Director, Latino Student Initiatives

M-F 8:15am - 4:30pm with some nights and weekends

Northern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access institution. We embrace inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of our work and seek excellence through diversity among our students, administrators, faculty, and staff. Application by members of diverse groups is encouraged.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Inclusiveness, the Director of the Latino Student Initiatives ( LSI) will provide administrative leadership for all aspects of the design and implementation of services and programs that promote the success and retention of Latino/a/x students.

The director will serve as a campus resource and internal expert on Latino/a/x related issues, will lead community building and outreach activities to support the recruitment, sense of belonging, career readiness, leadership development, and academic success for Latino/a/x students.

This role will supervise cultural programming for the campus community, as well as intensive academic, skill-building and social programming for Latino/a/x students including mentoring, academic advising, tutoring, scholarship tracking, and early academic intervention by administering the Latino Mentor Program ( LAMP).

It will also oversee the early move-in program, for Latino/a/x students, and work with academic departments and other campus partners to provide advising and support services to students through a coordinated care model.