Description

Position Title: CCE Community Outreach Student Assistant

Supervisor: Community Engagement Coordinator

Term: One-year appointment for Academic Year 2024-2025 with opportunity for re-application and re-hire.

Hours/Week: 10 hours per week, with flexible scheduling and working location options.

Essential Duties:

• Keep regular in-person office hours for team communication and support.

• Create promotional content for events and initiatives across multiple formats.

• Work with the Coordinator to maintain engaging social media content on Instagram and Facebook.

• Champion at least one community service event sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement.

• Coordinate with partners to identify community needs and volunteer opportunities.

• Take on varied tasks as needed, collaborating effectively with faculty, staff, and students.

• Be flexible/available to work some weekends and evenings, to support events sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement.

Learning Outcomes (NACE Core Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce):

• Critical Thinking: Identify and respond to needs based on an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information.

• Communications: Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside an organization.

• Teamwork: Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.

• Technology: Understand and leverage technologies ethically to enhance efficiencies, complete tasks, and accomplish goals.

• Leadership: Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.

• Professionalism: Knowing work environments differ greatly, understanding and demonstrating effective work habits, and acting in the interest of the larger community and workplace.

• Career & Self-Development: Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization.

• Equity & Inclusion: Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to engage equitably and include people from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-racist practices that actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism.

Qualifications

Candidate Profile:

• A full-time undergraduate student at the University of Lynchburg

• Google Suite and social media savvy (including Instagram and Facebook).

• Strong design experience using Canva or Adobe InDesign.

• Samples of design work will be requested during the interview process.

• Outstanding written and spoken communication skills.

• Ability to work with a diverse student population, as well as faculty, staff, and parents.

Professional Outcomes:

• Develop skills in community service, service learning, event management, and communications.

• Build leadership skills and enhance organizational abilities.

• Collaborate with students and faculty to plan and coordinate programs and events.

• Attend professional development opportunities to expand your knowledge and network.

• Ideal for students interested in non-profit management, communications, or marketing.