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Civic Engagement Student Civic Engagement Initiatives

About the Department

At the University of Chicago, civic engagement is an institution-wide commitment that encompasses our contributions to the enrichment of human life through research and education, our work to increase economic opportunities on the South Side, and our support for the open exchange of ideas with our broader community. Our relationship and engagement with the City of Chicago was of critical importance at the time of our founding and continues to guide the University\'s contributions to the city and the South Side today. The University approaches civic engagement in a comprehensive and deliberate way: we approach civic engagement as a University-wide commitment that furthers our core mission of research and education and reflects our core values; we build meaningful, mutually-beneficial partnerships that increase civic participation, expand educational access, and create economic and social opportunity; we apply an interdisciplinary approach that brings our best thinking across multiple domains to advance innovative initiatives that enrich human life in our city; we solve real world problems with rigor by supporting our faculty, students, staff, and alumni to engage with the community and the world around them as they address the most pressing urban challenges and build evidence-based solutions; and we measure and communicate our impact, sharing what we are doing and learning as we partner with others to contribute to the public good.

Job Summary

The Office of Civic Engagement (OCE) is seeking a talented and experienced student life and community engagement professional to serve as Associate Director, Student Civic Programs and Leadership. This role develops, implements, and evaluates civic education and engagement programming for undergraduate and graduate students, while empowering student success in community engagement through advising and relationship building. As a key part of the team\'s efforts to foster a culture of service and community engagement on campus, the Associate Director develops and administers programs, and supports and engages students, community partners, and campus colleagues to ensure students can have meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with off-campus stakeholders as part of their time as UChicago students.

Responsibilities

Manage program curriculum, rework existing initiatives, and contribute to new initiative design. Support efforts to develop new student civic engagement programs within OCE, including designing and implementing pilot programs.

Coordinate and manage end-to-end program operations for cohort programs and workshop series taking place during the academic year, orientation, pre-orientation, breaks, and summer quarter. Support and lead student recruitment and intake processes, manage program budgets and spending, administer surveys, and prepare summaries, reports, and presentations on program effectiveness.

Hire, supervise, coach, and mentor graduate and undergraduate student staff, and liaise with OCE and University operations staff to manage onboarding and troubleshoot issues.

Facilitate workshops and other programs for diverse student and staff audiences in various academic, professional, and extra/co-curricular contexts.

Leads the team to develop and implement shared program operations structures and systems that can be used across student-facing programs.

Provide additional support, including staffing, content development, and operations management for large-scale program events during Orientation, Alumni Weekend, and other university student life rituals and ceremonies.

Market student civic engagement opportunities throughout the year. Par icipate in resource fairs, share opportunities with key colleagues, and submit events to campus newsletters.

Support and lead occasional programming and events on weeknights and weekend mornings/afternoons as required.

Support the development of students as civic leaders through advising and relationship building with individual students and student organizations. Encourage critical learning, dialogue, and reflection.

Liaise with and advise student leaders from recognized student organizations, Undergraduate Student Government and Graduate Council, and others from campus student life offices, to provide guidance and project support to student-led community engagement initiatives. Offer programming advice and assistance, partnership support, help navigating risk management policies, fiscal management accountability, connection to campus and community resources, etc.

Advise students on institutional and off-campus pathways to engagement.

Play a lead role in OCE efforts to gather and implement student feedback to inform on- and off-campus efforts.

Contribute to campus-wide leadership development conversations and put forward outstanding student leaders for recognition through awards, scholarships, and media profiles.

Work with UCSC and OCE