Job Details

Dialogues Support Manager

Requisition Number: 69107
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: University Staff
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 05-Jan-2026
Date Posted:

Job Summary

The University of Colorado Boulder encourages applications for two managers for the Dialogues Program! In collaboration and partnership, the managers provide shared leadership for comprehensive campus dialogue initiatives that cultivate critical leadership competencies to engage difference, build trust across boundaries, and activate learning and change. Dialogues is grounded in intergroup dialogue theory and critical dialogic praxis, emphasizing dialogue as reflexive, interpersonal, pedagogical, and an organizational practice. Aligned with CU Boulder's application of the shared equity leadership framework (Kezar at al., 2021), the program furthers campus environments where everyone matters and all can thrive through reflective inquiry, relational accountability, and commitment to sustained institutional transformation.
Specific functions include designing, facilitating, and assessing dialogue-focused experiences, learning and organizational change initiatives across academic and administrative support units of the university to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. Drawing upon both organizational development and critical pedagogy, managers will build and lead a university-wide approach to dialogue-based leadership development; train; coach leaders and facilitators in intergroup and critical dialogue methods; and partner with campus units to use dialogue as a tool for equity-minded organizational learning and cultural transformation.
These positions focus on cultivating critical competencies necessary for university managers and leaders to engage in important, sustained dialogue that advances organizational learning and transformation. Rather than centering on foundational or introductory topics - such as terminology, implicit bias, or microaggressions - common to one-time or a la carte trainings, this work emphasizes a developmental continuum that supports individuals and teams in building long-term and sustainable dialogic capacity.
Programming will be structured in phases to promote both individual and organizational growth:

1. Foundational Phase - Introduction to Dialogue

Participants are introduced to dialogue as a reflective and relational practice to assess individual, organizational, and systemic dynamics that may inhibit a positive, welcoming, and equitable organizational culture.

2. Applied Phase - Train-the-Trainer Engagements

Through more focused and extended facilitation training, participants deepen their understanding of dialogic methods, explore critical case studies, and develop practical competencies to design and lead dialogues within their own units; and dialogue facilitation certification.

3. Sustaining Phase - Professional Learning Communities

Ongoing Professional Learning Communities support the continued application of dialogic practices, creating a community of facilitators who share strategies, examine institutional challenges, and curate emerging practices to sustain a culture of dialogue and shared leadership across the university.
These positions will establish relationships and work closely with existing services within and outside of Leadership Support and Programming (e.g., Human Resources, the Center for Teaching and Learning) to complement the current landscape of training for CU Boulder.
Incumbents will apply the work done by the University of Southern California's Pullias Center (i.e., shared equity leadership, change leadership) and intergroup dialogue theory, to operationalizing a method for dialogue that combines critical consciousness with action to challenge oppression and promote social change (i.e., critical dialogic praxis). We anticipate a range of competency models and frameworks (e.g., NASPA/ACPA Professional Competencies, Leadership Reconsidered, Multicultural Organizational Development) will also be useful to develop transformational higher education leaders at every level of the institution who are capable of creating and supporting campus environments where everyone matters and all can thrive. This work addresses the personal, collective, structures and systems-work needed to activate and sustain institutional change and transformation. This requires delivering courses, working with small groups to practice applying new knowledge, developing toolkits, providing feedback, assessing outcomes, and evaluating processes.
Ideal candidates for this role will demonstrate skill for developing leaders and working in large complex organizations. They should have deep knowledge of higher education disparities, cultural competencies, and research with direct experience delivering and assessing trainings related to the following thematic areas: intergroup dialogue and critical dialogic praxis; human-centered leadership; employee development; cultivating capacity for successful environmental change; and building foundational, liberatory leadership. Successful candidates will be able to speak directly to these competencies in their cover letter, application materials, and interviews.
Leadership Support and Programming team values align with the shared equity leadership model. Examples of these values include transparency, vulnerability, accountability, mutuality, modesty, love and care, courage, and creativity and innovation. We expect the incumbent(s) to demonstrate these values in varied work activities (e.g., advising colleagues and senior leadership; facilitating training and development workshops; interacting with fellow team members, constituents in the CU Boulder campus community, and members of local, regional, and national communities). CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Office of Leadership Support and Programming is part of the chancellor's office and is charged with:

