Community Outreach Specialist

Community Outreach Specialist

University of South Carolina Upstate

TMP
03720PO25

Spartanburg, SC

The Community Outreach Specialist will support the work of the Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement (SL/CE), including cultivating internship and service learning opportunities primarily in the non‑profits in Spartanburg County; organizing events for students, faculty, staff, and community members; publicizing programming and successes; providing community engagement information to on‑campus and off‑campus constituents; and maintaining the community engagement software and website.

• Support community partner relationship management across the relationship cycle for internships, service learning, and other educational opportunities. Relationship management will include community partnership cultivation, development of productive internship sites, recognition of partners, relationship maintenance, and partnership assessment. Generate 3-4 community partnerships per week.
• Track community engagement (including internships, service learning, and other types of engagement) to support the University’s efforts to secure the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Administer USC Upstate’s Community Engagement tracking and reporting software which provides data for programmatic assessment.
• Coordinate and provide logistical support for ongoing SL/CE program efforts with internships and community engaged class programming, including management of student workers doing related tasks.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and one or more years of experience in community engagement.
• Successful background checks are required.

• Familiarity with non‑profit organizations in the Upstate region as well as with Service‑Learning – as a student and/or in a supporting role.

• Excellent written, oral, and digital communication skills with a demonstrated culturally respectful communication style.
• Handles confidential information appropriately.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships between the institution (faculty and students) and the community.
• Utilize project coordination skills.
• Ability to effectively multi‑task and complete work with minimal supervision.
• Working knowledge of basic data collection and analysis and ability to organize data and report findings.

$21.69 – $23.00 per hour based on education and experience.

The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. Women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.