Assistant Director, OSJA
Location
1 S Grove St, Westerville, OH
Job Type
Administrative Staff
Job Number
00498
Division
Academic Affairs
Department
Office of Social Justice and Advocacy
Opening Date
06/10/2026
DESCRIPTION
The Office for Social Justice and Advocacy is seeking an Assistant Director to help lead programs that support belonging, retention, engagement, and student success for historically underrepresented students. This is a full-time, exempt position working 40 hours per week, 12 months per year.
This role provides day-to-day leadership for OSJA initiatives, including Campus Compass, mentoring programs, first-generation student support, affinity-based programming, heritage month events, student leadership development, and community engagement.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead daily operations for Campus Compass, including mentor/mentee scheduling, weekly participation tracking, communication, records, and follow up
Coordinate mentoring activities with students, alumni, community mentors, campus partners, and external stakeholders
Support OSJA programming, including affinity-based, cultural, educational, social, first-generation, and heritage month initiatives
Supervise and support student workers, peer mentors, interns, graduate assistants, program assistants, and student leaders
Manage event logistics, purchasing, receipts, budget tracking, supplies, food orders, calendars, and program documentation
Maintain OSJA communications, including My O-Zone, newsletters, flyers, social media, and student announcements
Provide student support, campus referrals, program data, surveys, reports, and assessment documentation
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate is organized, student-centered, culturally responsive, collaborative, and able to manage programs, people, events, data, and details with care and consistency.
Education
Bachelors degree required
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
At Otterbein, our comprehensive benefits package helps you thrive both professionally and personally, offering:
This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind of level of difficulty.
Otterbein University's achievement of academic excellence depends on its commitment to inclusion and belonging. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Otterbein University is an EEO Employer.
To help attract a talented team, Otterbein offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time faculty and staff.
Benefits at Otterbein include:
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Employer Otterbein University
Address Otterbein University
1 South Grove St.
Westerville, Ohio, 43081
Phone 614-823-1805