• Supporting and advancing the chancellor's priorities.
• Creating and supporting campus environments where everyone matters and all can thrive.
• Providing services to campus leaders (e.g., planning, assessment, communications) to help advance the chancellor's priorities.
• Build capacity in leadership in the areas of access, opportunity, and engagement to address disparate outcomes, myriad experiences and needs.
• Sponsoring and supporting initiatives needed to build community and create connections for employees.
• Providing leadership for assessing campus environments and applying data-informed approaches to organizational development.
• Providing resources (e.g., funding, materials, consultations) for new or existing programs focused on improving campus environments.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

• Develop unit-specific and campus-wide dialogue initiatives that link interpersonal learning with structural and policy change.
• Design and deliver dialogue-based courses, workshops, and retreats that build competencies in perspective-taking, critical reflection, and collaborative problem-solving.
• Train, mentor, and coach facilitators and staff in intergroup and critical dialogic practices.
• Advise the Office of Leadership Support and Programming, and the Senior Vice Chancellor for Leadership Support and Programming.

What You Should Know

• After the initial training period, this position offers a hybrid work modality with 1 day per week of remote work. On average, work hours align with traditional business hours with occasional evening and weekend needs and the potential for flexibility.

What We Can Offer

• The salary range is $86,100 to $98,000 annually. Relocation assistance is available within department guidelines.

Benefits


At the University of Colorado Boulder, we are committed to supporting the holistic health and well-being of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and retirement plans; generous paid time off; tuition assistance for you and your dependents; and an ECO Pass for local transit. As one of Boulder County's largest employers, CU Boulder offers an inspiring academic community and access to world-class outdoor recreation. Explore additional perks and programs through the CU Advantage program.


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What We Require

• Master's degree with experience in intergroup dialogue, critical pedagogy, organizational change, or related areas.
• 5 years' experience designing, facilitating, and assessing dialogue based or organizational learning initiatives within complex organizations.
• Success leading equity-driven cultural or structural transformation efforts in higher education.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and evaluate programs grounded in inclusion, leadership development, and organizational learning.
• Proven record of cross-functional collaboration and partnership across teams with varied strengths and institutional levels.

What You Will Need

• Knowledge of skills and competencies as a leader to create and support environments where everyone matters and all can thrive; organizational development; leadership skills and coaching; myriad approaches to environmental change; pedagogy and approaches appropriate for professional development and leadership education; assessing competencies; synthesizing information for myriad audiences and constituents.
• Excellent compassionate listening skills, facilitation and presentation skills with ability to modulate approach and tone for different audiences; ability to scaffold learning outcomes; appreciate good instructional design; flexibility and adaptability are required for creating effective learning environments.
• Self-management of tasks with supervisor consultation; high degree of personal accountability, organizational and time management skills.
• Able to work independently and within a team of diverse professionals in an office with a varied portfolio; support and create conditions for productive and functional team dynamics; take responsibility for team vision, approach, and goals, and inspire others.
• Take direction from supervisor and align work with office and institutional priorities.
• Excellent public speaking skills, writing and editing proficiency; will engage a range of campus leadership in and for training and consultations; demonstrated attention to detail.
• Ability to work with colleagues across campus to develop educational solutions for a wide variety of challenges; evaluate (formally and informally) knowledge gaps.
• Demonstrate a commitment to learning as it pertains to personal identity and learning journeys, tools (e.g., apps, software), methods (e.g., pedagogy, research), and content matter (e.g., research in higher education).
• Direct experience either enacting or facilitating intergroup dialogues.
• Knowledge of the enduring challenges in higher education to equity and inclusion.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by January 5, 2026, for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.


To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Dialogues-Support-Manager/69107







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