Senior Director of Community Care and Wellbeing

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Date Posted: 11/27/2024
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Hampshire College

Department:  Justice, Equity, and Antiracism      

Job Title:  Senior Director of Community Care and Wellbeing

Position Type: Full Time

Schedule: 35 hours a week 

Pay Range/ Status: $90,000 / Exempt  

Location: Hampshire College Campus in Amherst, MA  

Reports to: Senior Vice President for Justice, Equity, and Antiracism

Anticipated Start Date: January 6, 2025

Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and member of the Five College consortium, is located on a beautiful rural campus in Amherst, Massachusetts. We provide residential undergraduate education to nearly 900 students. Each department at Hampshire College contributes to the collaborative culture of the organization and plays an important role in the success of the College. The justice, equity, and antiracism team advances the college’s goals of ensuring that all our students achieve success and transforming higher education. As part of this team, you will assist in achieving these goals.  

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

 As a well-rounded Student Affairs expert and a practitioner of community care, the senior director of community care and wellbeing is an on-call, live-in position responsible for providing vision and strategic leadership for the office of campus safety and wellbeing, utilizing the community responder model, and the office of residential life. With regard to the former responsibility, the senior director works to maintain a safe and secure learning and work environment for all members of the Hampshire College community, as well as for guests and visitors. Additional responsibilities include the development, implementation, and management of campus safety services, resources, and educational programs, including but not limited to personal safety, dispatch and security operations, inclement weather, fire safety, disruptions in daily operations, emergency and crisis management, transportation, and parking enforcement for the College. The senior director also is a key organizer of efforts for the College's residence life. Responsible for developing residential communities that promote student success and wellbeing, the senior director supervises and leads professional staff, several of whom serve in an on-call capacity, administrative support staff, and the residence life student staff.

The Residence Life team led by the senior director serves all students, while paying close attention to the needs and strengths of students from different cultural backgrounds and identities who may require focused support and considerations in the residence life capacities. The matter of justice, equity and antiracism is dynamic, and the needs of underrepresented students are ever changing. Hence, the senior director needs to be open-minded, to enjoy learning, and be ready to adapt and evolve the offices accordingly to support students successfully.

Open to new and challenging experiences, the senior director is a student development practitioner who cares deeply about forming strong relationships and engaging in meaningful experiences with students. This position needs to be highly visible, maintain strong connections, and work successfully with students, faculty, staff, families, and external constituents. The senior director must have experience in program design and management and feel comfortable working in an evolving, fast-paced, organizational framework with shifting responsibilities.

In leading a community responder department and applying trauma-informed and community care practices, the senior director will work with a campus safety and wellbeing team that aims to promote equity, justice, and antiracism. Under the direction of the senior director, the residential life and the CSW teams will work together to serve students, particularly in the following areas: crisis response, campus safety and security, sexual misconduct/assault prevention, and conflict resolution. The senior director participates in the administrator emergency response “on call” duty rotation and as a committed member of the justice, equity, and antiracism team in college and divisional committee work, projects, meetings, retreats, and community development. The senior director also assists in the coordination and facilitation of academic courses with co-curricular activities and services for students. Applicants must be available to work evenings and weekends.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

  • Directly related educational background and relevant work experience.
  • Demonstrated success in higher education program management and leadership, particularly regarding business practices pertaining to campus safety, community advocacy, restorative practices, prevention and education.
  • Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes justice, equity, and antiracism.
  • Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Employs antiracist practices and principles to accomplish work.
  • Ability to serve as an advocate for individuals of all ethnicities, genders, ages, and backgrounds.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present to diverse audiences, specifically racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse communities.
  • Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff and community members.
  • Supports and enhances a sense of belonging and success of students from traditionally marginalized populations.
  • Knowledge of high impact strategies that promote persistence and degree completion and reduce time to completion, particularly for underrepresented students.
  • Understanding of Student Development Theory, knowledge of higher education trends and best practices, administration and governance.
  • Excellent program/project design, execution and assessment skills.
  • Ability to function independently and complete projects with limited supervision.
  • Excellent interpersonal and team building skills.
  • Ability to analyze data, interpret results and make recommendations.
  • Ability to develop and maintain positive, professional relationships.
  • Highly organized and able to prioritize in a fast-paced, team- oriented environment.
  • Ability to manage ambiguity as well as collaborative decision-making structures.
  • Strong supervisory, problem-solving and collaborative skills.
  • Ability to pay close attention to detail for budget tracking.
  • Familiarity with computer programs: Microsoft Office and Google Suites, Adobe Creative Suite, information management (Colleague), social media applications, student activities and housing platforms, etc. 
  •  Employment is dependent on successful completion of the following:
    • a pre-employment physical and background check.
    • Certification in CPD/first responder or ability to obtain certification in Massachusetts within six months of hire; EMT certification desirable.
    • A valid Massachusetts driver’s license and successfully meet the requirements of Hampshire College driver credentialing policy.

Preferred

  • Experience in Community Response Model for campus safety

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Advanced degree (e.g., MA, MS, JD, PhD) in either Student Affairs; Higher Education Administration, Organizational Leadership, Urban Leadership and Policy Studies
  • Minimum of three years job related experience

Required Alternatives to formal education and paid work experience may be considered as equivalent qualifications to include military service/training, volunteering, activism, and other non-traditional programs and experiences related to the position.

BENEFITS:

Hampshire College offers an excellent benefits program for eligible employees such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plan, flexible leave plans, and many other fringe benefits. For information on Hampshire College, including more information on employee benefits and our company culture, visit our website at www.hampshire.edu.

WHO SHOULD APPLY:

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity employer and deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are particularly committed to revealing and combating the social and institutional structures that support racism and white supremacy in all phases of employment and college life. We believe that the educational and employment environment is enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together to work and grow. We encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, sexual minority groups, veterans, and other candidates who will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives. Hampshire College is committed to removing barriers to employment faced by equity-seeking groups and encourages (but does not require) members of these groups to self-identify in their application materials. Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective and a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity in the work environment are particularly encouraged to apply.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit your cover letter, resume and names/phone numbers of three professional references via our website at https://jobs.hampshire.edu/

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. 

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to diversity and inclusion in education and employment.