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Temporary Program Coordinator, Envision EMI |
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Temporary Program Coordinator
Starting Mid-April
Application Deadline: March 15, 2010
Contact: careers@envisionemi.com
PURPOSE
The Program Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementing programs for the Education Department. Program Coordinators are responsible for supervising the on-site events and staff members of the programs.
Job Responsibilities:- Hire, train, manage and coach a team of staff, typically including but not limited to faculty advisors and/or operations team members
- Conduct daily staff meetings
- Conduct program observations and evaluations of program staff
- Foster and maintain positive relationships with all program vendors, including housing sites, speaking venues, speakers, etc.
- Adhere to contractual obligations and deadlines set with vendors
- Adhere to financial policies, track program expenditures and reconcile petty cash
- Ensure the program schedule is implemented as designed
- Ensure a safe and enriching experience for all scholars
- Serve on call 24 hours during designated program sessions
- Handle all parent, scholar, staff concerns in a timely and appropriate manner
- Maintain communication within the program team and the education department
- Demonstrate sound decision making and problem solving skills
- Ensure that all policies and procedures are implemented
- Demonstrate professional flexibility to adjust to shifting business needs
- Make customer-focused decisions
**This is a full-time (40+ hrs/week), temporary position extending 4 months**
(dates vary depending on program placement).
Job Requirements
Required:
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree
- Must be 21 years or older
- Strong communication skills
- Detail oriented with ability to prioritize and work on various projects simultaneously
- Able to work extended days and hours as dictated by program needs
- Reside at conference site during designated program sessions
- Hold valid driver’s license with good driving background
- Computer proficiency in a Windows based environment
Preferred:
- Six months of managerial, event planning or experiential education preferred
***This positions requires you to work from our Vienna, VA office***
Envision EMI is proud to be an E/O/E!
To apply please visit our website at www.envisionemi.com |
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| Two-Year Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame | | | Postdoctoral Research Fellow In Community-Based Learning 2010–2012
The University of Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns (CSC) is seeking a full-time, two-year postdoctoral research fellow who can begin work in August, 2010.
OVERVIEW:
Founded in 1983, the Center is an academic institute at Notre Dame that fosters student and faculty engagement in relation to issues of social concern and justice. Each year, approximately 1,000 undergraduate students enroll in over 25 Center-facilitated courses built on community engagement. Students are placed at sites in the local community, across the United States, and internationally. To enhance such efforts across the University, the Center offers course-development grants, research awards, and consultation to faculty and graduate students in each College.
The Center conducts research on the impact of such initiatives on students' personal, ethical, and professional development.* It is also interested in investigating the impact of such educational efforts in communities that receive Notre Dame students. The Center is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to further this research agenda in higher education.
*http://socialconcerns.nd.edu/faculty/research/research.shtml
RESPONSIBILITIES:
To strengthen the Center’s capacity to fulfill its research agenda.
To make use of existing Center data and collect new data assessing the impact of its community-based learning efforts on students and/or in the local community. The fellow’s research will result in the publication of scholarly manuscripts and research articles.
To offer one course each year that is consistent with the Center’s mission and builds on the Fellow’s area of expertise; for example, a course that helps students learn how to use research skills to assist a community organization, or one that examines the role of higher education in social change.
To assist the Center with the development and writing of reports and the creation of instruments for the assessment of programs and student learning. The Center is developing university-wide assessment tools for undergraduate research and community-based research, to which the Fellow may contribute.
REQUIREMENTS
Strong research skills, quantitative methods preferred
Record of publication
Experience/interest in higher education, engaged pedagogies, and/or applied research
Ph.D. in field consistent with research and teaching at the Center (e.g., anthropology, education, psychology, sociology, statistics). Degrees from interdisciplinary programs welcome.
Salary: $35,000/year, plus benefits
Review process will begin February 25th and continue until the position is filled. To ensure consideration, please send the following items electronically to Meredith Nelson at cntrres@nd.edu: - letter of interest describing experience, goals, and project interests
- curriculum vitae
- sample of work (scholarly publication or professional writing sample); you may also send a relevant course syllabus
- current contact information for three professional references
The University of Notre Dame is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability or veteran status. Members of under-represented groups as well as women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. | | | (top) | | Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship, Tulane University | | | Tulane University invites nominations and applications for The Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship. We seek a renowned scholar and/or a uniquely accomplished practitioner who aspires to be a senior academic leader - an individual with a demonstrated interest in civic engagement, public service, and/or social entrepreneurship. The Sacks Chair will join a highly committed team of Tulane faculty and staff who together will create an undergraduate program in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship that will mentor and train a remarkable generation of students that seeks to come to Tulane and move to New Orleans to be part of the most important urban (and regional) renewal effort in American history.
The ideal academic candidate will be eligible for a tenured academic appointment at the rank of associate professor or above. The ideal practitioner candidate will have demonstrated the qualities of leadership, vision, and innovation that will be required of the Sacks Chair. The Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship will benefit from the capitalize on the elevation of public service and civic engagement as a centerpiece of Tulane's mission post-Katrina, including the creation of the nation's first and only undergraduate major in social entrepreneurship at a major research university. Tulane's President, Scott Cowen, for example, recently won the prestigious Carnegie's Academic Leadership Award for a "commitment to excellence" in the areas of civic engagement and social entrepreneurship in the New Orleans community. (See http://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_092109.cfm and http://tulane.edu/news/releases/pr_090809.cfm.) Also TIME magazine has named Tulane President Scott Cowen among the nation's 10 Best College Presidents. (See http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/111309_cowen_top10.cfm.) And, most recently, two teams of Tulane students appeared on MTV as finalists in a national "Movers & Changers" competition for social entrepreneurs. Tulane teams made up two of the three national finalists, along with a group from the University of California–Berkeley in the competition sponsored by MTV's 24-hour college network, mtvU, and the New York Stock Exchange Euronext. (See http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/111609_student_entrepreneurs.cfm.)
The Sacks Chair will also lead efforts to stimulate and draw young entrepreneurs to Louisiana, help coordinate the efforts of socially-focused enterprises, and leverage extensive public and private social program funding, as well as philanthropy, throughout the Gulf Coast region.
Please send nominations and applications to Professor Charles R. Figley, Chair, Sacks Endowed Distinguished Chair in Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship Search Committee, c/o Melissa Bender, Tulane University, 200 Gibson Hall, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118 or to mbender@tulane.edu. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and the names of four references.
Tulane University is committed to diversity and especially encourages applications and nominations from women and minorities. No candidate names will be disclosed save for those ultimately invited as finalists for on-campus visits. Salary and benefits are competitive and negotiable.
Review of applications began November 1, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.
Tulane University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. | | | (top) | | Coordinator for Community Service, Washington University in St. Louis | | | POSITION OVERVIEW
The Coordinator for Community Service cultivates student leadership and student learning through community service opportunities that foster positive community impact and a life-long ethic of civic engagement. As an advisor and mentor, the coordinator works closely with students as they develop, implement, evaluate, and reflect on their community service initiatives. The coordinator frequently engages students and student groups in critical conversations about social justice and demonstrates enthusiasm for the wide variety of causes and passions brought forward by students.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES - Oversee key community service initiatives. (30%)
- Service Trips: Support effective and safe implementation of over 25 service trips annually, through student leader training and advising, participant training, and chairing the Service Trip Advisory Council.
- Social Change Grants: Recruit and advise applicants for social entrepreneurship grants of $5000 and $6000 to develop and implement innovative community projects.
- University-Wide Blood Drives: Collaborate with two area blood banks and student-led Blood Drive Leadership Team to implement four, day-long drives at 10 locations across the University, collecting over 1800 units of blood annually.
- Advise student-led community service groups with attention to student learning and organizational development. Groups include: Dance Marathon, Alpha Phi Omega, Mr. Wash U, and Habitat for Humanity. (30%)
- Supervise student interns, including Blood Drive Coordinator, Blood Drive Team Leader, and three Marketing & Communications interns. (10%)
- Provide training and consultation to student leaders and staff advisors of community service and philanthropy efforts. Training and discussion topics include effective and responsible practices in community service and fundraising, community partnerships, peer education around social issues, reflection, and program planning. (20%)
- Contribute to initiatives, meetings, and events of the Community Service Office, units within Campus Life, and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, including: Service First, Public Service Fair, Faces of Hope, Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award, Community Service Connection email newsletter, student staff training & development, and outreach efforts to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. (10%)
ABOUT US
Washington University in St. Louis is a premier, highly selective, independent research university, serving approximately 6000 full-time undergraduates and 5000 full-time graduate/professional students. Approximately 33% of undergraduates identify as multicultural or international, and 75% of undergraduates live in University housing.
Our mission for the undergraduate experience is to build and sustain an undergraduate experience of exceptional quality where students, known by name and story, prepare themselves for lives of purpose and meaning.
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service promotes life-long civic engagement and sustained community impact of students, staff, faculty, and alumni/ae through five key areas: international service, community-based teaching and learning, co-curricular service, civic life & public service careers, and alumni/ae involvement in service.
The Community Service Office serves as a catalyst for students to connect with, build, and sustain meaningful service initiatives in partnership with communities in and outside of St. Louis. Our office is uniquely situated within both the department of Campus Life (which focuses on student involvement, engagement, and leadership) and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service. Our efforts are led by three professional staff and nine student interns.
Student involvement in community service is motivated by genuine passion for social justice. All community service opportunities are led by students with staff support and advising. Student participation in community service is voluntary. 73% of our undergraduates participate in community service (an average of 12 points higher than our top seven comparison schools), and 86% of our seniors participate in community service.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Master's degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs, Social Work, or related field.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills. Energy, vision, initiative, creativity, ability to collaborate, tolerance for ambiguity, ability to embrace and navigate change, and sense of humor.
- Demonstrated professional experience and passion for working with college students in co-curricular settings. Working knowledge of student development and effective practices to enhance student learning.
- Comprehension of social issues addressed by community service and subtleties of building programs that are respectful, meaningful, effective and sustainable.
- Ability to collaborate and build relationships with a culturally diverse and broad range of stakeholders, including student leaders, campus colleagues, non-profit agency partners, and senior-level administrators and external advisors.
- Ability to work frequent evening and weekend hours.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Master's degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs.
- 1-3 years professional experience in Student Affairs or higher education.
- Past domestic and/or international volunteer experience.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of at least three references electronically on the Human Resources website: hr.wustl.edu. We will be conducting interviews at the NASPA conference in Chicago; please indicate if you are planning to attend (position number: P-5118). Please learn more about the office at www.communityservice.wustl.edu, and direct questions to communityservice@wustl.edu. | | | (top) | | Executive Director, California, Citizen Schools | | | About Citizen Schools: Citizen Schools accelerates student learning through an innovative expanded learning time model that is rigorous and evidence-based. We partner with middle schools to provide "apprenticeships” (hands-on projects taught by volunteers from business and civic organizations), academic support and a culture of high expectations. As a result, our students develop the skills, knowledge and beliefs they need to succeed in middle school, advance towards college, and become leaders in their careers and communities. Our goal is to demonstrate that these approaches, taken together, can transform struggling schools.
Citizen Schools operates in seven states (California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Texas), serving approximately 4,400 students and engaging 3,400 Citizen Teachers. Building on fifteen years of programming innovation and results, Citizen Schools is in the midst of a strategic plan that will place this model at the center of school transformation. Nationally, Citizen Schools is scaling its Expanded Learning Time (ELT) model to 25 urban middle schools by 2012, as well as its model to transition 8th graders to high-performing high schools.
Citizen Schools has been recognized as a national model program by the White House and the U.S. Department of Education, has been named a national winner of Fast Company Magazine’s Social Capitalist Award in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and has been chosen by the Skoll Foundation as a winner of the Skoll Social Entrepreneurship Award.
Position Overview: The Executive Director will enter Citizen Schools at a critical juncture, in which the organization is leveraging its record of improving student outcomes to effect political change and transform education across the state and country. The Executive Director will create the strategy for driving the growth of Citizen Schools in the state of California, doubling the number of students served by 2012.
Specifically, this role will require cultivating state and local public and private sector funds; leading regional expansion; managing and cultivating relationships with partners; championing the Citizen Schools brand; and actively engaging in local and state policy work and initiatives. The Executive Director will directly supervise the five-member California-based state office staff, with ultimate accountability for approximately 50 California-based staff (currently). The position is based in Northern California and reports to the Vice President of Citizen Schools. The Executive Director will serve on the national Leadership Team, comprising state Executive Directors and senior executives.
The ideal candidate has practical and proven leadership and fundraising experience, entrepreneurial zeal, excellent partnership and relationship management skills, familiarity with the California non-profit, policy and education landscapes, and a deep commitment to education and community development.
Complete job description.
To Apply: Please complete a resume and thoughtful cover letter at www.citizenschools.org/careers. Candidates will be reviewed on an on-going basis. | | | (top) | | Common Ground Finder, The Convergence Project | | | Contact info: Mr. Brock Oyler,
President and Executive Director, The Convergence Project
info@theconvergenceproject.org
719 239 0971
Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Start date: Our process seeks students involved with credit-based internships or other credit-based programs at colleges and universities. Therefore start times are dependent upon school calendars.
Job Description:
The Convergence Project is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Colorado that operates globally. We are guided by the vision that despite the obvious differences among people, we are more alike than different. Our mission is to help dissimilar groups and organizations find the common ground they share without compromising either groups' beliefs or values. Then we help the groups identify a mutually beneficial project that they can do together in their community.
We fulfill our mission through the use of community-based volunteers called Path Guides. We are currently seeking Path Guide applicants involved with internships or other credit-based college or university service learning programs. Volunteers are expected to officially be part of a college program with faculty oversight.
Volunteers will be asked to identify and facilitate dissimilar groups to find common ground through the use of our facilitated process, The Converged Path. Then the Path Guide will help the groups identify a win/win project that they can do together. Both the facilitation and the project must be completed within the timeframe of the internship or program. Students are expected to photograph their work at all phases and share those photos with The Convergence Project.
Many students choose to select groups from their own college campus for this purpose. Examples of possible partnerships might include: Arab American students with Jewish American students, gay and lesbian students with non-gay students, or campus Democrats with campus Republicans.
Please visit www.theconvergenceproject.org or contact Mr. Brock Oyler by emailing info@theconvergenceproject.org or phoning (719) 239-0971 for more information. | | | (top) | | Impact Alabama Regional Coordinator, Impact Alabama | | | Company Description—
Impact Alabama is the state's first nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and implementing substantive service-learning projects in coordination with universities and colleges throughout the state. Impact has two primary objectives: 1) to engage students in addressing human and community needs within structured service opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and leadership development; 2) to enhance students' sense of social and political responsibility, as well as their sense of ability to affect systemic change. Impact has three “signature initiatives” that focus on vision screening/follow-up care, financial literacy/tax assistance, and academic enrichment for low-income youth.
Job title—
Impact Alabama Regional Coordinator
Job description—
Individuals who work with Impact Alabama spend a year of service after graduation at a unique, nationally recognized organization fighting poverty in Alabama. Impact seeks highly motivated, talented graduates to fill full-time staff positions that implement and oversee three nationally unique initiatives based upon a collaboration with twenty colleges across the state of Alabama: FocusFirst, SaveFirst, and CollegeFirst. FocusFirst trains college students to provide high-tech vision screenings and follow-up care to preschool-age children in Head Starts and day cares in low-income rural and urban areas throughout Alabama. SaveFirst trains college students to provide free tax preparation services and opportunities for economic improvement to working families in Alabama. CollegeFirst trains college and graduate students to provide academic tutoring and mentoring to high school students pursuing Advanced Placement coursework and help implement a Pre-AP summer academic enrichment program for rising ninth graders.
Skills required (if applicable)—
Successful candidates will exhibit a commitment to improving the lives of economically disadvantaged families in Alabama; a record of community service and/or civic engagement; demonstrated student leadership; the ability to work well with a diverse group of individuals, including college students, children, the elderly, working families, and community-based partners; the ability to multi-task; and a positive attitude.
This full-time position combines service with FocusFirst, SaveFirst, and CollegeFirst. Each initiative will allow you to work directly on college campuses and in communities statewide. When you work with FocusFirst, you will (1) coordinate the expansion of FocusFirst to reach a greater number of children statewide; (2) organize and plan training seminars for students at participating campuses; (3) lead trained students to screen low-income, preschool children for vision problems. When you work with SaveFirst, you will (1) work with campuses and community partners to establish the initiative as a service-learning opportunity at campuses across Alabama; (2) recruit and train college students to prepare taxes and manage their service at community-based tax preparation sites. When you work with CollegeFirst, you will (1) coordinate tutoring and mentoring services provided by college students, especially those proficient in math and science; (2) provide in-classroom support to AP teachers during prep sessions; (3) develop curriculum for and coordinate summer academic enrichment program for rising ninth graders.
Start Date—
July 2010
End Date—
July 2011
Application Instructions—
Please send a resume and an unofficial academic transcript to sblack@impactalabama.org.
Contact Information—
Stephen F. Black, President
1901 6th Ave N Suite 2400
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone #: (205) 934-0664
Fax #: (205) 934-0271
Email: sblack@impactalabama.org | | | (top) | | Director of the Center for Servant Leadership, Tennessee Wesleyan College | | | A national search for a Director of the Center for Servant Leadership at Tennessee Wesleyan College is underway. The successful candidate will have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, however, a graduate degree is preferred. Experience with service learning and servant leadership programs is also desired. The Director of the Center for Servant Leadership will be responsible for implementing the new service learning/servant leadership program on the TWC campus. The successful candidate will also oversee the expanded Freshman Experience Program and the Servant Leadership Honor’s Program. This position will report directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and will remain open until filled. The Center for Servant Leadership is scheduled to open in the fall of 2010.
For more information on the position, email Dr. Martha Maddox at mmaddox@twcnet.edu.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter including a statement regarding the candidate’s commitment to and experience with service learning/servant leadership programs, resume, and three references to:
Search Committee Chair
c/o the Office of Academic Affairs
PO Box 40
Athens, Tennessee 37371 | | | (top) | | Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) | | | The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has job openings at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., as well as in field offices across the country. View current job openings and informaton on how to apply, descriptions of internships and details on the internship program, and the scholar and fellowship program information with completed projects, applications and more at the CNCS job web site. | | | (top) | | Various Positions, US Department of Education | | | The US Department of Education is in the process of recruiting new staff for positions in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education/Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality. In particular, recruitment is for both senior and junior staff to work in our teacher quality, mathematics and science, gifted and talented, Comprehensive School Reform, and 21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school programs.
These positions are all posted at: http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/ -- search on "education program specialist" in the keyword field and all of the posted positions will come up. | | | (top) |
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