Volunteer Programs Coordinator

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Madison House at the University of Virginia is currently accepting applications for full time Volunteer Programs Coordinator. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to rwinters@madisonhouse.org with “Volunteer Programs Coordinator” in the subject line of the email. 

POSITION: Volunteer Programs Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: Madison House, Inc.
JOB HOURS TYPE: Full Time
LOCATION: Charlottesville, VA
APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 12, 2015
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Position Description:
With the Director of Community Engagement, the Volunteer Programs Coordinator forms the program staff of Madison House, an independent, non-profit organization serving as the student volunteer center at the University of Virginia. Madison House supervises the activities of 20 student Head Program Directors and 200 Program Directors who in turn manage 3,000 annual student volunteers executing and implementing the mission of the organization to the benefit of approximately 20,000 community clients.

Responsibilities include working with the Director of Community Engagement to:

• Manage and advise the student volunteer program areas
• Oversee delivery of quality service through developing Community Partnerships
• Provide leadership development and volunteer management training for the student leaders

Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in a social service, education, management or related field
• Master’s degree in higher education preferred, in student affairs, college student development, counseling, or a related field or at least 2 years of relevant experience in community service, volunteer management, leadership development, or non-profit management
• Knowledge and skills required are: organization, one-on-one advising, group facilitation, problem-solving, decision-making, training facilitation, and public speaking
• Candidates must be able to balance multiple tasks; work effectively with students; manage programs and events; and collaborate with community members and university members.

Additional Information:
We are an equal opportunity employer. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We offer a generous benefits package, competitive compensation based on experience, and a lively work environment.

To Apply: 

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to rwinters@madisonhouse.org with “Volunteer Programs Coordinator” in the subject line of the email. The deadline to apply is August 12, 2015.

Thanks,

Rachel

Rachel Winters

Director of Community Engagement

170 Rugby Road • Charlottesville, VA 22903

(434) 977-7051

www.madisonhouse.org

Job Opening - Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

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Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning

Northern Illinois University is inviting applications for the Program Advisor in the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning. The Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning’s Program Advisor will direct the development, enhancement, and expansion of other academic enrichment programming and high-impact practices (HIP) throughout the campus community. This position will oversee the promotion, collection, dissemination and reporting of students involved in HIPs across the university. The Program Advisor will collaborate with other campus units to enhance and scale up mentoring and student engagement opportunities. A key function of this position will be to support information sharing across campus units engaged in assessment tools and reports associated with HIP tracking. This position will coordinate efforts among Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Alumni Association, Registration & Records, and Enrollment Management.

• Manage all operational and administrative processes of the database and promote the collection, dissemination and reporting of students involved in curricular and co-curricular high impact practices across the university. Support information sharing across campus units engaged in high-impact practices.
• Manage all administrative processes and communication with students and faculty mentors for university-wide mentoring and internship initiatives. Work with other campus units to recruit, screen, orient, enroll, and prepare students to participate in the university-wide internship/ mentoring initiatives. Organize meetings, speakers, activities for both initiatives.
• Drive development of project aims and ensure they are strategic, collaborative, and cohesive with shared vision. Synthesize large quantities of data and information to create succinct communications to influence decision-making and promotion of engaged learning and HIP across university. Contributes articles and submissions on curricular engagement activities to both internal and external constituencies.
• Act as a liaison for HIPS and engaged learning and coordinate appropriate communication channels for continuous feedback from campus partners. Lend project management skills to other departments, projects and initiatives, including mentoring and developing other's skill-sets. Maintain contact lists for project participants and synthesize, document, and communicate lessons learned with team members.
• Develop and maintain schedules to ensure timely completion of project tasks and review deliverable and project documents to ensure they are complete, coherent, current, stored, and disseminated appropriately.
• Uphold and reinforce a culture of adaptability, flexibility, and acceptance of change in the means and methods used to achieve project goals.
• Represent the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning at meeting and events.
• Oversee graduate students, student workers and volunteers.

To apply for this position, please go directly to the NIU Human Resources webpage and apply online. This position is now posted at http://www.hr.niu.edu/employment/JobDetail.cfm?Job=38778.

