8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon - Fri, occasional event support

Northern Kentucky University (NKU) seeks excellence by enriching its educational environment and culture through the diversity of its administration, faculty, and staff and by embracing inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of its work. NKU is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution. We encourage applications by members of diverse groups and by persons with a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity and experience in achieving goals relative to inclusive excellence. Our vision is that NKU will be nationally recognized for being a student-ready, regionally engaged university that empowers diverse learners for economic and social mobility. We will do this while promoting a culture of excellence, acting with integrity, fostering a community of belonging, working with creativity and innovation, and maintaining a climate of collegiality. In your role, you will be expected to ensure that students who interact with you have a high-quality experience that supports the vision of the institution.

The program coordinator works in close coordination with the Assistant Provost to develop, support, and operate community engagement initiatives. The purpose of this position is to be an active team player in the Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement in developing and executing programs and events that engage NKU classes and students with community partners - providing benefits to both.

The coordinator's primary responsibility is to support, as assigned, specific programs, program aspects, or special initiatives. Support includes:

Primary Responsibilities:

Programming in the Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement is varied and dynamic. With that in mind, the person hired for this position should be creative, flexible, and well-organized.

The Center's primary community engagement programming includes support of service learning classes, operation of NKU's Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project, voter registration and education, a public lecture series, and a variety of collaborations with campus and community partners that foster NKU's goal to encourage students to be stewards of place.

The ideal candidate for this job would have substantive experience in higher education and with the community and civic engagement. The candidate should have a passion for connecting our classrooms to community projects that further both students' academic learning, their commitment to citizenship and democracy, and their commitment to being stewards of place.

A strong commitment to teamwork within the office, across campus, and with community collaborators is essential to this position.

Proficiency should be evident in understanding how to: