St. Catherine University, St. Paul, seeks a Director to provide leadership for the Center for Community Work and Learning. The Director is responsible for the development, implementation, support, and evaluation of service-learning and meaningful student employment programs that advance the university’s academic and civic engagement mission. The Director, in collaboration with campus and community partners, creates opportunities to participate in a wide range of civic engagement and community-based service-learning activities and initiatives. The Director educates for social justice and lifelong civic engagement; collaborates with faculty and staff in all campus units on teaching, service, and scholarship related to best practices in service-learning; cultivates and sustains mutually beneficial community partnerships; and actively promotes a coordinated, organized and visible presence for service-learning in the curriculum. This position is a .92 FTE.
Responsibilities:
• Management and Program Leadership – Design and direct planning, implementation and evaluation of the Center’s service-learning and on and off-campus student employment programs.
• Service- Learning Course Development and Faculty Collaboration – Conduct outreach to faculty and consult individually with faculty to develop and support service-learning and community- based experiences.
• Community Partnerships – Create an institutional wide strategy and practice to work collaboratively to develop, facilitate and evaluate mutually-beneficial relationships with community organizations and schools in the Twin Cities.
• Other job responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications – Required:
• Master’s Degree in Student Personnel, Education or related field is required.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in program coordination in higher education, non-profit or national service settings.
• Understanding of campus-community collaboration, service-learning and experiential learning.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in the development of programs/services.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse publics including faculty, community partners, students, staff and alumnae.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build and sustain trusting and collaborative relationships.
• Strong organizational and management skills to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities, including a proven record hiring and supervising a diverse professional and student staff.
• Possess deep understanding of theory and practice of service-learning pedagogy; theory and practice of student development in higher education; theory and practice of community-based research; program development and implementation experience; curriculum development and teaching experience at the higher education level.
• Knowledge of current issues and future directions in higher education, service-learning and civic engagement.
• Ability to effectively manage a budget.
• The successful candidate must have the ability to respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, in a manner that affirms the worth and preserves the dignity of individuals, families and communities.
Qualifications – Preferred or desired:
• Successful experience mentoring, teaching, or supervising of undergraduate and graduate students.
• Result-orientation, with demonstrated ability to set ambitious goals, lead and motivate a diverse team, and demonstrate measureable results.
• Success in writing and administering external grants.
• Demonstrated experience working with diverse student and community populations.
To apply: Please go to the St. Catherine University Employment Site to electronically apply for this position. Website link is: http://www.stkate.edu/hr Position number is 20150017-Staff. Applicants may also visit the St. Catherine University Human Resources office to submit an electronic application. We are located in Derham Hall, Room 8. Application review will begin April 17, 2015; open until filled.
St. Catherine University
2004 Randolph Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105