Program Director, Community Engaged Education; U - Civil & Environmental Engineering

Departmental Overview

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is a complex academic department within the College of Engineering. The department is composed of seven graduate programs:
Structural Engineering, Mechanics & Materials;
Environmental Engineering;
Transportation Engineering;
Engineering & Project Management;
Geosystems;
Systems Engineering; and Energy, Civil Infrastructure & Climate. In 2023, CEE was ranked first in the nation for both its undergraduate and graduate programs. The department consists of 45 faculty, 400 graduate and 400 undergraduate students, and 21 staff plus numerous emeriti, lecturers, and visiting scholars.

The Program Director will work with the Faculty Director of Community‑Engaged Education in CEE (CEE²), the Department Chair, and the Department Manager to whom this position reports. The role involves activities associated with reaching, serving, and engaging alumni and other key constituencies through programs, events, products, and services not primarily related to fundraising. Constituencies include alumni, local community, government, parents, students, and the general public.

The role translates constituent needs and priorities into customized programs to create, enhance, and sustain relationships with external constituencies.

Engaged Scholarship Support and Facilitation:

• Work with the Faculty Director of Community‑Engaged Education in CEE (CEE²) to support engaged teaching, research, and outreach activities through communications, scheduling, and direct facilitation of related events.
• Help establish and maintain relationships with area school districts in underserved communities and community‑based organizations in West Oakland, Richmond, San Rafael, and East Palo Alto.
• Maintain knowledge of ongoing work (research, teaching, and outreach) done by CEE faculty and students and match faculty and students with external partners based on mutual interests and capability.
• Coach and support partnership participants through institutional agreements, cultivating partnership vision, goals, agenda, and continuous improvement and evaluation.
• Organize CEE faculty and students to contribute to community‑based events and projects; plan, organize, and execute convenings of the partnership, including all communication, logistics, agenda development, materials, reports, and operations.
• Plan, organize, and manage ongoing in‑person and virtual engagement of participants, establishing connections to local high schools for classroom visits, demonstrations, and other activities, focusing on underrepresented high schools and impacted communities.

• Cultivate opportunities to expand engagement and build on existing external partnerships to expand them into new activities.
• Expand the number and diversity of external partners with whom the CEE department engages and build a network of people in the Bay Area active in community‑based organizations.
• Support navigation and negotiation of the initial stages of the partnership, coaching participants through the skills, knowledge, and culture needed for engaging throughout a partnership project.
• Maintain regular communication with CEE faculty about emerging opportunities.

• Develop expertise in campus practices and procedures to facilitate the establishment of formal on‑going partnerships between Berkeley CEE and external community‑based organizations. This includes purchasing and payments, insurance requirements, contract initiation, and reporting.
• Seek out and participate in opportunities for career growth and professional development, including the UC Berkeley Annual “Next Opportunity at Work” Conference, University Extension Sponsored Tuition program, Communities Practice, and staff fellowships.

• Develop and maintain a spreadsheet or database that includes information on existing and historical external partnerships with CEE faculty and students.
• Organize post‑engagement reporting from all participants and communicate summaries to all parties.
• Create reports and updates on the partnerships…