Associate Director of EDI - Community Development

Priority Consideration Date:
November 16, 2025

Located in the scenic Puget Sound area with nearby mountain ranges and Mount Rainier in the distance, Tacoma is surrounded by outdoor recreational opportunities such as hiking, boating and camping.

Tacoma, Washington has been ranked as one of the most livable cities in the country, due to the increasing career opportunities, cultural diversity and community engagement, just to name a few.

Tacoma Community College (TCC) was built on the ancestral territory of Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Puyallup and Squaxin Island Tribes. The 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty forcibly removed them to Reservations to make way for colonizers; we recognize the privilege of utilizing this land has come at a great cost. We honor the resilience of the Puyallup and Squaxin Island people, who still live here, defend their rights, and contribute greatly to the well‑being of our community.

Our institution aims to increase partnerships and community ties with the local indigenous populations. Moreover, TCC stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the Black community by further strengthening collaboration with the Black Student Union as well as community entities such as the Tacoma‑Pierce County Black Collective, the Tacoma Urban League, and local black‑owned businesses. In addition, we strongly support the Stop Asian Hate movement and have an active Asian Pacific Islander Student Club as well as an Asian and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Coalition.

TCC is committed to developing more culturally responsive curricula by infusing and incorporating more educational content focused on the lives, experiences, and contributions of Native, Black, Asian, and other marginalized communities. We continually strive to become an anti‑racist institution.

We are specifically focusing on improved support for traditionally marginalized populations, including Black/African‑American, Indigenous, People of Color, Dreamers, justice‑involved, immigrants and refugees, Veterans, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community. To this end, TCC seeks applicants who:

• Value intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Welcome difference and model respectful interaction with others
• Recognize and honor the important role that diversity brings to an educational community
• Are committed to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population
• Are committed to teaching in a community college setting
• Care deeply about student success
• Intentionally support and promote efforts related to equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Honor TCC’s mission promoting equitable access to educational opportunities
• Reflect the diversity of our community

Tacoma Community College (TCC) serves the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse students and communities through the core themes of advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion; cultivating exceptional learning; strengthening community partnerships; and enhancing institutional vitality. We are seeking an Associate Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Community Development, to provide subject matter education, coaching, programming, evaluation and reporting – as it relates to TCC’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) goals.

As the winner of the regional Charles Kennedy Award for Equity, EDI are high priority initiatives for TCC. The Associate Director of EDI – Community Development is critical in helping to create organizational accountability and effectiveness, compliance, momentum, and advancement towards TCC’s equitable and anti‑racist goals.

• Work closely with the VP of EDI to develop and deliver a comprehensive anti‑racist, diversity, equity, and inclusion educational initiative for the campus community.
• Support, collaborate, engage, and manage TCC’s Affinity Groups, providing structure and tools as needed to engage EDI learning in those group settings and to ensure alignment with the strategic vision of OEDI.
• Promote dialogue and facilitate interaction among groups on campus which generates dynamic learning across the campus and use evidence‑based strategies to assist the College in…