend work hours.

3-5 years of demonstrated experience and interest working with highly motivated students from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Knowledge of marketing design is a plus.

While performing duties for this job, the employee regularly exhibits digital dexterity when entering data into computer, frequently sits for extended periods of time, and occasionally stands and walks. Employee occasionally reaches with hands or arms and stoops, kneels, crouches or crawls. Employee converses verbally or manually with others in person and by telephone. Vision demands include close, detailed vision when focusing on computer screen. Employee occasionally lifts or exerts force up to 10 pounds.

Nicole M. Ausmer

08/18/2021

Yes

Consideration will be given to all applicants that apply by September 6, 2021

The final candidate will undergo a background check as a conditional offer of employment.

To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to attract and hire candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences and identities. Denison fosters a campus community that recognizes the value of all persons regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender expression and identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison, please see our Diversity Guide (https://denison.edu/forms/diversity-guide). Denison University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.