Associate Director, First Generation Office

Position Purpose

The Associate Director of the First Generation Office (FGO) primarily supports first-generation (FG) undergraduate students at Dartmouth by leading the Prepare to Launch Program (P2L). This program supports first-generation undergraduates as they navigate Dartmouth and prepare for their lives after college. Specifically, the program supports FG students as they explore career and graduate school opportunities while ensuring they maximize all career-enhancing opportunities during their tenure at Dartmouth. The Associate Director will work closely with the FGO leadership team to help FG students transition from high school during their first year of college, thrive while undergraduates, and graduate from Dartmouth prepared for life beyond Commencement.

Description

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp

Masters or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Master's degree in student affairs, Higher Education Administration, counseling-related discipline, education, or related equivalent.
• Seven years of relevant work experience in counseling, student affairs, career recruiting, and/or advising, ideally in higher education.
• Demonstrated experience with advising college-age students, both individually and through the facilitation and/or teaching of groups.
• Exceptional oral and written communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills. Ability to draft reports, presentations, and sensitive correspondence.
• Demonstrated cultural competence; proven effectiveness in serving the needs of a diverse undergraduate student population.
• Demonstrated ability to foster positive and productive relationships with all campus constituencies, including faculty, staff, students, parents, and alumni/ae.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to exercise tact, discretion, and independent judgment.
• Extensive understanding of the lived experience of first generation and low-income students.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant work experience in counseling, advising, and mentoring college students in the area of career advising and professional development.
• Background in developing and managing integrated support services for under-represented and/or marginalized communities.
• Demonstrated experience in understanding, and operating within, budgets.
• Experience with college alumni and/or advancement/development collaborations.

Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries

Jay Davis

Department Contact Phone Number

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title

Jay Davis, Assistant Dean & Director of the First Generation Student Office

Department Contact's Phone Number

Equal Opportunity Employer

Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity employer under federal law. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications are welcome from all.

Background Check

Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?

Preferred, but not required

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy.

Additional Instructions

Key Accountabilities

Description

Prepare to Launch Program Leadership -

• Leads the Prepare to Launch program in its preparation of first-generation students for life after graduation.
• Leads innovative new approaches to better preparing FG students for their professional lives after graduating, building upon and expanding existing partnerships with other offices on campus that are committed to helping students prepare for life post-graduation.
• In collaboration with both the Dartmouth Center for Career Design and Thayer Career Services, establishes and maintains a career coaching program focused on first generation students.
• Develops and maintains an internship funding program and a professional development funding program for first generation students that disperses up to $250,000 in internship and workshop funding per year.
• Coordinates and regularly participates in FGO undergraduate dinners, workshops, social events, and donor visits, including evening and weekend meetings on- and off-campus.

Percentage Of Time

50

Description

Student Advising -

• Advises, mentors, and counsels FG students on a wide variety of academic, personal, social, cultural, career, and community issues.
• Develops relationships with students to build community and provides direction, support, and guidance to student leaders, and to student staff to develop programs that foster identity and community development, while focusing on the needs and concerns of FG students.
• Assists students facing heightened personal and academic challenges and collaborates with the FGO Director, Undergraduate Deans Office, Counseling Center, and related resources, as needed.
• Respects the sensitivity of students' disabilities, health concerns, socioeconomic status, immigration status, citizenship status, and refers students to the appropriate offices.

Percentage Of Time

25

Description

Alumni Networking -

• Builds upon and manages the current network connecting FG Alumni to FG undergraduates, coordinating one-to-one advising between undergraduates and alumni.
• Plans and administers termly panels for undergraduates featuring alumni.
• Works with the Dartmouth Alumni Office to develop and support the FG Alum-Alum mentoring program.
• Manages the FGO Centennial Circle Mentoring Program that brings dedicated Dartmouth alumnae who serve as volunteer mentors to rising first-gen juniors during their final years as undergraduates.

Percentage Of Time

15

Description

Assessment and Administration -

• Develops and administers regular assessments of the Prepare to Launch Program; and initiates program modifications as a result of the assessments.
• Creates and updates an annual report to be used by Student Affairs leadership and Development stewardship.
• Supervises two Student Directors in their weekly work for the First-Generation Office.
• Serves as Acting Director when the Director of the First-Generation Office is away.

Percentage Of Time

10

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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.

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Performs other duties as assigned.