Community Based Learning Program Assistant (Student)(FWS)

Work Where You Learn: Build Experience, Grow Skills, and Contribute to Your University Community.

 

This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

 

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Department:

Community Based Learning

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

The Center for Leadership & Community Engagement (CLCE) is AU’s hub for engaging with the DMV through community outreach and civic action. This role supports AU’s “Community-Based Learning” (CBL) programs, which are experiential learning programs that drive student learning beyond the classroom through purposeful connections to work in local Nonprofit organizations. Students often come to AU to make a difference. Nonprofit organizations create a significant impact across fields, including education, public health, economic mobility, civil rights, environmental sustainability, and more. DC has more nonprofits per capita than any other state! Through Community-Based (CB) Courses and the Community Service-Learning Program (CSLP) Add-On Credit, students explore career fields, develop professional & leadership skills, expand their network, and gain work experience related to their personal and academic passions. Moreover, CBL creates an engaged learning opportunity that challenges students to consistently reflect on “social action”. Participants in CB and CSLP get firsthand experience as collaborative problem solvers, observing nuances between academic theory and program administration. Students apply their knowledge and skills to make a positive impact and gain new perspective by venturing beyond their comfort zone, resulting in a transformative and memorable experience. This role helps administer CBL programs and aims to raise their visibility and impact through strategic partnerships and data driven storytelling.

Responsibilities:

• Support recruitment, classes, grading, and nonprofit matching.

• Refining surveys, consolidating data, running basic data analysis.

• Reserving and setting up event space, managing RSVPs, presenting.

• Leading project teams, identifying program highlights, crafting periodic reports and posts that tell the story of our impact.

Position Type/Expected Hours Of Work:

• Part-Time.

• 15 hours per week.

Salary Range:

• $18.00 per hour.

Required Education and Experience:

• Technology: Adept at using Excel, AI tools, Canva, Canvas, surveying tool (Qualtrics/MS Forms) and a project tool (ToDoist).

• Familiar with MS Outlook and Teams.

• Proactive and growth-oriented leader (enjoys strategizing, developing systems, organizing data) who has a passion for Management, Leadership, Education, or Nonprofit work.

• Exceptional organizational and communication skills. Diligent, curious, and a quick learner.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Prior experience as a TA, working with nonprofits, or managing programs preferred.

What to Expect:

• A close-knit team that cares about its mission: leveraging students’ education, skill, and passion to make a difference alongside local nonprofits.

• A supervisor who will teach you “the how and why” during the first few months, then, enable you to lead multiple smaller projects and showcase your skills and build your resume.

• Access to over 100 DMV nonprofits across fields. Build your network by organizing networking events, maintaining a nonprofit database, and matching students with nonprofits.

• Support ~100 students enrolled in the CSLP Add-On Credit and work closely with Faculty and clubs to establish strategic partnerships that create impact beyond philanthropy.

• Develop multiple skills including public speaking, event organizing, surveying, data management, program/project administration, wri