Service Learning Coordinator

Salary: $25.00-$35.00

Job Summary: Assists in organizing, coordinating and overseeing the activities and support of service learning and volunteer opportunities for students; develops and maintains internal and external partnerships with campus departments, non-profits, government organizations, and local schools; supports faculty in efforts to integrate service learning into curriculum; creates and maintains program-specific tracking systems, reports, and records; assists in budget development and tracking; may provide lead-level guidance to lower-level classified staff and hourly employees.

Essential Functions:

Essential responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinates, organizes and oversees service-related programming and service delivery; plans, implements and coordinates programs, events and activities to develop a culture of community involvement and giving throughout community.
• Actively researches potential service learning opportunities for faculty and students; acts as a liaison with local employers, government agencies, and community groups in order to build employer relationships and funding opportunities; maintains a database of internships and volunteer opportunity announcements.
• Works with crew leaders in preK-12 to create, facilitate, and coordinate on and off campus service learning opportunities throughout the school year, including providing general guidance for reflection activities once back in the classroom.
• Coordinates external community student placements; schedules, tracks, and reports student work hours; coordinates class credits.
• Assists with the recruitment and training of faculty to integrate student learning objectives into course curriculum; coordinates professional development opportunities.
• Serves as liaison to seniors for senior intensive fieldwork, including help with project coordination, contacts, and support during intensive work.
• Conducts and/or participates in on- or off-campus service fairs, workshops, class and community presentations and special events; provides information on program eligibility and requirements to potential community partners and students; represents the school in local and national service learning networks.
• Tracks student progress; creates and maintains records of student contacts; checks student status; performs basic research; prepares reporting for accreditation purposes; creates and maintains electronic and physical filing systems.
• Partners with faculty and staff that assist in forming collaborative relationships with service organizations.
• Serves as coordinator and point person for school participation in area and national events such as Earth Day, Random Acts of Kindness Week, Pride Month, National Volunteer Week, Global Youth Service Day, and others.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Minimum Qualifications Required to Perform Essential Job Functions: 

Experience and Education/Training Guidelines:

• Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably with major coursework in a field relevant to the duties of the position.
• Ideas on service learning program goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and practices.
• Experience with volunteer development and management methods and techniques.
• Principles, methods and practices applicable to the design and implementation of public relations, outreach and marketing programs.
• Functions, rules, policies, and procedures applicable to assigned areas of responsibility.
• Modern office practices, procedures and equipment including computers and applicable software programs.

 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Willingness and ability to work in a demanding environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a varied and diverse array of contacts.
• Be able to occasionally lift up to 30 lbs.
• Work in outside weather conditions consistent with Lake Tahoe area weather.
• The employee works under typical office conditions, and the noise level is usually quiet to moderate.
• Essential and marginal functions may require physical fitness requirements necessary to perform the job functions with or without accommodation, such as the ability to ability to sit for prolonged periods; near visual acuity for reading computer screens, reports, and schedules; and repetitive use of hands for extensive use of keyboards;
• Ability to travel and/or drive to various locations throughout the Tahoe/Truckee area.