The Assistant Director is responsible for the Center wide assessment and research portfolio, promoting and supporting community-engaged research across CPS’ constituencies and advancing engaged methods as a social impact tool for the University. This includes working with CPS program staff and evaluation consultant(s) to ensure program assessment plans inform data collection and usage that improve program decision-making. The Assistant Director promotes student and faculty community-engaged research projects while actively participating in and/or creating Center-based engaged research initiatives, which can include creating and hosting webinars, symposiums, courses, and other activities that educate and/or train engaged researchers across the campus. The Assistant Director actively pursues grant funding opportunities that further advance CPS’ community-engaged research portfolio and strategic priority of social impact.

Minimum Education

• Master’s Degree
• At least three years of experience in community engaged research, especially in higher education.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in higher education working with service-learning theory and pedagogy, experiential education programs, community engagement or engaged scholarship.
• At least 3 years of experience investigating funding opportunities, engaging funders, designing and proposal concepts, and writing proposal drafts.
• A demonstrated understanding of the relationship between engaged work/practices/methods and social impacts.
• Ph.D. or other terminal degree.
• Two (2) years of experience conducting program assessment.
• Three-to-four (3-4) years of experience conducting community-engaged research.
• Three-to-four (3-4) years of experience developing academic programs and curricula.
• Two (2) years of experience writing grant proposals and engaging grant funders.