• Required:

  • BA/BS in higher education administration, student affairs administration, or related field and at least four years experience working with LGBTQIA+ communities

  • Demonstrated effectiveness with organizational and planning skills, including attention to detail, multi-tasking and quick decision-making
  • Demonstrated effectiveness working with and developing programs that support communities of color and international communities, particularly on issues of gender and sexuality.
  • Demonstrated effectiveness designing and facilitating LGBTQIA+ trainings and educational programs across social justice, diversity and LGBTQIA+ identities
  • Demonstrated understanding of the impact of racism, ableism, classism, transphobia, and other forms of oppression
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with different constituency groups, i.e. faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members.
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills including the ability to build collaborative partnerships with diverse stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to manage websites, create and distribute marketing materials, and ability to use of social media to expand marketing efforts.
  • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a close‐knit team on multiple on-going projects and initiatives
  • Ability to take initiative as a leader, works independently, and contributes in an intentional social justice-working environment
  • Flexibility, sense of good humor, availability to work evenings and weekends as needed
  • Demonstrated experience in, and an ongoing commitment to working effectively with and across diverse communities: including people of color, underrepresented groups and new immigrant populations; American Indians; people with both visible and invisible disabilities; women; people of various gender and sexual identities and expressions; and first-generation students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Ability to transport 25 lbs of supplies, materials, or equipment for unit programs and services

  Preferred :

  • Master’s degree in higher education administration, student affairs administration, or a related field, plus three to five years experience working with LGBTQIA+ communities
  • Experience developing and facilitating educational opportunities for and with college or university staff, faculty, and/or instructors
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating LGBTQIA+ programming and support services in a higher education setting.
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in program assessment and evaluation using CAS standards and/or learning outcomes

  
  

Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, gender nonconforming, people of color, women and members of other historically underrepresented communities are highly encouraged to apply.

• Work closely with GSC staff to promote awareness, acceptance, and celebration of LGBTQIA+ identities via educational trainings, campus collaborations, and major campus-wide events primarily focused on faculty and staff, as well as students
• Collaborate with Program Coordinator to facilitate educational programs to prepare students for engaging effectively in LGBTQIA+ issues and communities when they enter the workforce (i.e. LGBTQIA+ inclusion for nursing students)
• Lead campus-wide LGBTQIA+ inclusion staff and faculty educational efforts of the GSC, which includes researching and designing curriculum and facilitating educational workshops and trainings
• Develop customized trainings for Orientation Leaders, MCAE Kickoff Leaders, Aurora Center Peer Violence Educators, and other student leader/employee/intern programs that serve a formalized student-facing or support role at the university.
• Collaborate with Director to provide ongoing professional development opportunities for GSC professional staff and student staff, interns, and volunteers
• Coordinate the development of multimedia educational and training resources
• Oversee efforts to measure effectiveness of educational outreach for staff, faculty, and students at UMN (i.e cognitive, affective, and knowledge)
• Participate as a member of the OED Training Team
• Collaborate across units and organizations to develop the above programs

Communications & Outreach – 20%

• Develop overall marketing and communications strategy and implementation, including ongoing website maintenance, social media marketing, print media, & e-newsletter
• Responsible for coordinating, organizing, and implementing the digital accessibility needs of our internal office, external communications, and participants in our programs
• Serve as liaison to staff and faculty-related LGBTQIA+ groups across campus, and other related groups and departments on campus
• Coordinate UMN alumni engagement and serve as liaison to LGBTQIA+ Alumni Network
• Coordinate GSC outreach at all New Employee Welcome events
• Participate in off-campus LGBTQIA+ community activities and organizations, as appropriate

Supervision - 10%

• Supervise and mentor one or more graduate or undergraduate student employees or interns on the GSC team

Other – 10%

• Represent the GSC and the University on committees and at community and national events
• Develop and oversee program evaluation strategy for participant engagement and learning outcomes of all programs, services, and initiatives of GSC
• Develop and oversee assessment of GSC’s services
• Perform responsibilities of the Director in the event of their absence
• Assist staff, faculty and alumni seeking support related to LGBTQIA+ concerns
• Other duties as assigned by the Director and/or a designee to advance the mission of the GSC

