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The Brearley School, an independent girls’ school serving over 770 students K-12, welcomes candidates for a full-time position as the Assistant Director of Equity and Community Engagement, beginning July 2023.

We invite interested candidates to apply for this position by completing an application and uploading a cover letter and resume at https://www.brearley.org/page/about/employment-opportunities.

Reporting to the Director of Equity and Community Engagement, the Assistant Director will support students, parents, faculty, staff, and alumnae in helping Brearley become a diverse, equitable, inclusive and anti-racist institution. Click here for more information on our work.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with the departmental team to design and deliver a wide range of DEIA programming for students, parents, faculty and staff, and alumnae
• Advising and supporting a range of affinity spaces for students, parents of color, and faculty and staff of color.
• Helping Upper School students plan and produce an annual student conference on belonging, inclusion and equity.
• Advising the Brearley Student Diversity Leadership Council (BSDLC) and helping to identify advisors for identity-based clubs.
• Partnering with the Counseling and Wellness Department to support healthy identity development and conflict resolution for students across divisions.
• Attending admissions events and supporting recruitment of underrepresented families of color.
• Offering ‘open door’ counsel to members of the Brearley community regarding DEIA issues.
• Representing the school at local and national conferences and meetings.
• Curating and publishing updates for the Brearley community.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred
• A minimum of three years experience working with students K-12 in DEIA relevant work
• Proven knowledge and experience related to diversity, equity and inclusion standards and best practices in the field of education, and a desire to remain current on best practices and trends in the world of DEIA.
• Experience designing and facilitating professional development and learning workshops for students and/or adults.
• Experience in guiding social justice and/or civic engagement programs in a school setting.
• The ability to communicate clearly, listen actively, and engage with empathy.
• The capability to collaborate on processes and systems in an organized and efficient manner
• A commitment to examine one’s own practice and approach for areas of improvement
• The ability to meet deadlines and execute processes through to completion

About the School

Founded in 1884, the school is a center of intellectual exuberance, attracting students from across and beyond New York City. Our mission has long combined outstanding academics with an insistence on a larger purpose:  to cultivate in our students a commitment to the greater good. In pursuit of this goal, we actively strive to build, nurture and sustain a diverse faculty and student body. We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and antiracist school community, and we expect our faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees to pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions.

Salary

In 2022-23, total salary for this position ranges from $85,000 (base salary $80,000 + flexible spending plan $5,000) to $125,000 (base salary $120,000 + flexible spending plan $5,000), depending on experience. Salary ranges are updated annually in January.

Benefits

Benefits offered to eligible employees include a range of options for health insurance coverage with generous employer contributions across the plans; an HSA plan; pre-tax transit benefits; long-term disability insurance; a retirement plan that includes a school contribution starting at 10% of salary with no mandatory employee contribution; a sabbatical program; breakfast and lunch without charge; support for professional growth and development; and the opportunity to participate in a community based on collaboration, mutual care, and a commitment to the greater good.   Faculty may also apply for housing in a nearby Brearley-owned building at favorable rates.

The Brearley School is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to hiring exceptional, dedicated teachers of diverse backgrounds. We consider qualified individuals for employment with the School regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or any other state or federally-protected classification.

About The Brearley School

The Brearley School, an independent school for girls, was founded in 1884 to provide its students with a college-preparatory education equal in rigor to that of boys, and, in the words of the mission statement today, to prepare them for “active responsible citizenship in a democratic society.” Within a highly articulated 13-year curriculum, and with a 6:1 student-faculty ratio, teaching methods are varied, flexible and pragmatic, taking into account individual patterns of development and ways of learning. The School’s program is designed to challenge eager, able students intellectually, and to give each one the opportunity to gain competence, self-reliance and self-knowledge through academic achievement as well as experience in the visual and performing arts, sports, community service and a wide variety of extracurricular activities. Brearley’s K-12 enrollment is divided into Lower School, Middle School and Upper School, and consists of about 747 students from throughout the New York metropolitan area who represent a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and points of view.

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