Director of the Center for Service

The Director for the Center for Service will offer and support the Mount’s mission to form students for service to God and others during
their academic careers and to manifest a heart for service for God and the world after graduation. The Director will act as a centralized
support to service opportunities offered by university constituencies and will offer vision, training, and guidance to enhance the culture
of service at the Mount. This culture will be rooted in the Catholic Identity of the university and the rich principles of Catholic Social
Teaching, particularly the call to work for a world worthy of the dignity of the human person. Special attention will be given to empowering
students to lead service projects through service learning that builds relationships of mutuality between the students, community partners,
and the peoples served. Reporting to the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs , the Director will build relationships, share resources,
and help create an integrated vision and shared responsibility for advancing a culture of service on campus. The Center will develop and
share qualitative and quantitative data to tell the story of service at the Mount and promote our values beyond the university. This
position will also be responsible for growing and nurturing relationships with community partners.

Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:

• Advance the rich principles of Catholic social teaching – social justice and solidarity – as a
  foundation and grounding which affirms the dignity and respect of the human person and the call to build a society worthy of that
  dignity.
• Integrate service across the university through partnerships with campus constituencies, which build a common culture of
  service while maintaining appropriate subsidiarity for personal initiatives.
• Create modules to help current and incoming staff
  members develop a common language and understanding of the Mount’s culture of service.
• Collaborate with faculty to integrate
  service learning with requirements in Mount courses.
• Build a culture of service, encounter, mutuality, and reflection through
  innovative experiences offered by the Center of Service and led by trained student leaders, including Special Olympics, Rother Immersions,
  the Common Good Initiative, and student leadership of the Mount Table food pantry.
• Build on preexisting training to develop the
  skills of current and onboard new student leaders who will embody a culture of encounter and respect for human dignity and facilitate the
  majority of the service offerings for the Mount community.
• Facilitate and coordinate opportunities to tell the story of service at
  the Mount utilizing diverse forms of media to reach a broad audience including, but not limited to, current students, parents, faculty,
  administrators, staff and prospective students.
• Work collaboratively with the Chairs for Service Learning and Research and
  Development to grow Service Learning, Semester of Service, and new opportunities for service in the local community.
• Supervise and
  support the work of the Coordinator to maintain current and build new community partner relationships with a special focus in Northern
  Frederick County.
• Support the development and implementation of the Ethical Leaders program, collaborating with faculty, the
  Academic Office, the Athletic department, and the Student Life Division.
• Prepare, present and oversee annual budgets related to the
  office.

Job Requirements: Education, Experience and Skills:

• The successful candidate should
  possess a master’s degree in a relevant field, including but not limited to sociology, social work or entrepreneurship, and have a proven
  record of success in higher education.
• 5-8 years of experience creating, managing, and assessing service learning programs in
  higher education.
• Demonstrate commitment to the Catholic, liberal arts mission of the university including familiarity with and use
  of Catholic social teaching.
• Have experience in program development within higher education and a demonstrated ability to mobilize
  diverse constituencies across campus to engage in service programs.
• Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with campus
  constituencies across disciplines and responsibilities, in face-to-face large group and individual settings, as well as mediated modes, such
  as email, Zoom, phone, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience in facilitation/presentation.
• Knowledge of and ability to master use of social media tools (such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) to promote the Center for
  Service and affiliated programs.
• Experience developing and administering systems of assessment to track service work and program
  development.
• Strong planning and execution experience with social justice campus delivery.
• Able to work through ambiguity
  and changing environments.
• Extensive background in working with a very diverse campus student community, as well as serving a very
  diverse community constituency.
• Selected candidate should be creative, entrepreneurial, have high energy, able to caste an
  irresistible, and incredible vision for service learning in the co-curricular life of students.

Salary/Benefits

This is a full-time position with full benefits and annual, holiday and sick leave. The university offers a
generous benefits package, including tuition remission for graduate and undergraduate classes at Mount St. Mary’s University,
retirement program with a match as well as a generous paid time off schedule. Competitive salary commensurate to experience.