The Assistant Director of the Center for Diversity & Inclusion provides critical leadership in the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion for students on campus. The Assistant Director will support overarching Center priorities including the design and implementation of specific advocacy and support for historically marginalized students (inclusive of all forms of identity, such as race, ethnicity, gender identity, and expression, national origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, ability, age, etc.), the design and implementation of intentional educational programming (e.g. programs, events, workshops, and dialogues) to raise awareness and competency of students in support of multicultural and global understanding, and collaborative outreach and support for staff across other functional areas in Student Affairs to integrate multicultural competency, and facilitation of conversations on power and privilege, in their individual programs. The Assistant Director will have direct leadership for and involvement in developing and overseeing mentoring programs to support students of color, efforts to support the LGBTQIA+ community, connecting and supporting multicultural student organizations, supporting the Multicultural Student Leadership Institute (MSLI), and advancing awareness and educational programming.

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. 

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success. 

Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.

Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.

Rider University has been included as one of the nation’s best universities by US News & World Report and remained in the top tier in the Regional Universities – North category. Additionally, The Princeton Review named Rider among its “Best 387 Colleges” in the nation. Both publications have ranked the University favorably in their respective surveys for more than a decade.

Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity.