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Assistant Director of Service Learning, Leadership, and Social Action

Requisition Number: 59162

Location: Boulder Colorado

Employment Type: University Staff

Schedule: Full Time

Posting Close Date: 29-Sep-2024

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Job Summary

The Division of Student Affairs is committed to enhancing the factors that lead to student academic success while mitigating the obstacles that may impede their progress. In collaboration with other members of the campus community, the division provides educational opportunities, resources, and support to help each individual student reach their academic and personal goals. The Division supports student success by creating inclusive environments that address the social, emotional, physical, spiritual, professional, and academic needs of all students to increase retention, academic progress, and graduation rates.

The University of Colorado Boulder prepares students to make a profound positive difference in the world. As such, the Volunteer Resource Center has a 65-year-long history of deep dedication to community engagement as both an excellent learning opportunity for our students and a means of being in mutually beneficial relationships with our surrounding community as well as other communities around the country and the world.

The Assistant Director of Service Learning, Leadership, and Social Action is a key leadership position responsible for advancing community engagement, curriculum development, social action, and leadership development initiatives for students at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Assistant Director will provide progressive, innovative, and strategic leadership in the Volunteer Resource Center, including the management of current programs and the development of new campus-wide service learning initiatives for CU Boulder students. The position is responsible for leading experiential learning and student leadership programs, which teach critical-service learning from a justice and equity lens. This position requires a dedication to social justice and civic engagement work through a student centered lens.

Reporting to the Director of the Volunteer Resource Center, this role involves overseeing program operations, supervising staff and student leaders, developing strategic partnerships, and ensuring the success of service-learning programs, experiential learning, and leadership opportunities, built resources and support for faculty, academic programs, schools, and colleges to engage in service learning. The Assistant Director plays a crucial role in promoting a culture of service, civic engagement, and social justice within the university community.

The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Division of Student Affairs consists of 30 departments that provide student support and services dedicated to helping students become successful, curious, competent individuals during their time at CU Boulder.

The work in Student Affairs supports all factors of the student experience, no matter what department a staff member may work in. This includes where students live, eat, make friends, build professional skills, and find help if they need it. Many departments provide involvement opportunities, educational resources, and support services to help students find their community and build lifelong skills. Student Affairs also has shared services departments that support the work and staff of our student-facing areas, including areas like assessment, business services, financial planning, human resources, marketing communications, and information technology (IT).

With over 800 staff members in the Division of Student Affairs, our diverse team is uniquely positioned to personalize the student experience and advocate for students, enhancing their success inside and outside the classroom.

Volunteer Resource Center

The Volunteer Resource Center builds partnerships between the CU Boulder campus community and Boulder. VRC staff are dedicated to supporting the CU Boulder campus community to explore opportunities and understand sustainable ways in which to affect positive social change through service. They create programming and events for the campus community that encourage lifelong engagement in our communities. The Volunteer Resource Center organizes under a philosophy that believes education and reflection are essential components of service. This philosophy focuses on strengths and reciprocal relationships, commits to diversity and inclusion, and emphasizes the interconnectedness of social and environmental justice issues.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Program Leadership & Development

• Actively foster and maintain a workplace climate that is supportive of employees and respectful of difference, as well as to create a learning environment which encourages personal development, self-reflection, and academic success.

• Ensure a strategic, comprehensive, and student-centered approach to community engagement and service learning, and be knowledgeable of the theories, practices, and trends supportive of a deep learning and skill building for lifelong community and civic engagement.

• Supervise and mentor professional and student staff, student leaders, and peer mentors fostering their personal and professional growth.

• Develop vision and strategic direction and provide leadership for service-learning programs and initiatives including the Service and Social Action LLC, Sko Serve, leadership training and development of student peer mentors, and students staff of those programs.

• Develop campus wide scalable curriculum for service-learning courses and classroom teaching experiences.

• Instruct and facilitate learning experiences related to community engagement and social action.

• Build collaborative relationships with faculty and academic departments to integrate service-learning into curricula demonstrating CU Serves software.

• Build relationships with students within the community and connect students with community and service learning opportunities.

• Develop assessment, outcomes, and metrics to measure the impact of initiatives, events, and programs for service learning and community engagement.

• Devise and implement process improvements and align programs to meet current and future campus and community needs.

Strategic Partnership & Engagement

• Cultivate and manage strategic partnerships between the university and community-based organizations and team members and facilitate collaboration to address community needs.

• Lead in the creation, development, and integration of campus wide service learning, leadership, and social action initiatives across the CU Boulder campus community.

