Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Looking for Senior Director of Student Affairs Full Time

The faculty and staff of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) invite you to join them in shaping and implementing the next generation of innovative and engaging learning experiences. IMSA is actively seeking applications for the full-time position of Senior Director of Student Affairs in the Office of Student Affairs. The Office of Student Affairs strives to provide students with an exceptional experience outside of the classroom.

The Senior Director of Student Affairs is a 12-month, full-time position. Key responsibilities include serving as the Chief Hearing Officer, handling student behavioral and academic conduct, as well as the Assistant Title IX Coordinator. This role includes supervision over student engagement, including the direct supervision of the Coordinator of Student Leadership and Service, Coordinator of Athletics and Co-Curriculars, Coordinator of Student Activities and the Administrative Assistant who helps support these roles. In addition, this position oversees the graduation requirements of LEAD and service learning. The Senior Director will work as part of the Student Affairs team to provide a broad offering of programs and services for students at the Academy. The individual in this role will provide support and oversight to the Student Affairs department in the absence of the Chief Student Affairs Officer. The Senior Director will be supervised and evaluated by the Chief Student Affairs Officer. 

The internationally recognized Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) develops creative, ethical leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As a teaching and learning laboratory created by the State of Illinois, IMSA enrolls academically talented IllinServe as the case manager for incident reports received through the Maxient reporting system.ois students (grades 10-12) in its advanced, residential college preparatory program. It also serves thousands of educators and students in Illinois and beyond through innovative instructional programs that foster imagination and inquiry (www.imsa.edu).

The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) is committed to an equitable, diverse and inclusive teaching and learning environment. IMSA has committed to advancing equity in STEM education and representation and creating a diverse, inclusive community of global citizens who can realize their full potential, and execute our mission to advance the human condition.

This Equity and Excellence work is the intentional integration of Cultural Competence, Diversity, Equity, Equity-Minded Frame, Excellence and Inclusion into every facet of the Academy, with the understanding that it is an active and ongoing process involving structures, processes and people and not an isolated initiative.

This position will support IMSA’s Diversity work by ensuring the delivery of quality, equitable, and inclusive constituent-centered support while promoting and maintaining an inclusive work environment and culture that embraces the diversity of people and perspectives collaborating at IMSA to ignite and nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that advance the human condition.