Collaborate across units and organizations to develop the above programs

The Assistant Director for LGBTQ+ Education & Training is housed within the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life (GSC), a unit of the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED). OED is responsible for the University of Minnesota’s system‐wide equity and diversity initiatives and programs, and for infusing the core values of equity and diversity into all aspects of teaching, learning, research, service, and outreach at the University. OED includes the following units housed on the University’s Twin Cities campus: Business and Community Economic Development; the Office for Conflict Resolution; Disability Resource Center; the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action; the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life (GSC); the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence (MCAE); the Sexual MIsconduct Hearing Committee; and the Women’s Center.

About the Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life

Mission
The Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) is the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ LGBTQIA+ resource center. We collaborate with University partners to develop and support more expansive understandings of gender and sexuality through education, advocacy, outreach and support. The GSC promotes the holistic academic, personal, and professional success of LGBTQIA+ University of Minnesota students, employees, alum, and allies. Our office works to ensure students are connected to holistic support and communities of care, from their first semester to post-graduation experience.

Vision
We aspire to be unrelenting visionary advocates in cultivating, shifting, and enriching the LGBTQIA+ campus climate for our Queer and Trans University community members.

Social Justice Values Statement
We recognize the implications of intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989) given the dynamics of gender and sexuality with race, ethnicity, class, ability, age, culture, nationality, immigration status, and all social systems. We work to build and bridge communities that welcome and affirm people to be their whole selves, honoring their multiple identities and lived experiences. We work to resist and interrupt systems of oppression that marginalize individuals and communities based on social identities. In doing this work, the GSC is committed to:

• Accountability: holding ourselves and others accountable to the social change work at the individual, institutional, and systemic levels in order to address overlapping dynamics of oppression.
• Accessibility: creating environments that are accessible to all identities with a focus on those most marginalized and oppressed in our communities.
• Anti-Racism: centering a recognition of the pervasiveness of anti-Black racism, white supremacy culture, and the implications for queer and trans community resilience.
• Empowerment: empowering self and others through sustainable practices and collective liberation.
• Intersectionality: acknowledging and centering the impact and experiences of multiple systems of overlapping oppression, power, and privilege social contexts for LGBTQIA+ communities. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989.
• Joy: We believe the power of joy and celebration are essential ingredients for healing while working towards social change.
• Transparency: engaging community-centered decision-making processes and removing barriers to information access.

Reference:

Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989). "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics" (PDF). University of Chicago Legal Forum.

Living in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Region:

• Minneapolis-Saint Paul ranks third in the US for quality of life (NerdWallet.com)
• 24 minutes = average commute time - the lowest of any metropolitan area in the country
• 126 languages and dialects are spoken in the region
• 200+ organizations providing support, advocacy, and outreach to LGBTQIA+ communities
• Minneapolis - 4th largest LGBTQIA+ population in the US
• Minneapolis rated Healthiest City in America (Livability, 2015)
• Minneapolis Most Bikeable City in America (Walk Score, 2015)

For more highlights about living in Minneapolis-Saint Paul region, visit: MakeItMSP.org

Applications will be reviewed beginning October 17, 2022 and will be accepted until the position is filled.

Applications must be submitted online. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions. You will be given the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a cover letter and resume.

Please submit the following documents online: a current resume, a list identifying three references and their contact information if not included in the resumé, and a letter setting out how your background qualifies you for this position. If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Mycall Akeem Riley (Director, Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life) at riley785@umn.edu

If you have difficulty negotiating the electronic application process, please contact Human Resources at 612-624-8647.

Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, gender nonconforming, people of color, women and members of other historically underrepresented communities are highly encouraged to apply.

More information about Gender and Sexuality Center for Queer and Trans Life and the Office for Equity and Diversity is available at http://gsc.umn.edu

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