Leadership Community Coordinator

Leadership Community Coordinator

The vision of the Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership (SC) is to inspire and equip individuals to lead people as Jesus Christ does. The mission is the mechanism by which the SC strives to fulfill the vision; we develop leaders with character and capability who edify families, congregations, communities, organizations, and society. The Sorensen Center fulfills its mission through collaborations with the larger campus community, including Fellows and Affiliates.

The Leadership Community Coordinator has primary responsibility for coordinating the efforts of eight Fellows, comprised of faculty from colleges across campus, and four Affiliate groups, which include volunteer faculty, staff and students from across campus. These four groups represent emphases on Research, Teaching, Leadership Practice, and Student Engagement. This position also supervises a team of student employees who provide support to Fellows and Affiliates.

This role is highly collaborative, working with relevant faculty, administrators, campus services, student employees, and student participants. Across all of these efforts, the Leadership Community Engagement Coordinator provides stewardship over the Sorensen Center's focus on Christ-centered leadership anchored in the word of God, with a specific emphasis on the principles articulated in the Christ-Centered Leader Model.

What you will be doing in this role

Program Management

• Develop relationships of trust with Sorensen Center Fellows and Affiliates
• Support Fellows in their facilitation of meetings with Affiliate groups
• Promote efforts and initiatives that support the four key Affiliate areas:
• Scholarship. Promoting and curating scholarship related to moral and ethical leadership
• Teaching. Promoting the development and dissemination of curricular resources and teaching practices related to moral and ethical leadership
• Leadership Practice. Promoting application of the principles of Christ-centered leadership among campus leaders, and particularly those who manage student employees
• Student Engagement. Promoting student involvement in anchoring their leadership practices in the word of God, and facilitating student participation in the other three areas of Affiliate focus
• Ensure that all Fellow and Affiliate efforts utilize and implement Sorensen Center Vision/Mission Fulfillment Process, which involves proposal, budgets, logistics, communications, service, internal and external stakeholder relationships, and program evaluation
• Propose and manage budgets regarding Fellow and Affiliate initiatives
• Define volunteer involvement opportunities and develop and implement effective recruitment strategies, including collaborative efforts
• Utilize and implement Sorensen Center Vision/Mission Fulfillment Process, which involves proposal, budgets, logistics, communications, service, internal and external stakeholder relationships, and program evaluation
• Create, plan, organize, and execute small-scale activities, campaigns, events, initiatives, etc.
• Direct the experience design, volunteer involvement, scheduling, budgeting, staffing, risk management, equipment, AV support, crowd control, evaluation, administrative approval, ticketing, marketing and promotion, etc. for small department, division, and campus efforts.

Student Development

• Train, teach, supervise, and direct the work of student employees who support the efforts of Sorensen Center Fellows and Affiliates
• Ensure that student employees can:
• Represent the department and university professionally and courteously
• Provide support to programs and initiatives undertaken by Sorensen Center Fellows and Affiliates
• Communicate effectively with campus partners
• Serve as liaisons between campus partners and Sorensen Center processes and programs
• Create meaningful connections from the BYU Mission and Aims to department efforts and use of allocated resources
• Facilitate increased involvement from students, staff and faculty
• Provide oversight for student involvement in Sorensen Center Vision/Mission Fulfillment Process, which involves proposal, budgets, logistics, communications, service, internal and external stakeholder relationships, and program evaluation
• Scaffold a student experience that allows for spiritual, professional, and character development (e.g. oral and written communication; evaluation, assessment, and implementation skills; problem solving; experience design and management skills; religious convictions; increased awareness of strengths; goal setting and attainment)
• Teach and model Sorensen Center values to student volunteers, leaders and employees
• Supervise administrative assistance provided by student staff

Resource Oversight

• Coordinate and approve budgeting and expenditures of area programming
• Conduct macro and micro evaluations of department, area, and program efforts to assess its ability to foster individual and collective sense of belonging, and its ability to meet the needs of the collective student body
• Ensure accuracy and…