Program Management

• Promote civic engagement and community-based learning on campus
• Participate in weekly meetings and strategic planning sessions for Center for Experiential Learning Programs
• Participate in exploration and launch of new community-based learning sites
• Establish and maintain excellent communication and relationships with community-based learning host sites
• Assist with student recruitment (generating visibility through social media and on-campus marketing, hosting information and on-campus recruiting sessions)
• Track student application and enrollment in community-based federal work-study positions
• Plan and implement site visits to community-based learning sites
• Support community-based federal work-study host sites and managers throughout the year on case-by-case basis
• Gather and archive documentation of program year using a digital camera, audio recorder and video camera
• Advance community-based learning efforts by supporting implementation of programmatic evaluation

Partnership Building and Development

• Establish centralized system for partnership recruitment and development efforts (generating visibility, speaking to community-based organizations, conduct intake meetings)
• Assist with cultivating new partnership relationships
• Build partnerships with community-based non-profit organizations in the Chicagoland area
• Collaborate with community members, non-profit leaders and educators to create opportunities for Loyola students to positively influence the lives of young people through after-school programming, mentoring, tutoring and advocacy
• Work individually with community-based learning site managers on case-by-case
• Maintain relationships with public, charter and private schools and community-based organizations through professional development workshops, site visits, evaluation, and documentation
• Travel to multiple locations throughout the day/week via reliable transportation

Communications and Marketing

• Manage Community Youth Support Initiative and Project Impact website including creating and uploading content such as lesson plans, student projects, image, and audio and video clips
• Create written materials explaining the Community Youth Support Initiative work and operations for internal use
• Communicate with students and community-based learning sites in person and via email and phone
• Assist with public promotion of the Community Youth Support Initiative and dissemination of related marketing materials
• Create marketing materials and publications using Vertical Response
• Writing for newsletters and website
• Graphic design projects
• Photography and video of community-based learning sites
• Website maintenance

Professional Develop and Training

• Organize and assist in facilitation of professional development workshops for teachers, youth workers, and student volunteers
• Coordinate schedule of trainings and organize training material
• Work with professional trainers, facilitators, and educators on the implementation of professional development workshops
• Participate in professional and career development trainings including conflict resolution, team management, Adultism, youth development, wellness for youth workers and building relationships with young people