Michaela Holtz

Associate Director

Office of Student Engagement &

Experiential Learning

Northern Illinois University

815-753-8155

mholtz@niu.edu

www.oseel.niu.edu

CEC August Workshops on Evaluation and Applied Research Methods

[Announcement from SCRA-L]

Dear all,

This is a great opportunity!  Please feel free to share with anyone that would be interested in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods workshops. 

Best, Edith

_______________________

Claremont Evaluation Center

Annual Evaluation Workshop Series

August 20 - 24, 2015

The Claremont Evaluation Center August Professional Development Workshop Series on Evaluation and Applied Research Methods will begin on Thursday, August 20^th.  Once again, professionals, academics, and students alike are invited to take part in the vibrant on-site community in beautiful Southern California, or to join us online for real-time interactive webcasts of the event.  The 2015 series includes 22 one-day workshops for you to choose from, each one taught by leading experts in the field.  These workshops sell out quickly, so reserve your seat today!

For Information and Registration please visit our Workshops page: http://www.cgu.edu/workshops

With financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, scholarships are available for evaluators in developing countries.  Please visit the Claremont Evaluation Center and EvalPartners Scholarships page for more information. 

Low Registration Rates:

-          On-Site Workshops

$125 per full-day workshop for professionals

$75 per full-day workshop for students

-     Online Workshops

            $125 per full-day workshop for professionals

            $75 per full-day workshop for students

These workshops include introductory and advanced courses in evaluation and applied research methods. [Visit us online to see all speakers and workshop descriptions.]

We hope to see many of you at the workshops and many others online!

Edith

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Edith D. Ramirez

Assistant to the Dean

School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation

Claremont Graduate University

123 E. Eighth Street, Claremont, CA 91711

Tel: (909) 607-9013 / Fax: (909) 607-9009

Edith.Ramirez@cgu.edu

“Two things define you, your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” - Unknown 

Early-bird ERCC 2015 Registration Deadline extended to 8/10

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Dear Colleagues: 

We are excited about this fall's ERCC 2015 in Newark, NJ. Please note that the early-bird registration deadline has been extended to 8/10. This year's ERCC 2015 includes a SUMMIT ON COLLECTIVE IMPACT & PANEL PRESENTATION, Thursday, October 15th

1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.; Facilitated by Jeff Edmundson of StriveTogether

How can higher education be leveraged to empower communities? How can higher education be leveraged to create systemic change that creates equitable, sustainable communities and strengthens our democracy? Across the nation, collective impact is being used as a framework to align resources, create a shared vision, and make data-driven decisions to create lasting, systematic change. During this summit, participants will be challenged to think creatively about the intersection of community engagement and collective impact and how the two strategies may work together to increase the public good.

Jeff Edmondson, Managing Director of StriveTogether, will lead the Summit through an engaging presentation of StriveTogether’s strategy for accelerating the progress of cradle to career partnerships, paying special attention to higher education’s roles and responsibilities in the effort to improve student outcomes and build better communities. Participants will be asked to identify ways in which they may begin to advocate for broader change on their campuses and begin to use the principles of collective impact in their communities.

For more information contact Char Gray (cgray@paccompact.org) on behalf of ERCC 2015

Cheers,

Char Gray, PhD

Executive Director, PA Campus Compact

International Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice

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The Fall 2015 volume of the International Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice has just gone live at http://www.columbiasc.edu/service-learning-journal . 

The Journal  is dedicated to providing undergraduate students a venue to discuss their service-learning projects and experiences.  The Journal considers three types of articles:

            1) Articles that discuss the development of a service-learning project and the impact of

                the project on the community served;

            2) A case study of a service-learning project;

            3) A reflection on service-learning and the development of personal leadership.

Each article will be reviewed by selected readers and the member of the editorial board.  Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced, excluding block quotations which should be typed single-spaced, and references.  To ensure anonymity, author’s names and affiliation should appear on a separate cover page.  Articles should not exceed 15 pages.  Authors should follow APA format.

The Journal accepts Book Reviews on service-learning and social change.  Book reviews should not exceed 2 pages and include Book Title, Author, and Publisher.

Submissions should be sent in Word format.  DO NOT HAVE HEADERS OR PAGE NUMBERING.

Submit by e-mail to:

Ned Scott Laff                                                             Joyce Fields

ned.laff@gmail.com                                                  Professor of Child and Family Studies

                                                                                      Columbia College

                                                                                      Columbia, SC  29203
                                                                                      jfields@columbiasc.edu