Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Provide leadership for the area of student affairs with a focus on student success. The Assistant Dean for Student Affairs is responsible for direct student advising, support, and services including academic advising, financial aid and scholarship support, execution of assigned accommodations, wellness programming, coordination of orientation, administration of bar support programs, and planning for commencement.
This position will serve as an advisor to the Moot Court Board. The Assistant Dean also serves as the law school’s Deputy Title IX officer. They will serve as the law school’s primary liaison with several University of Oregon departments such as Financial Aid, Conduct and Community Standards, the Accessible Education Center, and the Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance. This position supervises the Student Services Support Specialist and manages multiple related budgets.
The Assistant Dean has a key role in interpreting and implementing faculty and university legislation regarding students, and sits on several school, university, and bar committees. This position reports to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs/Law Dean of Students. Working occasional weekends and evenings is required for this position as well as regional travel.
Minimum Requirements
- JD from ABA-accredited law school.
- Four years of relevant professional work experience such as advising, coaching, programming, event planning, professional development, and administration.
Professional Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to 1) work effectively with students, staff, and faculty from culturally diverse backgrounds and with multiple intersectional identities; and 2) advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the university community.
- Strong interpersonal skills; credible; emotionally intelligent and able to respond effectively to struggling students or those dealing with challenging circumstances; collegial and collaborative; exercises excellent judgment and discretion; supportive, compassionate, and encouraging; able to make decisions in a timely manner.
- Strong organizational, administrative, and leadership skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills which include the ability to write and speak persuasively.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with proven ability to strategize, prioritize, and multi-task to meet goals/deadlines.
- Ability to work independently, while appropriately collaborating with others.
- Ability to be a representative of the School of Law in relevant activities of the Bar and other professional organizations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bar licensure in any jurisdiction (need not be current).
- Experience working with law students in an advisory capacity.
- Experience working in a student affairs department or other student-facing departments such as accessible education, academic support, admissions, career planning, or conduct.
- Supervisory experience or demonstration of skills that exhibit supervisory potential.
- Experience assessing programmatic needs and successfully implementing new initiatives.
- Event-planning experience with large-scale events such as orientation and commencement.
- Experience working in student-focused online platforms such as Engage, Navigate, OrgSync, Symplicity, Canvas, etc.
Salary: $90,000 - $105,000
Application Review Begins June 9, 2022; position open until filled
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Department Summary
The University of Oregon School of Law is a dynamic, ABA-accredited law school and Oregon’s only public law school. Degrees offered include: Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Conflict and Dispute Resolution (CRES), and a minor in undergraduate legal studies. Oregon Law’s mission is to provide a world-class education. We prepare students through excellent classroom teaching paired with a multitude of practical experience opportunities and robust professional development. Our faculty produce exceptional research and scholarship. We accomplish our mission in a positive, inclusive environment where we strive to provide everyone opportunities to grow, contribute, and develop. Our aim is to learn, teach, and practice the principles of equity and justice as critical foundations for our overall effort to achieve excellence as a top-ranked law school. Success in this work requires a diverse group of people in various faculty and staff roles working in one of our two locations, Eugene and Portland. The University of Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of the Southern Kalapuya.