Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Community & Empowerment Coordinator

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities • Minneapolis, MN

332d • $25 - $36

About The Position

The Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Community & Empowerment Coordinator position exists to manage and coordinate the daily operations of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Community & Empowerment (ACE) Initiative. This position exists to assist APIDA and underrepresented communities access to higher education opportunities. This position will take a lead role in the development, evaluation and implementation of retention efforts that support the Minneapolis College APIDA student demographic. This position assists in the recruitment of prospective students by developing relationships through community outreach in collaboration with enrollment services. The position serves to actively provide retention services and make informative program decisions through academic advising, special initiatives and monitoring key success indicators for student retention and degree completion. Outreach efforts include working directly with Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools, community organizations, co-chairing various committees and program sponsored events, public speaking, recruiting, tutoring, event and workshop planning. This position works to continue to advance Minneapolis College’s aspiration of becoming an anti-racist institution. The role serves as a collaborator within the Equity & Inclusion division in providing anti-racist, culturally responsive and equity centered learning opportunities to the Minneapolis College campus through facilitating trainings, workshops, speaker series, representation on college committees and advising student led programming. This is a 3-year limited full-time position working 40 hours a week, working directly within the division of Equity and Inclusion. Hours and/or days may change during summer and non-class days. Some weekends and evenings will apply.