Company Description:

Augsburg University offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to more than 3,500 students of diverse backgrounds. It is an urban University campus defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. Augsburg education is its emphasis on direct, personal experience. Guided by the faith and values of the Lutheran church, Augsburg educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.

The Strommen Center for Meaningful Work engages the entire community in promoting working with purpose by providing leadership on employer needs, labor market trends, and industry developments; facilitating relationships between employers and the campus community; and providing career education and planning services that will empower students to make effective major and career choices.

The Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship facilitates learning experiences across and beyond campus through community engagement, off-campus student employment, and public work to build a better world. We connect students to issues they’re passionate about and help them develop their capacities to be agents of change.

Augsburg’s Environmental Studies program focuses on the study of urban environmental justice. The program draws on the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and professional studies to examine the interdependence between humans and the natural world. It provides an understanding of the ecological, social, and cultural processes and problems that bind that world together.

Job Description:

NOTE: This is a grant funded part-time, limited term position until September 2020. The incumbent must be available to work 20 hours per week.

This position assists the Environmental Studies program, Strommen Center for Meaningful Work, and Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship in increasing access to high-impact experiential opportunities and undergraduate research opportunities that help students explore sustainability through cultural, economic, and natural lenses. Work includes strategically developing partnerships, promotion/communication of opportunities, and mitigation of current student barriers to accessing meaningful internships or research opportunities.

In alignment with College Sustainability grant objectives, this position will be accountable to the following outcomes by August 2020:

• Explore existing and new community partnerships towards a goal of developing deep, reciprocal relationships that could result in 3-5 regularly-offered, accessible internships for Environmental Studies students with accompanying system for yearly recruitment.
• Document current participation in sustainability-related high-impact learning and increase by 50% from current baseline.
• Create recommended trajectory for vocational exploration and experiential learning integrated into newly restructured Environmental Studies major and minor.
• Assess current barriers to participation in high-impact experiential opportunities and formulate strategies for achieving greater participation rates for students in Environmental Studies and others interested in sustainability-related careers.
• Strategically identify organizations (e.g., NGOs, government, private sector) that can provide sustainability-related internships, research, and other experiential opportunities for students that are based on mutual self-interest and long-term commitments to reciprocity.
• Establish and cultivate relationships with targeted community partners and employers through site visits, association meetings, conferences, etc., and create greater visibility of the university and its students within relevant sustainability-related professional communities.
• Identify strategies for increasing visibility of sustainability-related internship opportunities to students in Handshake, our online “job”-board.
• Work with organizations to develop marketing strategies for enhancement of sustainability-related employer presence on campus, which includes, but not limited to: campus recruitment, job postings, internships, career fairs, class/organization presentations, and resume searches.
• Build communication pathways for “after graduation” employment and graduate school pathways for Environmental Studies majors and other students interested in sustainability-related careers.
• Coordinate with Environmental Studies program, Strommen Center for Meaningful Work, Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship, URGO (undergraduate research), and Center for Global Education and Engagement to ensure strategic alignment of opportunities.
• Compile and report data on employer relations activities, assess employer relations efforts, and provide feedback as to the effectiveness of such efforts.
• Assist College Sustainability grant team in making and tracking progress towards the eight major objectives of the MACP grant (such as student recruitment, professional development, outreach to faculty, etc.).
• All other duties as apparent or assigned by supervisor(s).

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience in relationship building role and/or environmental sustainability career field.
• Ability to show initiative, organize workflow, and manage projects for completion of objectives by August 2020.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a diverse work environment.
• Ability to institutionalize systems, processes, and relationships.
• Ability to be attentive to details, be accurate, be precise.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment; and work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to reason/analyze; maintain confidentiality; and demonstrate patience, understanding.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree preferred.

Additional Information:

Augsburg University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, national origin, familial status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or public assistance status.

Application Instructions:

Applicants MUST submit the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Three Professional References

When entering reference information please use professional references (including one past or present supervisor).