Associate Director, Community Engaged Learning and Immersion - Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service

Georgetown University comprises two unique campuses in the nation’s capital. With the Hilltop Campus located in the heart of the historic Georgetown neighborhood, and the Capitol Campus, just minutes from the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Supreme Court, Georgetown University offers rigorous academic programs, a global perspective, and unparalleled opportunities to engage with Washington, D.C. Our community is a close-knit group of remarkable individuals driven by intellectual inquiry, a commitment to social justice, and a shared dedication to making a difference in the world.

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As a part of the country’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university, the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service (CSJ) animates Georgetown University’s Jesuit values and mission through its work in research, teaching, and service. CSJ further animates the mission to educate people to be of service to others, become reflective lifelong learners, responsible and active participants in civic life, and committed professionals who pursue justice and the common good. The Center for Social Justice takes a curricular approach steeped in cultural humility and epistemic justice to the delivery of co-curricular programs and services. 

Reporting to the Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy, the Associate Director, Immersion and Community Engaged Learning plays a pivotal role in the CSJ’s efforts to fulfill Georgetown’s Jesuit mission broadly in the community engagement ecosystem, and CSJ’s social justice mission in particular, through immersion learning experiences for students, faculty, and staff, community-engaged learning pedagogies for faculty and staff, support and/or management of academic initiatives; and oversight of the entire lifecycle of immersions, including off-site trips. This position ensures that there is consistent engagement at the CSJ and within the university with the preferred pedagogies of immersion and community-engaged learning, infused with critical reflection. 

The Associate Director accomplishes their charge as a lead collaborator with diverse campus departments, units, faculty, and academic leadership, who seek community-engaged and justice-centered partnerships. As a university-serving specialist in immersion and community-engaged learning, this position collaborates with colleagues to facilitate and expand community-engaged learning into educational efforts, programming, and courses.  Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: 

• Support faculty who seek to embed community-engaged learning objectives and components into their courses/programs, for example through course guest presentations.

• Act as a liaison on behalf of university members to broker respectful, mutual relationships with mission-aligned community organizations.

• Manage academic program logistics and curriculum coordination for the CSJ.

• Lead the CSJ's academic advising and program outreach efforts.

• Support approval processes and ensure compliance with University policies related to travel, protection of minors and vulnerable populations, and more.

• Assess program effectiveness and make data-driven improvements as needed.

• Support peer CSJ team members and participate in CSJ activities, supporting the building of the vision and capacity for this work’s long-term strategy of embedding consistent community engagement opportunities for faculty and staff into the University ecosystem through building relationships across campus and with domestic and global community partners.

Work Interactions

The Associate Director, Immersion and Community Engaged Learning reports to and works most closely with this position’s supervisor, CSJ’s Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy. The Associate Director supervises a Graduate Intern and facilitates the work of roughly a dozen undergraduates who directly support this immersion and community engaged learning work. This position participates in and contributes to Center-wide initiatives, and is a representative of CSJ to the university, working with faculty and staff across the University. This position is a member of the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) and engages in DSA opportunities as needed and appropriate. This position works regularly with external community-based partners, in Washington, DC and beyond.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Master’s degree highly preferred 

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills (including Excel and budgeting) 

• 5-7 years of professional experience servi