Assistant Director, Community Engagement & Stewardship
Assistant Director, Community Engagement & Stewardship
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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Classification Title
Assistant Director, Student Affairs
Job Description
Strategy and Leadership for Service & Volunteer Programs
$62,000
Minimum Requirements
Master’s degree in appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate experience or a bachelor’s degree in appropriate areas of specialization and four years of experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge
In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.
Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.
Health Assessment Required: No
Assistant Director, Student Affairs
Job Description
Strategy and Leadership for Service & Volunteer Programs
- Lead the strategy and implementation for community engagement and service initiatives
- Serve as the primary liaison for community partners, providing guidance and support
- Coordinate with various stakeholders to ensure effective communication and collaboration
- Oversee volunteer programs and community initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals
- Develop and implement a comprehensive community engagement strategy
- Ensure that students have a variety of modalities to engage with service
- Oversee recruitment of students to fill volunteer opportunities
- Increase volunteer participation and engagement in community service projects
- Identify and cultivate relationships with community partners locally, statewide, regionally, and nationally
- Acknowledgement of partners in digital media and publications
- Coordinate communications to community partners
- Craft personalized gratitude strategy for individual partners based on levels of engagement
- Distribute annual report to community partners
- Coordinate assessment and evaluation with host sites to get feedback for improvement of community relationships
- Work with community partners to get volunteer opportunities posted to our database and help in the recruitment of students
- Lead the bulk of the community partner case load
- Coordinate Days of Service in collaboration with community partners including: MLK Day, 9/11, Earth Day, National Volunteer Month, Homecoming
- Coordinate with staff to ensure logistics are in order for host sites and service projects
- Coordinate Alumni Day of Service in collaboration with UF Alumni Association
- Oversee the planning, implementation, and assessment of signature programs within the Brown Center for Leadership & Service
- Serve as general lead for all volunteer and service programs, including student recruitment, volunteer management, and site logistics
- Assist with risk management related to service sites
- Coordinate student waiver processes for programs
- Facilitate community partner verification and vetting processes
- Supervision of Coordinator for Immersive Service Programs
- Supervision of student employees
- Assist with assigned portion of area budget and track expenditures related to responsibilities
- Support with the development and implementation of evaluation and assessment of area
- Assist with the development, implementation, and goal setting for the department
- Serve in the absence of the Director
- Ensure regular data tracking and reporting
- Supervise student employees
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Director or other appropriate administrator.
$62,000
Minimum Requirements
Master’s degree in appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate experience or a bachelor’s degree in appropriate areas of specialization and four years of experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge
- Understanding of university, state, and federal regulations
- Knowledge of theoretical foundation in the principles and practices of leadership development and community service work
- Demonstrated long-term planning, strategic alinement, and management oversight
- Demonstrated implementation of strategy and plan
- Demonstrated communication skills (written and verbal)
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects or tasks simultaneously
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain meaningful partnerships
- Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
- Accountability
- Coaching/Mentoring
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Emotional Intelligence
- Execution
- Facilitative Decision Making
- Financial Management
- Integrity
- Judgment
- Problem Solving
- Role Model
- Strategic Thinking
In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.
Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.
Health Assessment Required: No
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Mid-Senior level -
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