at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50183
Department: Law Student Services
Salary/Grade: EXS/16
Target hiring range for this position will be between $177,589 to $221,986 year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Job Summary:
The Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement will serve as a critical member of the Law School’s senior leadership team. Reporting directly to the Dean, this position will collaborate closely with the Dean, other law school and university leaders, the ODEIE and student services teams, students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The Dean has also committed to adding an additional staff member to the ODEIE team and the new Associate Dean will play a lead role in shaping that position and in the search. The Associate Dean will work in partnership to develop and advance the law school’s next steps forward.
As a proactive, not reactive leader, the Associate Dean will be a skilled and experienced professional, with their finger on the pulse of the diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices in leading schools across the nation and the globe, and a thoughtful eye for partnership opportunities to advance this work across the University and beyond. This visionary and strategic thought-leader will bring a relational savvy to influence, convene, and collaborate with a wide array of stakeholders. They will be adept at encouraging broad community-building, engagement, and accountability, acknowledging that this work cannot fall to one person.
The Associate Dean will work to bring constituents into alignment and empower them to fully engage in building an equitable and inclusive law school where all students, faculty, staff, and alumni can participate fully as their whole selves. They will promote a culture of open communication and dialogue, striving to increase feelings of belonging for all stakeholders, deliberately and collaboratively emphasizing and deconstructing the historical and structural factors that inhibit such experiences for underrepresented and historically excluded groups.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Scientific Writing: Produce high-quality written content for peer-reviewed journals, grant proposals, research
- Lead collaborative efforts to develop a strategic plan, programming, and initiatives around diversity, equity, inclusion, and engagement as part of the Law School’s strategic planning.
- The Associate Dean will partner with the dean, senior leadership, students, faculty, staff, and alumni to shape the strategy and
