Associate Director Civic Learning

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking an Associate Director, Civic Learning for Center for Social Concern (CSC), housed on the Homewood Campus. The Center for Social Concern (CSC) fosters a lifelong commitment to active citizenship by integrating education, action, and reflection into community-focused programming for Hopkins’ students within Baltimore City. The CSC leadership team is comprised of one Executive Director, one Deputy Director, and two Associate Directors, to support the staff and student leadership within programs. This role, as Associate Director will focus on civic learning and assessment will play a pivotal role in the creation, evaluation, and enhancement of opportunities within the CSC. This position will be responsible for leading the civic and community-based learning initiatives, as well as, supervising a team of individuals who implement civic learning programming in the areas of student leadership development, co-curricular learning, democratic engagement, civic and political dialogues, and student voter education.

The Associate Director will provide oversight, leadership, and support to staff in the civic learning roles and to faculty engaged in CSC community-based learning opportunities. A primary role will be to provide programmatic direction for the suite of CSC programs related to community-based learning and engagement between JHU faculty and the Baltimore City community. This includes the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Engaged Scholar Faculty and Community Partner Fellows Program and B’more courses. The Engaged Scholar Faculty & Community Partner Fellows Program is a cohort-based program housed at the CSC that facilitates the development and implementation of mutually beneficial Community-Based Learning courses. Community-Based Learning is a high-impact pedagogy that connects Faculty and Community Partners as co-educators for the purpose of prompting students to critically think about social and civic issues, while simultaneously meeting community partner/education partner-identified goals. With CSC staff, the Associate Director Civic Learning will foster team-based initiatives and support the year-round community-based learning and civic learning programming that staff members are implementing. These roles include experience-based community service programs, civic engagement initiatives, community-based learning, episodic direct service, and education-based programs. This role will also supervise the development of democratic programming cultivating civic learning on free speech on campus, both within the CSC and in support of broader Student Affairs programs and projects. With guidance from the Deputy Director, the Associate Director will be responsible for developing tools and processes for evaluating the effectiveness of the programs and working as part of the leadership to set direction for CSC programming and operations.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Programming 40%

• Lead and oversee the CSC Engaged Faculty Fellows program including the recruitment, onboarding, and training of a cohort of faculty fellows each academic year.
• Serve as the lead in designing and implementing the B’More Intersession program for first-year students in coordination with the JHU Intersession Office.
• Co-design and co-facilitate one B’More course per Intersession period in coordination with a Baltimore City community partner.
• In coordination with CSC staff, coordinate connections between JHU faculty, existing CSC community partners, and CSC focus areas specifically civic and democratic engagement.
• In coordination with the Center for Educational Resources (CER), convene a community of practice to engage JHU faculty in Community-Based Learning topics and pedagogical best practices.

Management 30%

• Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate a team of full-time staff members and a roster of CSC student employees responsible for the implementation of CSC programming and operations.

• Supervise CSC office interns supporting community-based learning initiatives, as necessary.
• Advise roughly five CSC-affiliated student service organizations each year.
• Coordinate training of CSC staff to ensure that all existing staff and new hires understand and effectively implement the CSC’s Education, Action, Reflection framework across all CSC-affiliated programs.
• Serve as lead of the CSC’s Training team in coordination with CSC staff.
• Create and support a team-based culture of staff members, focusing on programmatic excellence in civic learning for the CSC.
• Oversee the management of multiple program budgets.
• Oversee the advisement, evaluation, and management processes of 50+ student organizations and collaborative community-based learning, community service, and civic engagement programs.
• Oversee the process of providing CSC’s Executive Director with programmatic details needed for fundraising, strategic planning, and assessment.

Strategic Planning and Program Development 20%

• Collaboratively plan for strategic alignment for the Center’s implementation of civic learning programming and operational support.
• Develop, track, and revise civic learning goals in alignment with growth planning for the CSC and focusing on operational excellence in all that we do.
• Develop, track, and revise student learning outcomes across all CSC programs in alignment with the CSC education, action, reflection (EAR) approach, the Student Affairs Aspirations, and the Office of Institutional Assessment.
• Work collaboratively to develop programmatic initiatives that create partnerships between students, faculty, and community partners which seek to increase the number of students participating in civic learning experiences.
• Participate in operational steering committees as appropriate.
• Provide guidance and expertise to support the recruitment of faculty, staff, and community partners in the development of academically rigorous community-based learning courses, community-based participatory research projects, and democratic voter engagement and nonpartisan political learning projects.

Community Relations 10%

• Represent the CSC to community-engaged and public scholarship stakeholders within and outside of JHU.
• Be the primary liaison between JHU faculty and community-based partner organizations of the CSC.
• Provide direct support to the coordination and promotion of annual CSC programs including but not limited to President’s Day of Service, Student Employment, Faculty Fellows, Democracy Day, Hopkins Votes, Civic Learning Development Program, student organizations, and community-engaged work.
• Work collaboratively with the leadership team to plan for and conduct focus groups, evaluations, and/or surveys to community partners to identify academic-community partnership needs and assets.
• Meet with area and university stakeholders interested in forming new program collaborations with the CSC.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• A sophisticated understanding of the economic and racialized systemic inequities in Baltimore and demonstrated commitment to advancing equitable community engagement.

• Comfort and desire to live and work in a city environment.

• Demonstrated ability to bring a high degree of enthusiasm, energy, and creativity to civic engagement and team development.

• Excellent judgment in the realms of program development and evaluation, staff supervision, and team-based leadership.

• Excellent ability to work collaboratively with students, faculty members, and staff at all levels.

• Previous experience in mentoring and counseling staff members and students.

• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, public speaking, writing, and listening skills with students, faculty, and staff.

• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively with persons from diverse backgrounds (e.g., class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, etc.) and to foster sensitivity to diversity and an inclusive campus and community culture.

• Proven ability to cultivate trust and credibility with colleagues and to build positive and effective relationships.

• Have implemented and managed campus programs and/or non-profit programs.

• Strong budgetary, planning, organizational, supervision, and management skills and previous experience with event planning.

• Have a demonstrated knowledge of service-learning pedagogy or community partnership best practices.

• Have a demonstrated knowledge of higher education policies, protocols, and programmatic support of free speech, rallies, and democratic learning and engagement.

Additional Information

• The Associate Director’s responsibilities may require in-state or out-of-state travel, as well as evening and weekend hours.
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in higher education, human services, or non-profit work. 

Preferred Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree, with a preference for an advanced degree or terminal degree.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in higher education, community-based learning and/or research, human services, or non-profit work is desirable; a background in student. development and programming, counseling, service-learning, nonprofit program management, or another related field is preferred. 

About JHU

The Johns Hopkins University was America’s first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230-degree programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China. Johns Hopkins stands alone among top research universities in its extraordinary commitment of attention and resources to ensuring student success and particularly those from first-generation or limited income (FLI) backgrounds, making bold, sustained, and dramatic investments in the student experience over the last 15 years.

Student Affairs at JHU

Student Affairs on the Homewood campus is made up of 23 departments ranging from Residential Life, Dining, Athletics, and Campus Recreation to Student Engagement, Student Conduct, Student Transitions and Family Programs, Center for Student Success, Center for Social Concern, and University Student Services administrative units like Human Resources, IT, and Communications.

Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins educates beyond the classrooms, helping students to deepen their self-awareness, develop relationships, nurture inclusion, and find fulfillment in the collegiate experience to ensure lifelong success and meaningful contributions to our global community. Our culture is defined by our commitment to the “Aspirations for Student Learning,” which play a critical role in helping us fulfill our mission. We challenge, encourage, and support students to,

• Live with curiosity
• Deepen self-awareness.
• Engage in meaningful collaboration.
• Grow in confidence.
• Practice responsible leadership.

Student Affairs enjoys a close relationship with Academic Affairs at JHU, and with shared responsibility for delivering on one of the University’s highest priorities: ensuring that highly talented students from a wide range of backgrounds, regardless of their ability to pay, thrive during and after their time at JHU. We work closely with our colleagues in Student Health and Well-Being, Academic Affairs, Integrated Learning and Life Design, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to ensure students can take full advantage of all that JHU has to offer.

Our team is seeking student-centered, success-oriented professionals who want to make a difference in students’ lives. Ideal candidates in Student Affairs are curious, solution-seeking, have a can-do attitude, and are committed to the dignity and equity of all persons. If you enjoy student-centered work, work focused on building relationships and fostering community, that is rarely the same day-to-day, engaging with both college students and colleagues in-person as well as virtually, and have an entrepreneurial spirit, we want you to join us!

Hopkins Student Affairs Statement on Inclusion, Community, and Excellence

At Johns Hopkins we strive to be a model of a pluralistic society in which we acknowledge, embrace, and engage diverse identities, perspectives, and experiences. We seek to build and buttress an inclusive intellectual and physical environment to ensure that all members of our community know with certainty that they belong at Johns Hopkins and we aspire to equitably share the benefits and burdens of dismantling persistent systemic barriers to individual and communal success.

Hopkins Student Affairs is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds:

• We believe that diversity is inherent to excellence and that the broad diversity of talents, cultures, identities, and experiences of our community members are core to our ability to deliver exceptional student development and learning experiences.
• We strive to support a student experience where academic, leadership, and community engagement opportunities spur discovery and learning; encourage a respect for and valuing of the perspectives of others; and foster a sense of belonging and connection across our student, broader university, and Baltimore community.
• We strive to create a learning environment where our students feel invited to learn from and contribute to the learning of others through the sharing and honoring of each other’s perspectives, identities, cultures, talents, and experiences.

Hopkins Student Affairs seeks to hire, and support the professional development of, colleagues who: are equity-minded; demonstrate a commitment to inclusion; share a keen understanding of the importance of our identity as a diverse community of learners; are poised to contribute to our efforts to support student learning and offer robust leadership development and community engagement opportunities; and can contribute to our efforts to foster student connection and a sense of belonging across our university.

Classified Title: Associate Director Civic Engagement
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Associate Director Civic Learning
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD
Starting Salary Range: Min $55,200 – Max $96,600 Annually ($75,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F, 8:30am – 5pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: ​​​​​​​Center for Social Concern
Personnel area: University Student Services 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees’ health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate’s conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion .

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