What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bonner Center Student Coordinator position at Oberlin College?
Job Summary
Oberlin College and Conservatory invites applications for the Student Coordinator position, within the Bonner Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Research. This is a part-time (up to 10 hours / week) student position reporting to the Director of the Bonner Center, under the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Positioned within the College of Arts & Sciences, the Bonner Center brings together students, staff, faculty, and community partners to promote student learning, advance scholarship, and respond to community-identified goals and needs. Equity and access are fundamental to the Bonner Center's approach. The Center collaborates primarily in the City of Oberlin and throughout Lorain County where nonprofit and public sector organizations and residents work on a broad range of issue areas including education, food security, the arts, sustainability, historic preservation, immigration, and economic development. In addition, the Center fosters connections with national and international nonprofit organizations and NGOs, and supports the institution's efforts to expand relationships in Cleveland while maintaining more proximal, long-standing local partnerships.
The work of the Bonner Center intersects with key institutional priorities first outlined in our 2016 Strategic Plan and now at the heart of our ambitious One Oberlin plan. Both the Strategic Plan and One Oberlin identify experiential and connected learning as central to a transformative Oberlin education. The Bonner Center works closely with academic departments and Integrative Concentrations to cultivate meaningful community engagement opportunities for students, faculty, and staff, and is a core partner in the Center for Engaged Liberal Arts, encompassing Winter Term, Study Away, Undergraduate Research, Fellowships, and strategic alignment with the Career Development Center and Bonner Center, to integrate curricular and co-curricular experiential learning programs.
Bonner Center Programs
The Bonner Center supports academic and co-curricular community engagement through the following core programs:
As an endowed program within the Bonner Foundation network, the Oberlin Bonner Center is deeply committed to providing students with a sense of identity, belonging, and a mutually supportive community of staff and peers. More specifically, all members of the Oberlin Bonner Center team participate in the design and delivery of center-wide programs; contribute to campus-wide initiatives (such as New Student Orientation and prospective student visit days); consult with faculty and student organizations; and meet individually with students to support ethical community engagement. Regular collaborators also include our partner programs in the Center for Engaged Liberal Arts, the Center for Student Success, Student Life, the Admissions Office, the Office of Financial Aid, and the Gertrude B. Lemle Teaching Center.
Responsibilities
Working directly with the Bonner Center Director, the Bonner Center Student Coordinator will primarily assist in launching the "Engaged Learning Lab" (ELL), supporting related workshops and events throughout the academic year, and supporting the various faculty and student "engaged learning fellows" (ELFs) pursuing projects through the ELL. This position may also work with the Bonner Center Director in supporting Community-Based Learning (CBL) courses and the Integrative Concentrations.
This would be an ideal position for those considering careers in higher ed, business management, or nonprofit / arts administration. Desired qualifications include proficiency with Google, Microsoft, and Canva, as well some basic program management knowledge and/or experience, and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively with the supervisor and other stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
The hourly rate for this position will adhere to the guidelines published by the Oberlin Student Employment Office. Students who take on this Coordinator position can expect to work up to 10 hours per week.
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, candidates should visit the online application site found at https://jobs.oberlin.edu. A complete application will be comprised of 1) a Cover Letter; 2) a Resume; and 3) a list of three references.
Oberlin College and Conservatory invites applications for the Student Coordinator position, within the Bonner Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Research. This is a part-time (up to 10 hours / week) student position reporting to the Director of the Bonner Center, under the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Positioned within the College of Arts & Sciences, the Bonner Center brings together students, staff, faculty, and community partners to promote student learning, advance scholarship, and respond to community-identified goals and needs. Equity and access are fundamental to the Bonner Center's approach. The Center collaborates primarily in the City of Oberlin and throughout Lorain County where nonprofit and public sector organizations and residents work on a broad range of issue areas including education, food security, the arts, sustainability, historic preservation, immigration, and economic development. In addition, the Center fosters connections with national and international nonprofit organizations and NGOs, and supports the institution's efforts to expand relationships in Cleveland while maintaining more proximal, long-standing local partnerships.
