Assistant Director

Job Requisition:

JR102037 Assistant Director (Open)

Assistant Director

CC00025 WM001 | SVSA | Civic & Community Engagement

Staff
- Student Engagement

Regular (benefited)

Sadler Center Rm 290

Posting Location
- William & Mary

Together with members of William & Mary and our broader communities, we cultivate equitable and transformational relationships and provide programming and resources for students to become lifelong community-centered leaders.

Reporting to the Director of Civic & Community Engagement, the Assistant Director advances Civic & Community Engagement efforts by managing civic engagement initiatives including the Civic Action Scorecard and voter engagement, executing signature campus-community events, and promoting active citizenship across campus. The Assistant Director oversees the Give Pulse platform, leveraging data to guide decision-making and improve campus–community collaboration as well as communication efforts to better engage stakeholders and share the impact of our work.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Strong event coordination and/or project management skills.
• Experience advising, training, or leading students or volunteers.
• Ability to manage and effectively communicate data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build effective collaborative partnerships.
• Commitment to civic learning, democratic engagement, and ethical community partnerships.

• Master’s degree in a field related to student development.
• Experience designing and implementing community engagement, service-learning, or civic leadership programming.
• Experience with Give Pulse or similar engagement tracking platforms.
• Experience managing large-scale events, conferences, or workshops.
• Experience with assessment of student learning and/or community impact.
• Ability to facilitate groups toward shared goals.

This position may require additional hours beyond the typical work week, to include occasional overnight and weekend work as needed to meet the business needs of the operation.

• Execute major community partnership programming including bi-annual service carnival and partnership forum and annual workshop to showcase opportunities and strengthen the connections between community partners and campus stakeholders and resources.
• Produce issue education events which highlight community partners and opportunities to engage, such as a quarterly community speaker series.
• Participate in community events as representative of Civic & Community Engagement and William & Mary as appropriate, sharing opportunities to engage and learning about community needs.
• Execute annual Active Citizens Conference to engage students from W&M and the region in practices, strategies, and reflections on social change and civic leadership.
• Manage award and recognition processes which highlight student, staff, and partner exemplars, including James Monroe Prize, President’s Award for Service, John Lewis Award, and Active Citizenship Awards.
• Administer the community internships program including processes for selecting placements and interns, funding distribution, and tracking student and community outcomes.

• Advance and maintain the Civic Action Scorecard, including promoting the resource, managing data, and elevating the outcomes.
• Design and implement campus-wide civic engagement opportunities which align with the Civic Action Scorecard (e.g. Constitution Day, a facilitated dialogue, service days, or pluralism workshop).
• Convene voter engagement committee and coordinate voter engagement partnerships and programming, including voter registration efforts and participation in national voter engagement efforts.
• Advise and supervise civic engagement student leaders, including Voter Engagement committee.

• Serve as primary administrator and point of contact for Give Pulse, campus-wide community engagement technology…