Brown University Hiring for Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Support Services at Providence, RI Full Time

Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Support Services

Student Support Services

Brown University, Providence,
RI

Job Description:

The Senior Associate Dean and Director of Student Support Services is responsible for
bringing a relational and strategic approach to the leadership, vision, and coordination of developmental advising and student support
practices and policies at Brown University. The Senior Associate Dean and Director will accomplish this by building and leading a dynamic
and engaged team whose practice is effective, data-driven, centers equity and inclusion, and partners actively with students and colleagues
in other units. As a leader and educator within the Division of Campus Life, the Senior Associate Dean and Director works closely with
colleagues to design and deliver developmental advising and student support interventions that are aligned with Brown’s Liberal
Learning Goals for its Open Curriculum and responsive to the developmental needs of its highly autonomous and self-directed students.

The Senior Associate Dean and Director supervises the team of Student Support Deans and sets short and long-term goals for the
implementation and evaluation of interdepartmental processes, protocols, and initiatives that promote student development, success, and
wellbeing; oversees medical leaves and return clearance processes; coordinates outreach about and engagement with the department; and
supports student crisis management. The Senior Associate Dean and Director actively promotes equity and inclusion through the identification
and mitigation of structural barriers for and development of strategic outreach efforts to historically underrepresented student
populations. The Senior Associate Dean and Director contributes to priorities and programs that span the Division of Campus Life and
collaborates with other Campus Life and University departments to provide programs and services and to develop and implement policies within
a student development framework. Collaborates with a wide range of colleagues, including the Chaplains, Counseling and Psychological
Services (CAPS), Department of Public Safety (DPS), Health Services, Residential Life, and Student Accessibility Services (SAS) to respond
to student emergencies.

Job Qualifications:

Education and Experience

•  Master’s degree
  required.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible leadership in higher education or related field.
• Active
  engagement with current best practices and an awareness of emerging issues in higher education, student support, equity and social justice,
  and student affairs.
• Evidence of creative, strategic thinking and proven ability to lead, adapt, respond, and adjust priorities
  within a dynamic student affairs environment.
• Demonstrated success recruiting and supervising professional staff in a diverse
  environment with a critical understanding of social justice issues.
• Demonstrated success creating systems, structures, programs,
  and procedures that center justice and equity.
• Experience managing student crises effectively and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated experience in personnel and fiscal management, including the ability to manage a departmental budget, and to hire,
  cultivate and retain outstanding talent.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated success communicating
  effectively with professional staff, faculty, and students.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to exercise a high
  degree of judgment, diplomacy and discretion.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with students, colleagues, and families to advise
  and support undergraduate, graduate, and medical students through difficult and complicated situations.
• Sound judgement and the
  ability to make difficult and timely decisions with integrity.
• Agility and familiarity with latest computer software and database
  systems.
• Experience with assessment strategies used within a student affairs program.
• Possesses a willingness and ability
  to support a diverse and inclusive campus community. 

Background Check: All offers of employment are
contingent upon a successful criminal background check and education verification satisfactory to Brown.

COVID Vaccination
Requirement: In order to maintain 90% or greater universal vaccination rates on campus, all newly