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La Casa Cultural Latina

Job Summary

Manage and provide leadership to the La Casa Cultural Latina (La Casa). Works with colleagues across campus and the community, including other cultural and resource centers; Student Affairs; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and academic units to advance student success, intercultural engagement, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts on campus. Focusing primarily on creating a vibrant and welcoming physical space, a broader sense of belonging and addressing issues which impact Latina/o/x and Hispanic students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through an intersectional lens.

Duties & Responsibilities

Student Success, Intercultural Engagement and Advocacy:

• Lead La Casa to be a welcoming, active, and vibrant facility for the campus community, but specifically for Latina/o/x and Hispanic students.
• Collaborate with other units, especially Student Affairs and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, in the development of services and programs related to Latina/o/x and Hispanic students by integrating the Center\'s educational and cultural activities.
• Provide leadership for Divisional and University-wide Latina/o/x and Hispanic student retention and graduation initiatives.
• Assist with policy development to support Latina/o/x and Hispanic students\' recruitment, yielding, retention, and graduation initiatives.
• Support Latina/o/x and Hispanic registered student organizations (RSOs) in their leadership development, activities, and programming.
• Serve as the primary resource for information as it pertains to students and stakeholders including but not limited to advocacy, referrals, and services that La Casa provides.
• Develop collaborative partnerships with experts in the areas of student success, intercultural engagement, and identity development to support student success.
• Proactively coordinate with academic units, especially the Department of Latino/a Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as well as organizations within the broader Champaign-Urbana community to further inform, and implement, culturally significant initiatives.
• Provide advocacy, advising; and referrals to crisis intervention and other support resources when appropriate.
• Coordinate sustainable, large-scale programmatic efforts which examine historical and contemporary issues and trends as experienced by Latina/o/x and Hispanic communities throughout the diaspora.
• Develop and promote Latina/o/x and Hispanic student and alumni relations.
• Provide leadership for advancement activities at La Casa and contribute to broader SSIB and Student Affairs advancement efforts (i.e. fundraising, alumni relations, and communication).
• Represent La Casa, SSIB, and/or Student Affairs on campus-wide committees.

Administrative and Supervision:

• Direct supervision over all operations of the La Casa facility.
• Responsible for administering all programming, marketing, communications, and services offered by La Casa.
• Responsible for all budget planning and oversight, task delegation, conflict management, and goal setting for La Casa.
• Responsible for all hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating for staff employed by La Casa.

Assessment and Evaluation:

• In conjunction with SSIB Assessment, implement an assessment and evaluation strategy which informs a culturally significant approach to data-driven co-curricular design.
• Institute an outcomes-laden method to the development and implementation of educational programs.
• Provide leadership in reviewing the missi n and goals of La Casa and creating a strategic plan consistent with the Student Affairs Strategic Plan.
• Conduct regular program evaluations and coordinate objectives with Student Affairs and University goals.
• Coordinate the production of reports for internal and external units.

Required Qualifications

Education :

• Master\'s degree in higher education administration, college student personnel, counseling, or related field.

Experience :

Five years of professional experience in student affairs, higher education administration, or community organizations.

Experience supervising professional and/or student staff.

Experience developing and overseeing a departmental budget.

Experience developing, delivering, and/ or assessing educational, social, cultural, and/or social justice programs.

Experience managing a facility.

Experience implementing successful strategies to retain and graduate Latina/o/x and Hispanic students at predominantly white institutions of higher education.

Experience helping first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented Latina/o/x and Hispanic students succeed in a higher education setting.

Experience working in a fast-paced and administratively c