Greetings,
Colleagues!
Berea College announces a
search for the Associate Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning
through Service (CELTS), the home for
student community engagement. The College seeks an experienced professional who
thrives in a dynamic, diverse, team-oriented, and student-centered environment,
one who is prepared to continue a long history of community-service
programming. Responsibilities for this position include overseeing academic
year and summer student-led community service programs, overseeing recruitment,
selection, training, and supervision for a diverse CELTS student staff of more
than 80, and implementing a developmental learning-through-service experience
for 45 upper-level Bonner Scholars. The ideal candidate will have a Master’s
degree in student affairs, counseling, social work or a related field; 3-5
years' experience in a diverse higher education or social service setting;
demonstrated ability to work with diverse college students in a mentoring,
training, and supervisory relationship and to manage and implement programs and
events; and experience working effectively with community-based and/or social
service organizations and staff. For a detailed job description and how to
apply, please visit: https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/prospective-employees/
to complete an on-line application. Review of applications will begin
after October 16th and will continue until the position is filled.
CELTS hosts three main areas of
programming: community service, service-learning, and Bonner Scholars (Berea
was the first Bonner institution). Students lead and serve through volunteer
programs, help facilitate academic service-learning courses, and work in local
non-profit organizations. Opportunities for service and service-learning take
place in the Berea/Madison County community, in the larger Appalachian region,
and at sites throughout United States and the world. CELTS and Berea College
have been recognized nationally for the service and service-learning programs.
Berea College achieved national
distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South.
With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea
enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 60 countries. The College has a
longstanding commitment to interracial education; here, people of different
races seek to learn from and about each other, while also living together.
Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the
United States. The College admits only students whose families are unable to
afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a four-year tuition
scholarship. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding
academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from
college. The College is one of seven federally recognized Work Colleges, and
all students hold a position in which they work 10-12 hours per week. Washington
Monthly Magazine has consistently ranked Berea in the top 3 of Liberal Arts
Colleges for its success in educating and graduating academically talented,
low-income students who become service-oriented leaders in their professions
and communities.
Located where the Bluegrass
Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 14,000) lies
forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati,
Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at
www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of
its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes
all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Ashley Cochrane
Director, CELTS (Center for Excellence in Learning through
Service)
Service-Learning Program Director, Bonner Scholars Program
Director
859-985-3605
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