Starting January 6, 2015, the position provides leadership and coordination for Service-Learning faculty/community partnership programs. The Coordinator works closely with Service-Learning Program staff and other community engagement programs to foster meaningful service-learning and community engagement experiences.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Facilitate sustainable partnerships between faculty and community organizations and help negotiate mutually beneficial projects.
- Develop strategy, trainings, and tools to prepare community organizations to work effectively with service-learning faculty and students.
- Cultivate and steward relationships with over 100 community organizations.
- Refine and manage community partnership tracking mechanisms and online database.
- Gather and analyze data on community partnerships and community impact.
- Promote key community partnerships with other experiential learning programs across the University.
- Recruit, hire, train, and supervise student staff to assist with above duties.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree
- Experience developing community service projects or managing volunteer-driven programs
- Teaching/training experience, preferably in higher education
- 2 years of professional experience in a similar position
- Service-Learning experience (or comparable )
- Supervision experience
- A commitment to academic excellence, social justice and service, global awareness and diversity
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Education, Community Development, Public Administration or a related area
- One year of professional experience in higher education (teaching experience preferred)
- One year of professional experience in nonprofit organization (volunteer management preferred)
- Knowledge of Treasure Valley nonprofit networks
- Bilingual/Multi-lingual
- Successful candidates will have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Adept at thinking strategically about organizational structure and systems
- Adept in public relations writing and public speaking both on and off campus
- Adept using a variety of software to organize and track information
- Adept at working collaboratively and under pressure
Salary
$40,000-42,000 per year, plus an excellent benefits package is available for eligible employees, for more information visit: http://hrs.boisestate.edu/careers/benefits/.
Applying
Complete the online form at this link http://tinyurl.com/lxzea2p. As part of this form you will upload a cover letter indicating your interest and qualifications for this position and a resume that includes employment history (including dates of employment) and three professional references with contact information.
Review of documents will begin immediately and will continue until October 10th. Applications received after that date may be considered if qualified applications are not selected from the initial pool.