The University of Minnesota has launched a national search for the position of Executive Director of the Robert J. Jones Urban Research Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC).
UROC is the University’s placed-based research and community engagement center situated in the community of North Minneapolis. Since opening its doors in November 2009, UROC has become a hub for over 75 unique University projects and initiatives, all of which have engaged community partners as key participants in the projects’ development and implementation. The center leverages the strengths of the University with the expertise and resources of partners across community sectors to advance publicly engaged research, teaching, and learning; improve quality of life; nurture mutually beneficial and sustainable University-community collaborations; discover solutions to critical urban issues; and build new models of urban development benefiting all metropolitan communities.
The Executive Director reports to the University’s Associate Vice President for Public Engagement within the office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
The position is open to individuals with a strong background in community-engaged research and partnership development, with knowledge and understanding of best practices in building mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships, participatory research, and community-engaged scholarship—especially in the context of urban communities.
As an academic research center, UROC is led by a tenured faculty member at the University of Minnesota. Therefore, eligible candidates will have a distinguished record of scholarly achievement in an academic discipline that qualifies them for an appointment as a tenured associate or full professor at the University of Minnesota. Detailed requirements are outlined in the full position description, which can be found at http://uroc.umn.edu/executive-director-search.