Assistant Director, Intercultural Student Success and Engagement

Roger Williams UniversityTitle: Assistant Director, Intercultural Student Success and Engagement Location: Bristol, RI Category: Professional and Clerical Job Type: Full-time Regular Posted On: Fri Sep 11 2026 Job Description: Looking to start or make a move into a career in higher education? If you enjoy working with college students and care about student engagement, mentoring, intercultural learning, leadership, and student success, this may be the role for you.

We welcome new professionals, career changers, and applicants from a range of professional and educational backgrounds. If this work interests you and you meet the required qualifications, we encourage you to apply.The Assistant Director, Intercultural Student Success and Engagement is assigned primarily to the Intercultural Center (IC) and reports to the Director of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The role coordinates student support, academic coaching, mentoring, student leadership development, intercultural education, student success initiatives, and community-building programs for students.The Assistant Director supports students who engage with the IC, with particular expertise in the experiences of first-generation students and students from varied cultural, linguistic, religious, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds.

The role uses an intersectional approach to strengthen access, belonging, retention, persistence, well-being, leadership, and academic success.The Assistant Director supports prospective, pre-college, and enrolled students and contributes to selected alumni-engagement activities. Responsibilities include academic coaching, mentoring, student organization advising, peer mentoring, resource navigation, intercultural programming and education, assessment, communications, and campus partnerships.

The role also supports education and campus partnerships related to intercultural dialogue, bias awareness, inclusive student engagement, and broader Division of Equity and Inclusion priorities focused on a thriving campus community.Student Support, Engagement, and Resource NavigationProvide academic coaching, mentoring, referral, and follow-up for students who seek support through the IC, with attention to the educational, financial, cultural, linguistic, and family circumstances affecting student success.Support student access, retention, persistence, belonging, and success through proactive outreach, resource navigation, academic success planning, and timely connection to campus partners.Partner with advising, tutoring, counseling, Residence Life and Housing, accessibility, health services, student conduct, career education, financial aid, faculty, admissions, and other offices to reduce barriers and coordinate student support.Track student contacts, referrals, follow-up themes, academic support needs, and student success trends for review with the supervisor and relevant partners.Support prospective, pre-college, and enrolled students through programs and short-term projects tied to access, persistence, retention, and success, and contribute to selected alumni-engagement activities.Intercultural Center Programs, Services, and EventsDevelop, maintain, implement, and evaluate IC services, programs, events, workshops, and student engagement initiatives.Coordinate programs grounded in intercultural learning, identity development, leadership, dialogue, belonging, and community building.Support inclusive signature programs, heritage and cultural education, recognition efforts, welcome programs, graduation celebrations, academic enhancement workshops, community meals, dialogue programs, and first-generation student initiatives.Develop and support intercultural dialogue, bias awareness, inclusive practice, and community-building education for students, student leaders, campus partners, and assigned groups.Create measurable program goals, learning outcomes, timelines, logistics plans, assessment tools, and post-program reports.Use student fe