Assistant Director, Community Impact and Campus Connection

Duties/Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate multi-sector partnerships (25%)

• Lead co-curricular community engagement program and funded multidisciplinary projects across various sectors of the community including business, non-profit, municipality, and legislative partners.
• Recruit and maintain relationships with partners and students.
• Develop, maintain, and assess off campus multi-sector, community-wide partnerships, Coops, and internships throughout the region.
• Facilitate large-scale campus-wide projects and events that includes students, faculty, staff, community-based, and industry partners- (example: Angel Tree Project; engages with 20+ community agencies and businesses in the greater Plymouth; provides 350+ youth with winter needs and holiday items; raising approximately $20,000 of in-kind donations and $5,000 in monetary donations/sponsorships; engages 200+ individual donors from the campus and greater Plymouth community).
• Facilitate educational opportunities across campus providing foundational information that prepares students, faculty, and staff for on and off campus engagement opportunities with local leaders to maximize collective impact.
• Manage Community Impact programs and initiatives in support of student recruitment and retention efforts, including but not limited to, Give Before You Go, Community Dinner program, educational programs, Community Cleanups, Project Linus, partner project requests, etc.

Manage Student Support Foundation and provide advising and oversight of other community service oriented and entrepreneurship student organizations and initiatives that directly support student retention, such as the Social Action Trip program (15%)

• Advise Student Support Foundation and oversee expanded basic needs services for students
• Serve as a member of the CARE (Concern, Awareness, Referral, Engagement) Team to connect students to important campus and community resources.
• Collaborate with University Advancement to maintain positive relationships with one of PSU's largest alumni donors.
• Engage business partners in this important campus resource.
• Manage Student Support Foundation Initiatives:
• Swipe It Forward (SIF); annual program (served 500+ students over the last 5 years, and engages around 900 student donors annually)
  • HUB Food Pantry, 3+ satellite food pantries
  • Empty Bowls
  • Donations for Citations
  • Understanding food insecurity on campus
  • Consult/Collaborate with other institutions/organizations on PSU’s basic needs programs
  • Oversee the emergency grant process
  • Oversee the Swipe It Forward program for students facing food insecurity- average annual engagement of 1,000 student donors, and serving over 1,000 students
  • Oversee Community Cupboard Food Pantry operations
  • Course presentations
  • Oversee the development and submission of the Annual Report and Morgridge Family Foundation grant request

Manage the Off Campus Work Study Program to Fulfill Federal Funding Requirements

(15%)

• Hire and onboard 60+ student employees each year at 20+ eligible community-based agencies through Off Campus Federal Work Study program
• Leverage Off Campus Work Study partnerships in support of other Community Impact programs such as coops and internships in collaboration with OAA
• Facilitate student placements and preparation
• Partner recruitment and management
• Oversee time approval process
• Oversee office management; including budget management, student employment, procurement, website management, assessment, and co-writing annual reports.
• Collaborate cross-divisionally to provide events and educational opportunities for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.

Collaborate with faculty and staff colleagues to integrate reciprocal community engagement experiences and partnership into curricular and co-curricular and initiatives. (10%)

• Develop curricular based service learning, project-based learning, coop, and internship placements in alignment with cluster learning and in collaboration with OAA

Supervise the Community Impact Coordinator, a part-time hourly position that oversees Community Impact programs, student employment, partnership, coops, development, and administrative responsibilities. (10%)

Collaborate with core professional staff of Student Life to make strategic decisions for the department and across campus partner departments and divisions to integrate and align efforts. (10%)

• Support Student Life programs and initiatives of Student Life departments; includes providing leadership and support on foundational campus programs and initiatives: Orientation Panther Days, Spring Fling, Ski Day, Student Organization structure & expectations, assessment and tracking platforms.

Gather institutional wide data and stories for the purpose of reporting to the PSU community, funders, partnering organizations, business and non-profit industry leaders, community members, and other external stakeholder. (10%)

• Participate in the assessment of high impact learning by tracking metrics and outcomes using PSU supported tools

Keep apprised of current trends. (5%)

• Keep up to date and to be fully knowledgeable of university policies. Facilitate and/or present at regional and national conferences. Serve on university committees as deemed appropriate and in the best interest of Plymouth State University. Assume other responsibilities and perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: