Executive Director and Senior Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Job description

Description The Executive Director and Senior Diversity and Inclusion Officer (SDIO) reports to the President of Eastern Illinois University and serves on the President’s Council. The successful candidate will be responsible for directing and managing the Office of Inclusion & Academic Engagement and supporting related initiatives that fall under Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). The selected candidate will understand the importance of advancing and sustaining an equitable and inclusive campus culture, as well as support the University’s Quality Initiative Strategic Plan for Diversifying Faculty and Staff at Eastern; and will strategically align current DEIB initiatives for maximum impact to realize the power of inclusive excellence. Building on the prior work of the President’s Advisory Committee on Diversity, the SDIO will collaboratively develop and convene a new campus-wide Diversity & Inclusion Council that will unify stakeholders from across campus around a shared vision in order to make a difference in the sense of belonging for all members of this close-knit academic community. ABOUT THE OFFICE OF INCLUSION & ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT: The Office endeavors to pu...