Location: Bemidji State University Campus

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Employment Condition: Temporary

Job Description:

• Campus Life and Community Standards areas including: Aramark Dining Services; Hobson Memorial Union; Housing and Residential Life; New Student Orientation; Deputy Title IX for Students, Student Conduct, and Student Crisis Response.
• Student Health and Well-being areas including: Gillett Wellness Center and Student Center for Health and Counseling.
• Student Leadership areas including: Student Senate (BSU and NTC) and the President's Student Commission.

• Serving as a member of the President's Executive Cabinet Team and the Cabinets for BSU and/or NTC.
• Providing thought leadership related to the scope of responsibility in planning and decision-making for BSU and NTC including service as a senior advisor and trusted partner to the President in pursuit of the vision and mission of BSU and NTC.
• Center holistic student learning, success, and achievement leading to long-term educational value in all professional practices.
• Demonstrating self-awareness of one's own cultural beliefs, perspectives, and privileges as a part of one's orientation toward leadership.
• Acknowledging the specific and particular realities of Indigenous, Black and other persons of color, 2SLGBTQIAP+ individuals, first-generation college students, people from low-income families, and other minoritized communities within Northern Minnesota while also connecting communities to local and regional experiences in order to foster a greater sense of belonging among employees and students.
• Advancing a campus culture of proactive, transparent, and inclusive engagement with shared governance.
• Actively and visibly engaging with campus, local, and regional communities.
• Promoting practices that are environmentally sustainable and consistent with practices advanced by American Indian stewards of the region's land, water, and air.
• Proactively engaging in data-informed practices that lead to continuous improvement.
• Committing to the highest level of ethical practice including allocation of time and resources for reflection, rest, mentoring/consultation, etc.
• Maintaining currency in areas of leadership responsibility including student affairs administration through active engagement in NASPA, ACPA, and/or other related professional associations.

• Providing high level strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight of the Student Affairs division.
• Overseeing the administrative, programmatic, and coordinating functions of the following units and offices: Gillett Wellness Center; Hobson Memorial Union (including New Student Orientation); Housing and Residential Life; Student Center for Health and Counseling.
• Working in partnership with the Vice President for Finance and Administration to provide management and oversight for Aramark Dining Services.
• Creating a coherent vision for student-centered programs and services designed to meet the needs of diverse 21st Century learners and establishing and implementing short- and long-range organizational goals, strategic plans, policies, and operating procedures.

• Providing strategic leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing comprehensive student learning and success plans to include strategies and interventions informed by theory, inclusive and equitable practices and data-informed practices that enhance student retention, completion, graduation, and graduate outcomes.
• Facilitating the development of a culture that recognizes, affirms, and helps students draw upon cultural, communal, and identity-based ways of knowing, being, and doing to achieve educational outcomes.
• Collaborating with others on campus to ensure a welcoming, inclusive, and success-oriented environment for minoritized and all other students.
• Supporting the exploration and sharing of best practices related to improving retention, persistence, and completion for placed-at-risk and under-represented students.
• Creating and sustaining an organizational culture that is inclusive, safe, affirming and incorporates an anti-racist and social justice ethos.
• Embodying and exhibiting a philosophical approach grounded in the belief that all students can Identifying and addressing systemic and structural inequities in educational access and outcomes related to Student Life and Success policies, programs, and services.

• Collaborating with campus partners, particularly with faculty and academic affairs, to enrich and enhance students' curricular, co-curricular and experiential learning experiences to promote student engagement, achievement, and success.
• Promoting and encouraging the creation of a developmentally sound, student-centered set of options for engagement that help students perceive an increased sense of belonging.
• Utilizing BSU's and NTC's strategic priorities and organizing Student Affairs programs and services to better integrate and coordinate student support services while also increasing student engagement in campus life.
• Leading and supporting best practices for effective conflict resolution with students, drawing upon restorative justice practices when appropriate, understanding student mental health and well-being issues, and convening resources from multiple departments and constituencies to address complex student issues.

• Serving as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator and assisting with allegations of Title IX, 1B.1 (Equal Opportunity and Non- Discrimination in Employment and Education) and 1B.3 (Sexual Violence) policies, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Campus SaVE Act violations.
• Serving as the senior conduct officer and custodian of confidential student conduct records for both institutions.
• Providing leadership and support for the Care Team Committee and helping coordinate student interventions.
• Serving as a resource for faculty and staff with student issues and emergencies.

• Collaborating with Executive Cabinet and BSU and NTC Cabinet members, academic deans, faculty, and staff to promote, implement, and advance the strategic direction outlined in the strategic enrollment management plan and other efforts to enhance student success including retention and completion rates in a manner that is just, equitable, and inclusive.
• Maintaining a bias toward making decisions that are informed by research, data, and theory and that leverage students' unique cultures, experiences, and backgrounds as strengths.
• In partnership with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and other campus leaders, providing the vision and support for achieving retention and student success goals by enhancing and coordinating substantive experiences beyond the classroom.
• Serving on the Strategic Enrollment Management Steering Committee and co-chairing the Equity 2030 Work Group that focuses on student persistence to degree and coordinating student services through the lens of equity.

• Ensuring that a
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  Bemidji State Universities (BSU) vision is to educate people to lead inspired lives. To accomplish BSU's vision, the University prioritizes creating a culture in which diversity is embraced and all people are safe, welcome, and validated. Centered between the three largest Tribal nations in Minnesota – Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth – BSU also prioritizes increasing engagement with American Indian communities to become a destination university. Enrolling more than 5,000 students, BSU offers more than 70 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. BSU is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. BSU's Shared Fundamental Values include civic engagement and leadership, international and multicultural understanding, belief in the power of the liberal arts, and environmental stewardship. BSU is located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota and occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. BSU balances rigorous academia with the opportunity to enjoy a fun, robust, outdoor culture. The proximity to the lake and the surrounding north woods allows easy access to an assortment of recreation.

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