Education
1846 S Main St
Upland, IN 46989
https://app.loxo.co/job/NTM0LXB5OWdyZjBwaTY5NHpwNm8=?t=1689803482251
Full-Time
Posted: Jul 24, 2023
Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2023
Description
The Company:
For more than 175 years, Taylor University has been one of the most Christ-centered, student- focused universities in the world. Founded in 1846, Taylor is recognized as an institution that prizes student learning, celebrates intentional community, leads in the work of faith-learning integration, and stands as the oldest non-denominational school within the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). For 26 consecutive years, Taylor has been ranked as one of the top three universities in the Midwest by U.S. News and World Report and one of America’s Top Colleges according to Forbes. In addition, Taylor has been named a “Christian College of Distinction” with four notable strengths: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant communities, and successful outcomes.
The culture of Taylor is one of high collegiality, deep care, compassion, and shared Christian commitment. A new presidential administration has catalyzed a season of significant energy and excitement on campus. The University recently completed a yearlong strategic-planning process involving a wide spectrum of Taylor’s constituents, including students, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, trustees, administrators, donors, and friends. The resulting strategic plan, Taylor Thrives, is the distillation of thousands of hours of prayer, discussion, and revision and represents the very best thinking the extended Taylor family has to offer. The six priority pillars and 125 individual objectives it details will position Taylor’s campus, community, and mission to not only survive but thrive in the years ahead. We believe Taylor Thrives will move the University from excellence to eminence among our peers over the next five years. In short, this is an exciting time to be at Taylor.
The Position:
A new role, directly resulting from Taylor Thrives, the Director of Intercultural Initiatives will expand experiential learning opportunities around intercultural leadership, deepen the University’s care for diverse and global students, and grow the number of diverse and global members of the Taylor community. Under the direction of the Vice President for Intercultural Leadership & Church Relations, this role will provide operational leadership to the Department of Intercultural Leadership and Church Relations. The Director will provide administrative, detail-oriented execution to help the department’s vision become reality.
In the midst of growth and expansion at the wider University, this is a unique moment for Taylor’s intercultural initiatives. With students from 30 countries and almost every state, we are now powerfully serving more diverse and global students than ever before. At the same time, the wider culture faces great challenges around intercultural competencies. This is a wonderful opportunity for the person who feels called to this Kingdom-building assignment.
Salary + Benefits:
- Salary: $65,000/year
- Insurance Benefits: Health, dental, prescription medication
- Generous retirement plan with an employer contribution of 6%
- Tuition remission and continuing education opportunities available for Taylor employees & their dependents
Salary: $60K-$89K
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Developing and delivering multicultural training for campus constituents
- Directing the Director of Student Leadership & Cultural Programs and the Director of International Student Programs
- Collaborating with Taylor faculty and staff in developing curricular, co-curricular, and residential offerings around intercultural awareness and racial diversity/reconciliation
- Developing and executing major events around intercultural leadership on campus, including Martin Luther King Day, and Juneteenth
- Directing M.O.R.E. (Multicultural Orientation Review Experience) training and bolstering intercultural competencies and sensitivities across campus
- Working collaboratively with the Offices of Admissions, Advancement, and the President in extending Taylor’s reach through intercultural initiatives
- Traveling, domestically and globally, on behalf of the University
- Recruiting, mentoring, and discipling diverse and global students at Taylor
- Providing strategic leadership on all matters relating to U.S. immigration law and its impact on Taylor faculty, staff, students, and visitors
- Overseeing the relevant budgets and administering the day-to-day operations of intercultural leadership
Qualifications:
- A life committed to Jesus Christ and daily submission to his Lordship, paired with a record of active involvement in Christian ministry and local church life
- Bachelor’s degree required; graduate work in related field preferred
- Prior experience in higher education or pastoral ministry preferred
- Prior domestic/global experience in intercultural leadership, ideally with fluency in a language other than English
- Able to enthusiastically support Taylor University’s Foundational Documents, with a sense of calling to the ideals laid out in the University’s Multicultural Philosophy Statement
- Eschews partisan politics and trendy tactics; instead demonstrates a deep care for the whole-person development of students as servant leaders
- Must be an organized, task-oriented leader, who takes initiative and gets things done in the context of a fast-paced, vibrant campus community
- Must be able to inspire confidence among faculty and staff, work well in a complex environment, manage conflict productively & humbly, and cultivate a growth mindset
- Proven experience leading healthy teams to solve problems and meet/exceed goals
- Comfortable with domestic and international travel
- Available to work with students at night and on weekends