This is a full-time, eleven-month position with benefits reporting to the Provost and Dean of Faculty through the Associate Vice President for Academic Administration. The purpose of the Office of Civic Engagement is to collaborate with students,
faculty, and the greater community to move beyond traditional practices of volunteerism, service, activism, and community-based learning.
Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to: managing the daily operations of the Office of Civic Engagement;
partnering with faculty members to develop and implement community-based learning projects within academic courses; providing leadership and expertise in establishing and sharing best practices for community-based learning pedagogy with faculty members, students and community partners; cultivating and sustaining multi-layered community partnerships that give the campus community opportunities to participate in a wide range of civic engagement and community-based learning activities; developing programs and projects that allow students to learn about social and public issues as engaged citizens and
through the lens of the chosen discipline; providing research and writing grants that support civic engagement and community-based learning activities; developing and implementing assessment programs for community-based learning projects; writing internal and external reports on civic engagement; raising awareness about local issues and needs that can be actively and effectively address by campus community members; and serving as a liaison between campus and community partners.
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Interested persons should submit a letter of interest that includes salary expectation and salary history; a resume/curriculum vitae; and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references to: Director of Civic Engagement, Job #439, Human Resources Office, Southwestern University, P.O. Box 770, Georgetown, TX, 78627-0770, or fax to
512-863-1880, or email to hrjobs@southwestern.edu.