Job Details
Director - La Casa Cultural Latina
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Position Function/Summary
Provide leadership to the La Casa Cultural Latina (La Casa). Works with colleagues across campus and the community,
including other cultural and resource centers; Student Affairs; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and academic units to advance
student success, intercultural engagement, inclusion and belonging efforts on campus. Focusing primarily on creating a vibrant
and welcoming physical space, a broader sense of belonging and addressing issues which impact Latina/o/x and Hispanic
students' success at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through an intersectional lens.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Student Success, Intercultural Engagement and Advocacy Lead La Casa to be a welcoming, active, and vibrant facility for the campus community, but specifically for Latina/o/x and Hispanic students.
- Collaborate with other units, especially Student Affairs and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, in the development of services and programs related to Latina/o/x and Hispanic students by integrating the Center’s educational and cultural activities.
- Provide leadership for Divisional and University-wide Latina/o/x and Hispanic student retention and graduation initiatives.
- Assist with policy development to support Latina/o/x and Hispanic students’ recruitment, yielding, retention, and graduation initiatives.
- Support Latina/o/x and Hispanic registered student organizations (RSOs) in their leadership development, activities, and programming.
- Serve as the primary resource for information as it pertains to students and stakeholders including but not limited to advocacy, referrals, and services that La Casa provides.
- Develop collaborative partnerships with experts in the areas of student success, intercultural engagement, and identity development to support student success.
- Proactively coordinate with academic units, especially the Department of Latino/a Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as well as organizations within the broader Champaign-Urbana community to further inform, and implement, culturally significant initiatives.
- Provide advocacy, advising; and referrals to crisis intervention and other support resources when appropriate.
- Coordinate sustainable, large-scale programmatic efforts which examine historical and contemporary issues and trends as experienced by Latina/o/x and Hispanic communities throughout the diaspora.
- Develop and promote Latina/o/x and Hispanic student and alumni relations.
- Provide leadership for advancement activities at La Casa and contribute to broader SSIB and Student Affairs advancement efforts (i.e. fundraising, alumni relations, and communication).
- Represent La Casa, SSIB, and/or Student Affairs on campus-wide committees.
Administration and Supervision
- Direct supervision over all operations of the La Casa facility.
- Responsible for administering all programming, marketing, communications, and services offered by La Casa.
- Responsible for all budget planning and oversight, task delegation, conflict management, and goal setting for La Casa.
- Responsible for all hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating for staff employed by La Casa.
Assessment and Evaluation
- In conjunction with SSIB Assessment, implement an assessment and evaluation strategy which informs a culturally aligned approach to data-driven co-curricular design.
- Institute an outcomes-laden method to the development and implementation of educational programs.
- Provide leadership in reviewing the mission and goals of La Casa and creating a strategic plan consistent with the broader university and Student Affairs Strategic goals.
- Conduct regular program evaluations and coordinate objectives with Student Affairs and University goals.
- Coordinate the production of reports for internal and external units.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree.
- Five (5) years of professional experience in student affairs, higher education administration, or community organizations.
- Experience supervising professional and/or student staff.
- Experience developing and overseeing a departmental budget.
- Experience implementing successful strategies to retain and graduate Latina/o/x and Hispanic students at predominantly white institutions of higher education.
- Experience developing, delivering, and/ or assessing educational, social, cultural, and/or social justice programs.
- Experience helping first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented Latina/o/x and Hispanic students succeed in a higher education setting.
- Experience working in a fast-paced and administratively complex environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in higher education administration, college student personnel, counseling, or related field.
- Ability to speak Spanish fluently.
- Experience advising and creating leadership development opportunities for students and/or student organizations.
- Knowledge of theoretical frameworks under-girding student identity development, social justice education, and sense of belonging.
- Experience in fundraising and working with alumni/diverse constituents.
- Experience in facilitating policy review, reform, and development in the service of Latina/o/x and Hispanic students.
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