Director of Community Service | Campus Compact

Job Description Summary
The director of the MountainServe Center for Global Citizenship is a professional staff member in Student Affairs and serves as the primary contact person for community service, civic engagement and service- learning initiatives at LHUP. This includes local, domestic and international programming.

The Director serves as the administrative liaison with students, faculty supervisors and non-profit agency/governmental representatives, and is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining and expanding community service, service-learning and civic engagement opportunities for students and faculty.

The Director is also responsible for the administration and supervision of the campus AmeriCorps and VISTA programs.?Essential Duties:

- Service-learning programming?- National service program management
- Recruitment, training & supervision of student volunteers
- Program assessment & evaluation
- Global & domestic service program management?- Grantwriting

Specific Duties
-Integrate community service and service- learning with curricular and co-curricular activities.
-Actively engage faculty, staff, and students in developing and implementing innovative ways to achieve maximum effectiveness in volunteer, community service, and service-learning placements.
-Write, administer, and prepare reports for annual grants to support community service & service- learning initiatives.
-Train and supervise the Community Tutoring Program Coordinator Graduate Assistant and the FWS and volunteer students who serve in that program.
-Supervise the PA Campus Compact VISTA member that supports the initiatives of the MountainServe Center and prepare quarterly reports for PA Campus Compact.
-Train and supervise all student Team Leaders associated with the MountainServe Center.
-Responsible for all aspects of the Americorps Education Awards program grant including recruiting, training, supervision and report preparation.
-Responsible for all aspects of the Engaged Department AmeriCorps program for faculty including recruiting, training, and supervision and report preparation.
-Responsible for all aspects of, including student safety, domestic and international service- learning programs.
-Complete an annual survey of classroom assignments that require students to complete community service- learning.
-Develop strategies for including community service and service- learning requirements as a recognized part of course requirements.
-Assess effectiveness and impact of student service, service- learning and civic engagement.
-Make in-class presentations for faculty to place students in service- learning opportunities.
-Provide faculty with professional development opportunities related to service-learning and civic engagement.
-Train faculty by providing service-learning pedagogy workshops.
-Develop and maintain electronic means of introducing and communicating opportunities for service- learning and community service opportunities.
-Responsible for exploring and adapting appropriate technology that supports community service, service- learning and civic engagement.
-Review and report annually the types and amounts of community service and service- learning being performed throughout the campus to reporting bodies at the institutional, state and national level.
-Report annually on the economic development impact of student service and civic engagement.
-Develop informational pieces for university publications about service- learning and community service.
-Develop promotional material, including iMovies, about LHUP?s community service, service- learning and civic engagement initiatives to heighten awareness among the LHUP community, potential students and external parties.
-Develop mechanisms with academic departments for recognizing students? contributions to community service and service- learning activities.
-Coordinate with local and global community- based organizations (in partnership with international partner schools and the Institute for International Studies) to identify and promote opportunities for community service and service- learning.
-Represent LHUP at the PA Campus Compact, Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development, PennServe: Governor?s Office of Citizen Service, Campus Compact, and the U. S. President?s Community Service Honor Roll.
-Liaison with internal and external parties in conference programming that promotes community service, service- learning, civic engagement and global citizenship initiatives.
-Responsible for all budgetary matters and daily functioning of the MountainServe Center.

QUALIFICATIONS:

-Must have National service program management experience, and professional experience with community service, service- learning and community development.
-Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and training/programming skills; knowledge of campus-based service and service-learning programs; a strong commitment to serving a diverse university population; knowledge of global service- learning programming and cross- cultural sensitivity.
-Ability to develop professional relationships with faculty, staff, employers, community-based organizations and nonprofits as well as nongovernmental organizations.
-Must be able to manage multiple projects
-Work independently
-Write and coordinate grants and adapt to many time demands.
-Master?s degree preferred.

To apply, contact?Joan Welker at?jwelker {at} lhup(.)edu

Source: http://www.compact.org/events-jobs-grants-more/jobs/director-of-community-service-2/21076/

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