Associate Director, Center Community Engaged Learning

Associate Director, Center for Community Engaged Learning

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• life insurance
• short and long-term disability
• employee assistance program ( EAP )
• tuition remission
• generous time off

Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Associate Director, Center for Community Engaged Learning

The role serves as a key liaison among faculty, community partners, and University offices and provides programmatic, administrative, budgetary, and logistical support for CEL and Bronx Research Institute for Community Solutions (BRICS) initiatives. This position may require occasional evening, weekend, and extended hours to support programs, events, and other operational needs.

• Serves as the primary operational point of contact for Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) courses, coordinating activities from initial planning through course completion and ensuring faculty, students, and community partners receive appropriate programmatic and administrative support.
• In coordination with CCEL’s Faculty Fellow, maintains regular communication with engaged faculty and supports course planning, community engagement, administrative requirements, budgets, scheduling, student experiences, workshops, resources, and other faculty engagement initiatives.
• Coordinates operational requirements for CEL courses, including community partner connections, site visits, transportation, events, classroom and community-based activities, purchasing and reimbursements, student documentation, budgets, and other course logistics. Maintains records of courses, faculty participation, community partners, activities, expenditures, and key deadlines and provides timely follow‑up to keep initiatives on track.
• In collaboration with Community Affairs, supports relationships with organizations participating in CEL courses, coordinates course‑based projects and opportunities, establishes clear expectations, and facilitates communication among faculty, students, CCEL, and community partners.
• Supports the Bronx Research Institute for Community Solutions (BRICS) in coordination with the BRICS Director, Faculty Fellow, faculty researchers, and community partners, including project administration, meetings, institutional processes, documentation, and follow‑up activities.
• Develops and coordinates communications related to CEL courses, faculty opportunities, BRICS, and other CCEL initiatives. Captures and shares program activities, experiences, outcomes, and community partnerships to increase awareness of CCEL’s work and impact.

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

May provide peer‑level coordination or subject‑matter guidance to colleagues performing similar work and/or student, part‑time workers, including helping organize tasks, clarify priorities, or review work for quality or consistency.

Additional Functions

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of…