Community Outreach Specialists

Job Summary

Community Outreach Specialists

Develop programs designed to favorably represent the university and its services by contributing positively to the community. Create and plan programs to engage and support the community and School programs. Utilize newsletters, blogs, social media, and events to increase community involvement in community engaged learning projects, internships, research, and living learning community experiences. Secure access to Bennion Center funds for community engagement activities. Develop relationships with community leaders and serve as the organization's liaison with faculty, students and community partners. Requires moderate skill set and proficiency in discipline. Conduct work assignments of increasing complexity, under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgment.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

• Work with faculty teaching community engaged learning (CEL) courses and community partners to establish and manage projects.
• Foster effective communication between community partners and student groups engaged in CEL projects.
• Apply for CEL funds each semester to support CEL activities and drafting reports documenting use of CEL funds.
• Connect students to internships and research opportunities with community partners and assess outcomes.
• Cooperate with faculty to invite community partners to serve as guests in classes and ENVST events.
• Coordinate with ESS web developer to regularly update webpages related to CEL, internships and research.

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:

Community Outreach Specialists, I: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master's (or equivalency) degree.

Community Outreach Specialists, II: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.