Academic Advisor (Diversity Specialist), 21st Century Scholars Program
Indiana University

Department

ACADEMIC SUPPORT-ASDV (BL-ACSP-IUBLA)

Department Information

Founded in 1995, the IU 21st Century Scholars Program (IUB21CS), administered by the IU Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (OVPDEI), is the oldest and largest student support services department in the State of Indiana. The IUB21CS provide financial and academic resources to support, retain, and graduate thousands of 21st Century Scholars recipients at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB). As an IU 21st Century Scholar, access is granted to the academic guidance, mentoring, and advocacy support needed to achieve full potential at IU Bloomington. The IUB21CS is Ranked #1 in Indiana for the number of students receiving the 'first-dollar, full-tuition, need-based Indiana 21st Century Scholarship' at any 4-year public or private university.

Job Summary

The Academic Advisor works in close collaboration with the Director for the 21st Century Scholars Program and provides academic counseling for high achieving underrepresented student populations.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Provides academic advising and counseling.
• Assists students with academic and personal concerns while ensuring maintenance of class grades, continued educational growth, and successful graduation.
• Assists students with their college transition into Indiana University and advises and counsels students on attaining their academic and personal goals with successful graduation.
• Designs, plans, and coordinates activities to ensure diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion programming goals and objectives are met.
• Participates in strategic planning, implementation, and development of the program's activities to meet its goals and mission.
• Performs duties necessary for diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion program operations, including recruitment, advising, and tracking, developing reports and budgets, and maintaining program's informational material.
• Programs can focus on a variety of audiences to create, align, and optimize diversity and inclusion goals, strategies, and mindsets across the organization.

General Responsibilities

• In consultation with leadership, develops, designs, and maintains diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion program objectives to support organizational goals.
• Develops communications and serves as liaison to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging program participants, collaborators in other units, community partners, and leadership members.
• Provides mechanisms, training, and advice on diversity-related topics, such as cultural understanding, implicit bias, recruitment and retention strategies, inclusive terminology, and team dynamics, to a variety of audiences.
• Recruits, trains, directs, schedules, and evaluates faculty and staff partners, students and volunteers. Mentors, serves as a resource and provides guidance to team staff members as needed.
• May serve on various committees and provide input on strategic direction for the department or unit.
• Arranges staff travel, accommodations, and research activities as necessary.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years in diversity, equity, and inclusion programming or related field

Preferred

• 3 years of active experience in student advising
• Experience in higher education, student education and working with diverse staff, faculty and student populations
• Indiana University academic advising experience

SKILLS

Required

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to build strong customer relationships
• Promotes information sharing
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents
• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information
• Maintains composure under pressure

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

Advertised Salary

$46,000 - $48,000 annually

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: General Administration

Job Family: Diversity Programming

Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.

Posting Disclaimer

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission, as required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights or the university Title IX Coordinator. See Indiana University's Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.

Campus Safety and Security

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.

Contact Us

Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234

---