• Support student clubs, organizations, and living learning communities focused on service, civic engagement, and social action.

• Establish strong partnerships with key university campus collaborators to ensure innovative and integrative praxis for student community engagement.

• Collaborate with campus partners, nonprofits, governmental agencies, and VRC staff to enhance co-curricular community and civic engagement initiatives.

• Collaborate with academic departments and campus partners to coordinate target dates and programmatic events, while working with staff to market the success of research and community-engaged learning initiatives.

• Ensure that community and civic engagement initiatives are mutually beneficial and aligned with university goals.

• Maintain, assess, and improve pedagogical approaches to community engagement including conducting research to understand the campus-wide landscape of community engagement.

• Advocate for racially and socially just community partnerships and practices.

Experiential Service Learning Management

• Oversee a portfolio of service-experience trips, including recruitment and training of student leaders leading service based initiatives in collaboration with staff for which this position supervises.

• Lead strategy for the recruitment, retention, and application process for all student leaders and applicants across all trips, with the support of the Experiential Service Learning student coordinators.

• Develop curriculum, training, and campus wide standard processes for service learning education, experiential education, and resources for faculty to enhance service engagement and research opportunities.

• Teach weekly training and courses for student leaders in the Experiential Service Learning programs within the VRC and LLC.

• Builds and maintains effective mutually reciprocal relationships with community partners in our local community and across the state and country.

• Develop and implement risk management protocols for off-campus engagement activities including domestic and international service learning experiences.

• Collaborate with faculty, and academic administration in the development, implementation, and assessment of service learning curricular elements for a living learning community which supports service learning and co-curricular engagement.

• Establish strong relationships and communication with the residence life staff, student leaders, and faculty partners supporting the community development.

• Develop learning outcomes and collaborate with academic partners on living learning community development and learning integration.

• Ensure compliance with risk management policies and prepare necessary travel documentation.

• Use technology platforms to support program management and student engagement.

Budget & Other Duties

• Supervise budget for the area, and ensure responsible planning and spending of fiscal resources in line with all University policies and applicable local, state, and federal laws.

• Meet target dates for all requests for reports, data, publications, and budgets and provide timely/pertinent budgetary information to staff as necessary throughout the year.

• Align programming and events with strategic plans for the campus and division.

• Assist with assessments and evaluations to determine proper and adequate services and resources are being provided.

• Provide timely/pertinent budgetary information to staff as necessary throughout the year.

• Support the work of the Volunteer Resource Center and Student Affairs and represent the center and division effectively in various settings.

• Participate in professional development and serve on relevant national associations, on committees in the division of student affairs, and on campus wide efforts that enhance the work of service learning, civic engagement, social action.

• Evening and weekend hours are required for this position to meet student availability.

What You Should Know

The work schedule is typically 8am - 5pm. Weekly student-staff meetings are set each semester and could run until 6pm. Alternative Break Site Leader training is set for every Wednesday from 4-6pm. Between 4-8 weekend or late evening retreats per year have required attendance. Between 2-5 VRC office events a year are held and require staff presence and occur on a Saturday or require late-night attendance.

What We Can Offer

• Starting salary for this position is $79,000 annually.

• Onboarding assistance is available within Student Affairs division guidelines.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits) , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/about) .

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Be adaptable. Be supportive. Be Boulder.

What We Require

• At least a bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.

• 6+ years of professional, job related experience.

• Additional licenses, certifications, essential or critical services, motor vehicle or financial checks, and campus security authority status may be required as described in the approved position description.

What You Will Need

• Demonstrated dedication to community engagement and social justice.

• Experience and passion for working with undergraduate students.

• Exceptional interpersonal relationship-building skills and experience working with a wide range of constituents, including students, faculty, staff, community members, and nonprofit community partners.

• Experience communicating with and supporting people from diverse backgrounds.

• Experience in curriculum development and instruction.

• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

• Experience and comfort with digital and technology tools, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, project management tools, including social media, data analytics tools, and volunteer management software (GivePulse is a plus).

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced setting.

• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Experience in program development that is responsive to local realities and involves responding to a variety of constituents and viewpoints.

• Experience working with collegiate-level teaching faculty members to develop community-engagement opportunities related to their courses.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. A current resume.

2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.

We may request references at a later time.

Please apply by September 29, 2024 for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs (https://jobs.colorado.edu/) .

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Assistant-Director-of-Service-Learning-Leadership-and-Social-Action/59162 (https://apptrkr.com/5622044)

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