VICE PRESIDENT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSIVELeadershipEXCELLENCEProfile2022
• Provides oversight, management, and stewardship for the Division of Inclusion and Equity.
• Serves on the President’s Executive Leadership Team.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
• Collaborates with critical stakeholders and constituents in surrounding communities, in the state of South Carolina, regionally, and nationally.
• Serves as a catalyst to leverage best practices and resources across the University’s divisions, campuses, and innovation sites to promote a culture of inclusion and equity.
• Develops a clear direction and vision for an integrated program of efforts that advance diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence to enhance Clemson University’s mission, goals, and strategic plan.
JOB DESCRIPTION
• Coordinates leadership efforts for inclusive excellence institution-wide. Guides efforts to conceptualize, define, assess, and cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence as an institutional and educational resource.
• Serves as the senior advisor to the President on diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
Clemson University is seeking a Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence to fulfill the following duties:
THE OPPORTUNITY
• Works across the academy, and with a particular emphasis with (a) Finance and Operations, (b) the Office of the Provost (c) the Division of Student Affairs, (d) University Relations, (c) and Development and Alumni Relations.
• Supervises the team within the division that plans, leads, and implements, in collaboration with university partners, institutional and divisional change actions and initiatives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence throughout all facets of Clemson University.
The Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence is an executive leader who catalyzes, fosters, and promotes a university-wide culture of inclusive excellence where individuals from all racial and ethic identities, ages, nationalities, social and economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religious, political, and ideological perspectives, veteran status, and physical and mental abilities are able to thrive and be engaged. The Vice President provides strategic and programmatic leadership for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and initiatives that advance diversity and inclusion as a critical component of social, academic, and intellectual life at Clemson University.
Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education - Bachelor’s Degree Work Experience - A Bachelor’s Degree may be substituted for 7+ Years of work experience in a leadership role within Higher Education DEI practices.
COLLABORATION & ADVISEMENT
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Develops and implements strategic leadership for CU diversity plan, diversity programs, and policies that result in a learning and workplace environment that is welcoming and supporting for all students, faculty and staff. Supports the strategic importance of a broadly inclusive campus community that will prepare all students for success in a diverse world. Leads the development of new initiatives to provide focus, accountability for equity, and inclusive efforts across the university while encouraging collaboration and cohesion among existing efforts and programs. Specific responsibilities include:
Develops and implements strategic leadership for CU diversity plan, diversity programs, and policies that result in a learning and workplace environment that is welcoming and supporting for all students, faculty and staff. Supports the strategic importance of a broadly inclusive campus community that will prepare all students for success in a diverse world. Leads the development of new initiatives to provide focus, accountability for equity, and inclusive efforts across the university while encouraging collaboration and cohesion among existing efforts and programs. Specific responsibilities include:
• Partners with senior leaders to identify policies and practices that support the recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty, staff, and students from historically underrepresented and historically excluded backgrounds.
• Serves as an institutional thought leader and leading voice on matters of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
• Works with senior leaders, deans, and faculty to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the curricula, in high-impact experiences, and through pedagogy to contribute to an academic culture that embraces inclusive excellence.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Education - 2nd Doctoral / Professional Degree - JD, Ph.D. - Law, Sociology, Psychology, Higher Ed Leadership Work Experience - 10+ years
• Collaborates with university senior leaders to shape and implement investments, plans, approaches, and assessments aligned with university priorities and goals.
• Co-Chairs Clemson University’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion with the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
• Develops resources for division leaders that reflect best practices and current research in supervision and mentorship to ensure an inclusive environment that supports faculty and staff development and career progression.
JOB DUTIES STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
POLICY Provides policy expertise and accountability on all aspects of inclusion and diversity for the university, including Title IX, non-discrimination and sexual harassment, and Americans with Disabilities. Specific responsibilities include:
• Deploys and measures initiatives aimed at diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence in the workplace.
• Creates a culture of assessment and evaluation of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence initiatives.
• Provides direction and guidance for seven Clemson University Commissions, including the Commission on the Black Experience, the Commission on Latino Affairs, the Commission on Women, the Accessibility Commission, the Veterans Commission, the LGBTQ Commission, and the Commission on Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans.
OUTREACH & REPRESENTATION
• Works closely with inclusive excellence leads across divisions and within the broader community to create a culture of equity and inclusion.
• Works with the Office of University Compliance and Ethics, Human Resources, and the Office of General Counsel to guide, develop, and communicate administrative policies.
