JOB DESCRIPTION: Reporting directly to a Director in the Mosaic Center for Student Belonging and Success, the Associate Director of Student Belonging and Success will serve as an integral member of the Mosaic Center team within the broader context of Emory Campus Life and Provost areas. The Mosaic Center is comprised of six community spaces at Emory that serve as a hub of support for students to matriculate to and through the university. The Mosaic Center promotes dynamic learning by creating space for individual, cultural, and communal development. The Mosaic Center's value of ensuring every student belongs and graduates is central to all programming, events, and initiatives within and across the respective focus areas and community spaces.
The Associate Director for Student Belonging and Success is a student-centered leader responsible for advancing a cohesive vision of belonging across all the Mosaic Center community spaces and focus areas. This role supports the strategic alignment of Emory resources to ensure that programming, services, and engagement opportunities are coordinated, accessible, and responsive to the needs of students across the Mosaic Center.
The Associate Director provides leadership for community-building efforts that strengthen connection, engagement, and belonging across the Mosaic Center. This includes supporting the design, implementation, and assessment of programs and initiatives that foster meaningful student engagement, deepen community connections, and enhance the overall student experience. This role emphasizes collaboration across the Mosaic Center focus areas and campus partners to ensure programming is integrated, student-centered, and intentionally designed to build community across difference. The Associate Director plays a key role in creating welcoming, inclusive, and connected environments that support student persistence and success, aligned with the Mosaic Center's developmental framework of Self, Others, and Community.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Actively engages in and supports focus area events and initiatives (Belonging Organizations & Development; Dialogue & Intercultural Engagement; Access & Success Resources; High Impact Practices; Transformative Experiences & Learning) across the Mosaic Center, providing on-the-ground coordination, collaboration, and operational support to ensure successful implementation and meaningful student engagement.
- Serves as an advisor for Belonging student organizations, providing guidance on leadership development, program planning, organizational operations, and engagement strategies.
- Collaborates with directors to support cultural student organizations to maximize impact and student engagement using caucusing.
- Supports the planning and execution of department-wide initiatives and collaborates across focus areas and/or student organizations to enhance campus-wide belonging and engagement.
- Supervises paraprofessional staff focused on advancing performance, development, accountability, mentorship, and overall team effectiveness.
- Supports Directors in the day-to-day coordination and management of the Mosaic Center community spaces, ensuring they are responsive, student-centered, and aligned with the unit's strategic focus areas and engagement goals.
- Co-creates and implements programs that complement the Mosaic Center's functional model while maintaining meaningful engagement within physical community spaces.
- Provides timely/pertinent budgetary information to supervisor and budget leads as necessary throughout the year.
- Processes university fiscal paperwork promptly and accurately and routinely assesses the necessity of various expenditures, including but not limited to programming activities, student recognition, and professional development/training.
- Meets deadlines for all requests for reports, data, publications, and budgets.
- Ensures the responsible planning and expenditure of fiscal resources in a manner consistent with good fiduciary responsibility.
- Oversees the cleanliness and organization of community spaces and the Mosaic Center as a whole, ensuring that all areas are tidy, well-maintained, and adhere to health and safety standards.
- Regularly inspects the facilities to identify any maintenance, safety, or operational issues, ensuring that the environment is safe and functional.
- Leads the Mosaic Center (and community spaces) newsletters content creation and implementation that is in alignment with departmental and Emory University guidelines.
- Maintains accuracy and effectiveness of the Mosaic Center website.
- Manages the Mosaic Center (and community spaces) listserv(s) and social media and ensures timely and appropriate responses to all students, faculty, staff, and community partners.
- Markets and promotes the Mosaic Center programming to all students to increase participation.
- Refers students to appropriate campus resources for support, as needed (i.e. Center for Student Engagement and Leadership, Student Case Management and Intervention Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, etc.).
- Meets one-on-one with all students who request assistance in collaboration with the Mosaic Center or to provide developmental support.
- Partners with other units within Campus Life to advance shared goals and enhance the student experience.
- Represents the Mosaic Center on university committees, task forces, and projects to support Campus Life and institutional priorities, as assigned.
- Supports the coordination and implementation of student care and crisis response efforts.
- Supports Directors with their partnership with Emory's development team to support fundraising efforts for the Mosaic Center in addition to supporting alumni programs.
- Actively engages in assessment of programs and services that enhance student belonging, engagement, persistence, and holistic development.
Performs other related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A master's degree in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or a related field, and two (2) years of progressive leadership experience working with students from diverse backgrounds within the context of a student affairs and/or higher education setting, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. A minimum of two years supervising full-time or part-time professional staff and student staff. Substantive experience with student-centered program development to include assessment of programmatic outcomes. |
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