Position Announcement: Coordinator of Curricular Service at SNHU

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

The Coordinator of Curricular Service is a full-time professional position responsible for managing a variety of initiatives and programs of the Center for Service and Community Involvement. The Center serves as a clearing house for volunteer opportunities for students, faculty and staff and coordinates the university’s academic and co-curricular service initiatives. The coordinator will supervise service learning student coordinators. Major responsibilities will include:

With the Director, select, train, supervise and evaluate student employees responsible for managing Service Learning sites and classes;

Manage day to day activities associated with Service Learning by supporting the Service Learning Student Program Coordinator, training site coordinators, facilitating weekly meetings, troubleshooting problems, communicating schedule changes, ensuring site coordinators are on time and prepared and identifying resources needed to support the efforts of individual programs;

With the Director, develop, implement and coordinate training programs for faculty to increase understanding of SL theory, course design and content, appropriate service to meet course objectives, reflection facilitation and syllabi review and approval;

Meet with and provide training to community organizations to explain SNHU’s model of service learning, develop appropriate service experience for students and discuss what should be expected of SL student and associated administrative details;

Work with assessment staff to create and implement an assessment plan and associated assessment surveys;

Manage all aspects of the College Access Program by updating program curriculum, developing relationships with local school officials and staff to recruit participants, training SNHU Service Learners, facilitating program sessions and managing program evaluation and assessment;

With other professional staff members, will identify, design and implement Center training and development needs and assist with weekly staff meetings/trainings;

Assist with the coordination of new projects/initiatives as needed; Represent the Center at university events including new student orientation and open houses as well as chaperoning alternative break trips as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Master’s Degree in higher education or a related field is required as well as +2 years of significant experience managing and developing curricular or co-curricular service programs.

For more information or to apply:  http://snhu.peopleadmin.com/postings/4359