Chief Diversity Officer

Job Title

Chief Diversity Officer

Agency

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Department

President

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Corpus Christi, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

TAMU-CC is a dynamic university designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) with approximately 11,000 students from 47 states and 54 foreign nations. We employ over 1,400 full-time and 2,000 part-time Islanders (including students/GAs). The University attracts highly talented faculty and staff and offers an array of undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral programs.  As a member of the Texas A&M University System, TAMU-CC benefits from a range of resources, increased visibility and influence, and opportunities to collaborate in mutually beneficial ways with peers across member institutions and associated agencies.

TAMU-CC’s beautiful campus is located on a 240 acre island on Corpus Christi Bay and was ranked #1 College by the Sea by Best College Reviews. Our natural setting is enhanced by its modern, attractive, and state-of-the-art classroom buildings and support facilities.

From our generous benefits package and professional development opportunities, to our retirement programs and our commitment to service excellence, the Island University is an engaging and rewarding place to work.

GLIMPSE INTO THE JOB

TAMU-CC seeks a visionary and collaborative leader to head the university’s inclusive excellence efforts. The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) will report to the President, and work with Vice Presidents, AVPs, academic deans, and other campus leadership to facilitate an integrated vision and shared responsibility for advancing institutional goals while fostering and affirming a campus culture of inclusion and belonging. The CDO will oversee and establish strategic initiatives to establish inclusive excellence as a core value throughout all aspects of the University community, promote belonging and inclusivity, and advance cultural awareness in both education and practice for all students, faculty, and staff.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE

Operations: 40%

• Lead the successful creation and implementation of a diversity and inclusion plan by collaborating across University schools and divisions and with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ensure the development and delivery of key diversity training programs and opportunities and provide training and development to educate faculty, staff, and students on how to recognize, support, and appreciate individual differences.
• Work with faculty, staff, and administration search committees to develop strategic recruitment plans and search processes to incorporate diversity to the applicant pools.
• Support the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, administrators, staff, and students, ensuring that recruitment procedures reduce implicit bias and barriers to the hiring of diverse candidates.
• Partner with faculty and staff to enhance curricular and co-curricular content and pedagogy for diversity and inclusion.

Strategic: 20%

• Provide vision and leadership of campus wide diversity initiatives: strategic planning; training, education and research; community relations; policy development; campus climate issues; and related communications.
• Advise the President and senior University leadership team on issues relating to the University diversity and inclusion strategy and develop and present an array of innovative ideas and program concepts for consideration, selection, and implementation.
• Foster new partnerships of strategic importance on campus and in the community.

Assessment: 25%

• Work with the Office of Planning and Institutional Research and the Office of Employee Development & Compliance to compile and analyze metrics to evaluate TAMU-CC’s effectiveness in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion for faculty, staff, and students, and provide regular reports to the President and senior university leadership team.
• Provide leadership and coordination for institutional educational and assessment initiatives including inclusive excellence and campus climate studies and evaluates diversity goals by developing metrics/scorecards and tracking progress.
• Monitor and track national trends including climate studies, demographic data, and policy analyses, and seek benchmarks for success to support and assess diversity and inclusion efforts at TAMU-CC.
• Promote the evaluation and continuous improvement of institutional and unit level diversity and inclusion goals using data-informed metrics to measure success and disseminate information.

Management: 15%

• Oversee the SEAS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion unit to provide campus cultural enrichment and celebration programming, as well as student support and innovative success initiatives for students of color and other historically marginalized communities.
• Manage DEI budget.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Bachelor’s Degree and five (5) years of relevant experience. Additional education may be used to substitute for the experience requirement.
• Five (5) years of leadership experience within a higher education setting with demonstrated success promoting collaboration, creativity and engagement among faculty, staff, and students.
• Skills in facilitating inclusive dialogues that enable positive growth, the capacity to translate strategic goals into actionable implementation plans, and experience in institutional change management.
• Experience developing and implementing programs for inclusive excellence.
• Experience working with diverse populations.
• Strong presentation skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A commitment to being highly visible on campus, coupled with strong interpersonal skills.

WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer committed to diversity.