Position Summary:
The Institutional Engagement Liaison (IEL) assists the Vice President for Community and
Global Impact (VPCGI) and the Office of Community and Global Impact (OCGI) to promote fair access and opportunity for all students and employees equipping them with the preparedness to engage and thrive in their learning, leadership and service within the communities they are part of at the local, state, national, and global level. The IEL will support the university's vision to demonstrate understanding and commitment to people, place, and perspective to help advance policy, programming, and practice at Adams State and in the San Luis Valley. The desired outcome of this position is to promote an increasingly welcoming and supportive environment for students, faculty, and staff regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, socioeconomic status, age, religious affiliation, abilities/disabilities, and other social identities. The IEL will assist the VPCGI with organizing current programming such as state and/or federally recognized observances, Kindred Spirits luncheons, and global experiences and exchanges throughout the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. The IEL will also assist with scheduling and promoting Safe Zone, Embracing Empathy, and Green Dot educational workshops to ensure they are regularly offered to our campus community to support their professional practice and growth.
Specific Job Duties (Essential Functions and Responsibilities):
- Serve as a campus resource for the Office of Community and Global Impact (OCGI)
- Organize and support OCGI campus events and programming
- Organize professional development and trainings for the OCGI
- Collaborate with campus and community partners and stakeholders to support and integrate OCGI initiatives for greater reach and impact
- Support effective programs and services in compliance with federal and state regulations.
- Assist the VPCGI with other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in higher education, student affairs, organizational leadership, or related field.
- Experience working effectively and collaboratively with pluralistic faculty, staff and student populations
- Understanding the relevance and importance of people, place, and perspectives as it relates to our university and surrounding communities
- Training in cross-cultural empathy and leadership
Preferred Qualifications:
- A recognized ally for students, faculty, and staff from all backgrounds and lived experiences.
- A demonstrated commitment to bringing a people-centered/students-first perspective to ethical decision-making.
- A demonstrated commitment to supporting student retention efforts, especially for first year students.
- Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to listen to a variety of constituent groups, synthesize input, and make decisions.
- Skill in sharing information broadly to build consensus and support for action with a clearly articulated vision.
- Inspirational leadership qualities-visionary, communicative, adaptive, transparent, empowering team builder; engenders trust, maintains a good sense of humor.
- Agility in handling criticism effectively in high stress situations.
- Experience as a mediator and/or with conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to utilize institutional data to benchmark and promote accountability for initiatives and planning.
To be considered for this role, candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note that Adams State University is unable to provide sponsorship, transfer, or support for employment visas (such as H-1B, TN ect.) for this specific opening.
Location: On-site in Alamosa, CO
Work Hours: 8 hours a week
Salary and Benefits:
The salary for this position is $11,500/annually (8 hrs/week). In addition to salary, Adams State University offers retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit our Human Resources Benefits Page.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates must submit application materials electronically through Adams State University's Workday application portal.
No other format of application material will be accepted.
Completed applications include the following:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts will be necessary at the time of appointment)
- Three professional references, including phone number and email for each
Application deadline has been extended to 8/14/2026.
Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. Florencio Aranda at farandaiii@adams.edu
Adams State University is committed to building and expanding the talent of its professional staff and actively seeks qualified applicants who bring unique perspectives, experiences, skills, and attributes that can augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff and can contribute to serving and preparing our students to engage and thrive in their learning, leadership, and service.
We strive to create a more representative workforce that mirrors the people who study, work, and lead our institution and welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life, especially members of communities who fall within state and federally protected classes such as: women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities.
We value qualified candidates, with varied language skills, who have a record of successful experience with varied communities and student populations, and who have a deep understanding of and commitment to the unique geographical and historical characteristics of the place we are situated in and the intersecting perspectives that define our university being a low-income, first-generation, and Hispanic-serving, rural anchor university. Therefore, we seek individuals committed to intentionally supporting students and colleagues who possess these characteristics through their teaching, service, and scholarship.
The successful candidate will join a campus that is dedicated to inclusive excellence and acknowledges Adams State's purpose to foster the educational goals of its students and the well-being of the surrounding community.
Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/
Disclosures:
In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.
Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/. These procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.
Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.