The work of the Bonner Center intersects with key institutional priorities first outlined in our 2016 Strategic Plan and now at the heart of our ambitious One Oberlin plan. Both the Strategic Plan and One Oberlin identify experiential and connected learning as central to a transformative Oberlin education. The Bonner Center works closely with academic departments and Integrative Concentrations to cultivate meaningful community engagement opportunities for students, faculty, and staff, and is a core partner in the Center for Engaged Liberal Arts, encompassing Winter Term, Study Away, Undergraduate Research, Fellowships, and strategic alignment with the Career Development Center and Bonner Center, to integrate curricular and co-curricular experiential learning programs.
Bonner Center Programs
The Bonner Center supports academic and co-curricular community engagement through the following core programs:
- Bonner Scholars Program, a national community-service scholarship program
- Faculty development and support for community-based research and learning, including over 40 Community-Based Learning courses designated in the course catalog
- Ninde Scholars Program, a college access program for middle and high school students in Oberlin City Schools
- Community-Based Work-Study Program, which allocates 20% of the institution's federal work study budget and up to 130 off-campus work-study positions for eligible students to work with local nonprofit and public sector partners
- America Counts and Reads programs, which hire, train, and place students to provide math and literacy tutoring in Oberlin City Schools and afterschool programs
As an endowed program within the Bonner Foundation network, the Oberlin Bonner Center is deeply committed to providing students with a sense of identity, belonging, and a mutually supportive community of staff and peers. More specifically, all members of the Oberlin Bonner Center team participate in the design and delivery of center-wide programs; contribute to campus-wide initiatives (such as New Student Orientation and prospective student visit days); consult with faculty and student organizations; and meet individually with students to support ethical community engagement. Regular collaborators also include our partner programs in the Center for Engaged Liberal Arts, the Center for Student Success, Student Life, the Admissions Office, the Office of Financial Aid, and the Gertrude B. Lemle Teaching Center.
Responsibilities
Working directly with the Bonner Center Director, the Bonner Center Student Coordinator will primarily assist in launching the "Engaged Learning Lab" (ELL), supporting related workshops and events throughout the academic year, and supporting the various faculty and student "engaged learning fellows" (ELFs) pursuing projects through the ELL. This position may also work with the Bonner Center Director in supporting Community-Based Learning (CBL) courses and the Integrative Concentrations.
This would be an ideal position for those considering careers in higher ed, business management, or nonprofit / arts administration. Desired qualifications include proficiency with Google, Microsoft, and Canva, as well some basic program management knowledge and/or experience, and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively with the supervisor and other stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Current enrollment at Oberlin College & Conservatory.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a focus on community and student development and relationship building with college students, staff, faculty and community partners
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to adapt communication style to different internal and external audiences
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Experience in developing collegial professional relationships with people from different cultural backgrounds, including those associated with race, ethnicity, international origin, religion, socioeconomic status, age, gender, disability, sexuality, and other aspects of human diversity
- Demonstrated experience working with diverse populations of students and communities, including diversity in race, ethnicity, international origin, religion, socioeconomic status, age, gender, disability, sexuality, and other aspects of human diversity
- Capacity to manage multiple projects and deadlines concurrently and to work with frequent interruptions
- Demonstrated experience in supporting students' developmental growth and in facilitating developmentally appropriate programs for groups of students;
- Demonstrated experience collaborating within an office, with multiple departments, and with community partners to build meaningful programming that is responsive to community-expressed goals and supports institutional learning goals.
The hourly rate for this position will adhere to the guidelines published by the Oberlin Student Employment Office. Students who take on this Coordinator position can expect to work up to 10 hours per week.
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, candidates should visit the online application site found at https://jobs.oberlin.edu. A complete application will be comprised of 1) a Cover Letter; 2) a Resume; and 3) a list of three references.