• Plans and hosts university and public events about diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
• Proposes and/or develops institutional programming, including employee developmental programs that foster intercultural competence and cultivating equity-minded leaders.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Fosters community outreach. Responds to public inquiries and provides education about the university’s diversity and inclusion goals and efforts. Leads the university’s effort to be a national leader in the development of a diverse campus community, which includes ensuring a diverse student body, faculty and staff, as well as a vibrant, inclusive, and rich intellectual environment.
• Advises and serves as a resource for policy-making bodies on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Facilitates group discussions and town hall meetings in response to campus, national, and global events related to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
• Maintains strategic relationships with the community, alumni, corporate donors, benefactors, industry, and local, state, regional and national organizations focused on diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence.
• Facilitates learning opportunities with key stakeholders to make sense of data through an equity-minded lens to inform future action and strategic planning.
Develops critical metrics of success that will measure improvements in climate, recruitment, and retention of a diverse student body, faculty and staff workplace
ADMINISTRATIVE
Established in 1899 through the will of the founder, Thomas Green Clemson, the university is located on a 20,000-acre campus in Upstate South Carolina in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along Lake Hartwell.
The city of Clemson operates with the Clemson Police Department, Clemson University Fire Department and Pickens County EMS, for public safety needs. All departments are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Clemson Area Transit offers free transportation (known as the CAT bus) to all riders. The city is also served by Amtrak on the Crescent route. The closest major airport is Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, located a 45-minute drive away. The school district is Pickens County. Children living in the city of Clemson attend Clemson Elementary School, RC Edwards Middle School and Daniel High School. Residents also enjoy access to the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, the Clemson University Experimental Forest, the 18-hole Walker Golf Course, the South Carolina Botanical Garden, and the Bob Campbell Geology Museum from the Clemson University campus. In addition, the University has 19 NCAA teams and numerous intramural and club sports.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
ABOUT THE CITY OF CLEMSON
The University provides bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 100 majors through seven academic colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture, Arts and Humanities; Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences; Business; Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences; Education; and Science. The University also has Extension offices in every county of the state as well as teaching and research sites in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Greenwood, as well as four international sites. Today, Clemson has a total enrollment of 21,653 undergraduate and 5,688 graduate students. The student to faculty ratio is 16:1, with an average undergraduate class size of 31. The six-year graduation rate is 85.5 percent.
Clemson University is a selective, public, Carnegie R1 research university in a college-town setting.
Clemson is a city of approximately 18,800 year-round residents located in Pickens County, South Carolina. The area, located in the northwest corner of the state in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, includes Lake Hartwell, Lake Keowee, and Lake Jocassee, large man-made lakes with great fishing, swimming and boating. Clemson enjoys a moderate temperature year-round with average temperatures in January of 30°–50°F and in August of 69°–90°F. Clemson is a short 40-minute drive from downtown Greenville, an hour and a half from Asheville, NC, and two hours from both Atlanta and Charlotte. Click here to see Clemson: Upstate South Carolina’s Hidden Gems
Downtown Greenville offers a thriving entertainment, dining and cultural scene, the Swamp Rabbit bike trail, the Peace Center for Performing Arts, and is home to the Greenville Drive, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Boston Red Sox. Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., are within two hours’ driving distance from Clemson, while outdoors enthusiasts can be in the mountains of North Carolina in an hour or enjoy hiking, fishing, camping and more at one of several South Carolina state parks within a 45-minute drive of Clemson. Click here to view visit Greenville, South Carolina’s video gallery.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE CITY OF GREENVILLE
CLEMSONAPPLICATIONUNIVERSITY&NOMIINATION PROCESS The Search Committee invites nominations, applications (a letter of interest, comprehensive resume or curriculum vitae, the names and contact information of five or more references, and a diversity statement) to be submitted to the search firm assisting Clemson University. Confidential review of materials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The Search Committee prefers that all nominations and applications be submitted to the search firm prior to October 14, 2022. Porsha L. Williams, Vice President Erin Raines, Senior Principal Ally DeLucia, Executive Recruiting Coordinator Parker Executive Search Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 2875 Atlanta, GA 30328 770‐804‐1996 ext. 117 pwilliams@parkersearch.com || eraines@parkersearch.com || adelucia@parkersearch.com Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orienta tion, veteran status or genetic information. Clemson University is building a culturally diverse faculty and staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and encourages applications from minorities and women.
VETERAN PREFERENCE STATEMENT: South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority
MILITARY EQUIVALENCY: Clemson University is proud to allow educational equivalency
for employment in state agencies and institutions.
for military technical certifications and trainings that directly relate to the job duties.
