Director - LGBTQA+ Resource Center - Boston, MA, United States - Northeastern University

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Director - LGBTQA+ Resource Center

About the Opportunity

Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Director of Cultural and Spiritual Life, the Director of the LGBTQA Resource Center is responsible for the overall direction and management of the Center. Established in 2009, the LGBTQA Resource Center is continuously evolving to meet the needs of the diverse LGBTQA+ population on campus. The Director is charged with setting a vision, priorities, and implementing strategies with the primary goal of increasing the sense of belonging for LGBTQA+ people on campus. A visionary leader, the Director will create and sustain a robust network that includes students, alumni, faculty, campus partners and external organizations to continuously expand the Center's reach. The Director will seek opportunities to explore the intersectional identities within the LGBTQA+ population on campus and will actively support the growing number of affinity groups that call the Center home. The Director will identify strategies for supporting and developing formally recognized student organizations that have a relationship with the Center and will serve in an advising role as necessary. The Director plays a key role in the creation of programming throughout the year, including but not limited to, OUTober, Rainbow Graduation and ReachOUT. Reporting to the Director, and assisting in these efforts, will be one full-time Associate Director and one Assistant Director. Additionally, the Director will be a collaborative leader who is able to partner with a multitude of campus partners to deliver education, training and support to the global campus community. Together with the Senior Director, the Director will identify strategic partners across the enterprise and build coalitions to ensure all our learners have a positive and enriching experience across Northeastern's global network.

Qualifications:

Master's degree in a related field with at least 5-7 years of experience working with diverse or marginalized populations. Knowledge of social justice issues and best practices, programming, student activism and diversity issues is a must. Prior supervision of full-time staff is highly desirable, as is experience leading strategic change within a complex organization.

Responsibilities Include:

• Programming and Outreach- Develop strategic vision for the center. Create meaningful and sustainable relationships with all campuses/hubs in the Northeastern global system. Identify opportunities to improve administrative procedures that impact a students' sense of belonging on campus. Facilitate trainings and provide consultations for campus partners seeking to increase LGBTQA access to programs and services.
• Operations & Oversight- manage budget and manage the administrative component of program planning.
• Lead team of Associate Director, 2 Assistant Directors, and Program Coordinator. Actively support a positive team culture.

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Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.

Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.

The university's residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver.

Northeastern's personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.

Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today's highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.