Assistant Director, OSJA - Office for Social Justice and Advocacy
- Otterbein University
- Westerville, OH, USA
- Jun 11, 2026
Job Description
Assistant Director, OSJA
Job Type: Administrative Staff
Job Number: 00498
Location: 1 S Grove St, Westerville, OH
Division: Academic Affairs
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
Bachelor's degree required
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
At Otterbein, our comprehensive benefits package helps you thrive both professionally and personally, offering:
- Generous tuition benefits for you, your spouse or domestic partner, and your dependents
- Four weeks of paid vacation to relax, recharge, and explore
- 10 days of paid sick time to prioritize your health
- 12 paid holidays plus bonus days throughout the year
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
- Life insurance for added peace of mind
- A defined contribution retirement plan to help you plan for the future
- Wellness initiatives
- And even more ways Otterbein supports your success.
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.
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Otterbein is a regionally-accredited liberal arts university. Since its founding in 1847, Otterbein has been recognized for its pace-setting ideals, its ground-breaking integrative studies curriculum, its standing among the country’s first co-education institutions, and its commitment to serve the public good. Located in picturesque Westerville, Ohio — just minutes away from downtown Columbus — we are a perfect location for undergraduate and graduate students to find internships and worldwide networking opportunities.
Location: Westerville is a residential community of 36,000 residents on the northeast side of Columbus, Ohio, offering a small-town atmosphere with all the conveniences and opportunities of a big city. Otterbein’s 140-acre campus is accented by the historic Towers Hall, which was constructed in 1872 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Enrollment: Approximately 3,000 men and women from throughout the United States and several foreign countries.
Curriculum: Otterbein offers a choice of more than 70 majors and 44 minors, as well as individualized courses of study. We also offer five graduate programs in business administration, education and nursing, including our doctor of nursing practice degree.
Student/Faculty Ratio: The student to faculty ratio at Otterbein is 12:1.
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