Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Stanford Law School

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree and eight years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience. Law degree and experience in higher education setting strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Advanced communication skills to clearly and effectively communicate information to internal and external audiences, and all levels of management. This includes communicating across difference, cultural competence and cultural humility, emotional intelligence, and facilitating meetings that address complex issues.

• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong leadership and strategic management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.
• Demonstrated experience managing people.
• Understanding of underlying technological needs and requirements.
• User knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable about the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. Significant experience working with individuals of different races, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
• At least five (5) years of experience in counseling, student services, or administration in higher education, with a strong preference for experience in a law school, setting. 
• Ability to establish credibility and effective working relationships across a complex, diverse, and hierarchical institution.
• Understanding of and experience with adult learning methods and developing training. 
• Experience developing programs and systems within an education or other bureaucratic institution.
• Ability to prepare clear, concise, sensitively written materials for a wide range of readers.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze the needs of individual students and groups of students, and to be knowledgeable about the range of University resources available to students is required.
• Excellent judgment and discretion.

We invite you to apply for this position by clicking on the “Apply for Job” button. To be considered, please submit your résumé and a one-page cover letter along with your online application.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

Stanford Law School seeks to hire the best talent and to promote a safe and secure environment for all members of the university community and its property. To that end, new staff hires must successfully pass a background check prior to starting work at Stanford University.