Staff Director of Community-engagement Programs - Berkeley, United States - University of California Berkeley

University of California Berkeley

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Staff Director of Community-Engagement Programs (6300U) - Civil & Environmental Engineering About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome and included.

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We actively support this by providing all of our staff employees with at least 80 hours (10 days) of paid time per year to engage in professional development activities.

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Departmental Overview

The Department of Civil and Environmental engineering (CEE) is a complex academic department within the College of Engineering.

The Department is composed of 7 graduate programs:

Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials; Environmental Engineering; Transportation Engineering; Engineering and Project Management; Geosystems; Systems Engineering; and Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate.

In 2023, CEE was ranked first in the nation for both its undergraduate and graduate programs.

The Department consists of 45 faculty, 400 graduate and 400 undergraduate students, and 21 staff plus numerous emeriti, lecturers, and visiting scholars.

The Staff Director of Community Engagement Programs will work with the Faculty Director of Community-Engaged Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE2), the Department Chair, and the Department Manager to whom this position reports.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: May 29, Open Until Filled

Responsibilities:

Engaged Scholarship Support and Facilitation:

Working with the Faculty Director of Community-Engaged Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), the position supports engaged teaching, research, and outreach activities through communications, scheduling, and direct facilitation of related events.

Helps to establish (and maintain) relationships with 1) area school districts in underserved communities and 2) community-based organizations in West Oakland, Richmond, San Rafael, East Palo Alto (e.g., West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Nuestra Casa in East Palo Alto, and the Richmond Shoreline Alliance).

Responsible for learning, and maintaining knowledge, of ongoing work (research, teaching, and outreach) done by CEE faculty and students.

Applies the knowledge to match CEE faculty and students with external partners (area school districts and the community-based organizations) based on mutual interests and capability.

Coaches and supports partnership participants through the process of establishing institutional agreements, cultivating the partnership vision, goals and agenda, and continuous improvement and evaluation of the partnership.

Can advocate, understand, reconcile, and negotiate the landscape of both the University and the area schools and community-based organizations settings.

In order to support and strengthen the partnerships, organizes CEE faculty and students to contribute to community based events and projects.

Plans, organizes and executes convenings of the partnership, which includes all communication, logistics, agenda development, materials, reports, and operations. Communicates clearly to all participants regarding specific roles, requirements and expectations.
Plans, organizes and manages ongoing in-person and virtual engagement of participants. Establish connections to local high schools that would involve classroom visits, demonstrations and other activities.

One focus would be working with underrepresented high schools and impacted communities that could provide opportunities for under-represented minority applicants to the CEE undergraduate program.

Establishing New Partnerships:

Cultivates opportunities to expand engagement and builds on existing external partnerships to expand them into new activities. Expands the number and diversity of external partners with whom the CEE D