Assistant Director- Resource Center (AAPI) (On-site)

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the well-being of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information
Intercultural Student Programs (ISP) provide an institutionalized approach to meeting the co-curricular needs of students by coordinating and planning educational opportunities to enhance interaction and learning across groups. ISP assists the campus in understanding, appreciating, and celebrating Tech's rich cultural communities of belonging.

The Assistant Director of Resource Center will support the educational, social and cultural enrichment of all students. They will collaborate with campus partners to design, plan, and execute innovative programs and services for students. A key component of this position will be aimed at facilitating student belonging, community, and well-being with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the public by leveraging culture, history, arts, sciences, and other fields of scholarship and inquiry as it relates to multiple identities. The Assistant Director of Resource Center will support the overall mission of the Division and will assist with goal setting, program evaluation and assessment. This position will interact on a regular basis with students, staff and faculty
This position typically will advise and counsel students, staff and faculty.

Job Duty 1 -
Assist with the planning and implementation of signature programs in the department.

Job Duty 2 -
Recruit, onboard, and supervise student employees while training them in high impact programs and practices.

Job Duty 3 -
Advise and support student organizations aligned with the department's mission, offering guidance on establishment, member recruitment, retention, fundraising, program planning, and leadership development.

Job Duty 4 -
Work with Director to collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders, including alumni, community partners, local agencies, and civic organizations.

Job Duty 5 -
Assist department leadership with the budget to include planning, record-keeping, purchasing, and contract execution.

Job Duty 6 -
Assist the department in assessing outcomes, evaluating impact, and collecting data on departmental efforts, programs, services, and initiatives.

Job Duty 7 -
Assist in the development and execution of initiatives that integrate an intercultural framework for facilitated workshops, cultural programming, innovative technologies, and other educational opportunities.

Job Duty 8 -
Assume leadership role in the absence of the Director, requiring a level of autonomy and exercising sound decision-making skills. Promote a culture of belonging, community, and well-being within the Unit, in the campus community at large.

Job Duty 9 -
Assist with content creation and distribution of marketing materials in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications team

Job Duty 10 -
Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Graduate Degree in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Counseling, or other related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience
Three to four years of job-related experience

Preferred Experience
Experience in higher education with experience in or collaboration with Student Affairs strongly preferred

• Reporting to the Director of Intercultural Student Programs, this position will support the educational, social and cultural enrichment of Asian American and/or Pacific Islander (AAPI) identifying students.
• The successful candidate will collaborate with campus partners to design, plan, and execute innovative programs and services for AAPI students.
• A key component of this position will be aimed at facilitating student belonging, community, and well-being with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and public byleveraging culture, history, arts, sciences, and other fields of scholarship and inquiry as it relates to AAPI identities.
• This job requires a working knowledge of the issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in higher education and a thorough understanding of how to coordinate programs using an intercultural framework.
• Prefer candidate to have work or volunteer experience with an emphasis on Asian American and Pacific Islander college students.

ABILITIES
o Requires the ability to work occasional night and weekends
o Requires demonstrated experience working with diverse populations
o Preferred skills include knowledge of student development theory, program assessment, and
training. Student employee management experience
o Ability to work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment, manage multiple tasks, and
commitment to including and working with diverse populations. Proven experience in student
advocacy and support

KNOWLEDGE
o Work or volunteer experience with an emphasis on college students with multiple identities
o This job requires a working knowledge of the issues facing a diverse population of students in
higher education and a thorough understanding of how to coordinate programs using an
intercultural framework

SKILLS
o Experience with Workday, Excel, Baselines, Engage
o Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, excellent written communication skills, and
proficiency in facilitating workshops and/or presenting to a wide range of audiences
o Strong organizational and administrative skills, sound-decision-making, judgement, customer
service experience, solid interpersonal communication, and strong written and verbal
communication. Use of office related computer applications is required

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Salary range: $65,000.00- $69,680.00 (commensurate with experience)

Location: On-site (Atlanta, GA), hybrid eligibility after successful probation period

Job grade: A8

This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have financial responsibilities.
No, this position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Cd).
This position will not travel.
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening