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Issue-Based Organizer
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Job ID 4096
Position ID S99268
Job Type On-Campus Jobs-Academic Year
Employer Community Engagement Center
Date Posted Mar 11, 2024
Category Campus Support
Job Description

This is for the 2024-25 School Year

Accepting applications for the Community Engagement Organizer positions for 2024-25 school year. Openings for next year are:

College Access; Dialogue Cohorts; Health; Housing, Work, and Food Justice; Immigrants & Refugees; Language Opportunities; Youth

All Issue Organizers share the same basic job responsibilities:

  • Community Partnerships: Help develop and co-create ongoing relationships between the campus and community partners.
  • Managing Community Engagement of Students: Recruit students and support them to connect with community-based engagement opportunities.
  • Education: Lead campus efforts in educating campus and community about issue area by facilitating collaboration between on-campus organizations and departments as well as planning education events around the issue.
  • Community Engagement: As a student leader, support key CEC work and spend two hours per week off-campus leading a group of students in civic engagement.
  • Administrative Duties: Assist in general CEC office tasks to further the actions of the CEC as a whole.
Job Requirements
  • Required Staff Meetings & Trainings, Two Tuesdays each month from 11:30am-1:00pm
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Detail-oriented, self-motivated
  • Familiarity with the issue area to which you are applying
  • Proven record working in a team environment and showing initiative to create and complete projects
  • Supportive of CEC civic engagement philosophy and comfortable educating peers about issues related to work in the community
  • Return to campus early for retreat and to assist with civic engagement during new student orientation

Please Note: Work-Study employment awards cannot be split between the CEC Issue Area positions and other on-campus positions. The entire award must be earned within the CEC.

Available Openings 7
Hours 8.0 to 10.0 hours per week
Hourly Rate $15.57/hour
Time Frame Academic Year 2024-2025
Start Date Tuesday, September 3, 2024
End Date Monday, May 12, 2025
Contact Name Derek Johnson
Contact Email djohnso8@macalester.edu
Work Location 1600 Grand Avenue St. Paul MN 55105
Phone 651-696-6363
Fax N/A