Associate Center Director, Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education

Leveraging Tufts' world-class constellation of undergraduate and professional schools and longstanding involvement in civic engagement, we will launch the Tufts Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education. Through a focus on rigorous research and education, the mission of the Center is to help universities nationwide deliver first-rate, non-ideological research, classroom instruction, and leadership training. By prioritizing a diversity of viewpoints, the Center will also inform public policy debates, particularly on politically sensitive and polarizing topics.

Reporting directly to the President's Office, the university-wide center will be led by Dr. Eitan Hersh, prominent scholar in civic engagement and political science, professor of political science at Tufts, this role will help establish a leading program to improve higher education in the United States. The program aspires to help Tufts and peer institutions produce mature, educated citizens who can engage across differences on campus, in the workforce, and in civil society. The program also aims to inform public policy debates, particularly on politically sensitive topics on which the public is polarized.

Essential Functions include:

• Development of an ambitious new program
• Manage the design of curricula on controversial subjects
• Organizing events and conferences
• Enlists involvement of university researchers, faculty, staff and students in program development and establishing student leadership initiatives
• Manage a team
• Develops and nurtures center brand identity.

As part of your application, please include a cover letter that addresses the following questions. Your responses will help us better understand your experience, strengths, and values as they relate to this position:

• Program Development: Describe an experience you have had building a new program or institution. Please include information on your role and the outcomes.
• Skills Assessment: This position requires a range of skills, including written and oral communication, event planning, student mentorship, team leadership, curricular design, and collaboration with university faculty. Include information pertaining to your strongest skills, and the areas do you consider opportunities for growth.
• Values and Leadership: Elaborate on your core values, including information about your approach to leading initiatives that promote viewpoint diversity on a university campus.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• 5-7 years of experience in a related field.
• Strong interpersonal, management and leadership skills to interact with individuals at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to transcend disciplinary boundaries to lead collaborations.
• Excellent writing skills including the ability to draft and present program materials.
• Experience with administration required.
• The candidate is also expected to have a clear track-record in facilitating open inquiry and viewpoint diversity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree.
• Familiarity with work in higher education and public policy.
• Outstanding attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to anticipate programmatic needs.
• Ability to lead and direct others by setting priorities for completing multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to develop dialogue programs