Deputy Director, Center for Social Concern

We are seeking a Deputy Director, Center for Social Concern(CSC). The Deputy Director, Center for Social Concern's responsibilities are split across these core functions: support the operations of the CSC, represent the Executive Director at select meetings and events, and serve as strategic leader for CSC educational processes. The Deputy Director's leadership advances the CSC's mission by managing operations and efforts toward implementing the vision and achieving the center goals. With the Executive Director, the Deputy Director supports civic engagement and civic education initiatives that further the University's commitment to democracy by addressing the systems, structures, and mindsets that constrain students' engagement as citizens of Baltimore City throughout their time at Johns Hopkins University.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

CSC Strategy & Operations

• In partnership with, and in support of, the Executive Director for the Center for Social Concern, lead the operations of civic engagement initiatives in close consultation and collaboration with colleagues across the Student Affairs division, and in partnerships across the University including but not limited to SNF Agora Institute, Centers for Diversity and Inclusion, Student Transitions and Family Engagement, Government and Community Affairs, Center for Leadership Engagement and Experiential Development, and Economic Development.

• Directly stewards the relationship with Development and Alumni Relations to support the considerable resources supporting CSC programs.

• Act as a key adviser to the Executive Director for the Center for Social Concern. Identify and brief the Executive Director on key issues requiring special knowledge and understanding of programs, initiatives, goals, and objectives beyond day-to-day operational knowledge.
• Ensure matters requiring the Executive Director's attention are developed, researched, and evaluated thoroughly before presentation.

• Serve as a conduit for information both to the Executive Director and staff, as well as to other key stakeholders.

• Stay current on contemporary issues of the day and build relationships in higher education, student affairs, and Baltimore City as it relates to civic engagement.

• With the Executive Director, shape professional development opportunities and develop positive staff culture in the Center for Social Concern to propel civic engagement initiatives forward.
• Provide strategic leadership for data collection for the CSC.

• Provide strategic leadership on the integration and assessment of DEIB in and across all internal procedures, CSC programs, and projects in accordance with the University Roadmap on Diversity & Inclusion.

Project Management

• Provide oversight to the development of CSC trainings, both for specific programs, and to build cohesion across programs aligned with our Education, Action, Reflection approach.

• With the Senior Leadership Team of the Center for Social Concern, support the vision, leadership and execution of Democracy Day, Hopkins Votes and other university-wide civic initiatives.

• Seek, research, and lead a collaborative effort with the Executive Director and other appropriate individuals to develop written materials for external grant opportunities.

• Lead the collaborative development and implementation of a CSC plan for Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Change across programs and projects and provide direction on collection, management, and reporting data related to student civic engagement assessment.

• With the Executive Director, guide the development of a strategic plan aligned with the Student Affairs Aspirations and University academic and co-curricular strategic initiatives.

Represent the Center for Social Concern

• Build and stay in close working relationship and coordination with Development and Alumni Relations, providing direction on program reports to DAR.
• Independently represent the CSC initiatives at internal or external meetings.

• Interact with members of the university administration and leadership of the schools on matters related to civic engagement initiatives.

• Attend meetings, gather information, represent CSC initiatives and the Executive Director for the Center for Social Concern, make decisions as appropriate.

• Collaborate with administrative leadership on University-wide civic engagement initiatives.

• Develop lexicon for affirmative, strengths-based work and collaborate with the Executive Director on invitations, speaking engagements, and professional commitments.

• In coordination with Operations & Communications staff, address all media requests (internal and external) in accordance with Student Affairs procedures.

• Work with autonomy and respect the vital nature of collaboration and partnership.

• Leverage outstanding oral and written communication skills to initiate draft reports, presentations, remarks, grant applications, and other written materials and provide ongoing review, editing, and revisions in a writing partnership with the ED on all CSC initiatives, documents, and materials.

• Maintain the highest levels of confidentiality.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Sophisticated understanding of the economic and racialized systemic inequities in Baltimore and demonstrated commitment to advancing equitable community engagement.

• Comfort and desire to live and work in a city environment.

• Individuals with a range of lived experiences and life skills are highly encouraged to apply.

• Strong budgetary, planning, organizational, supervision and management skills and experience.

• Demonstrated ability to bring a high degree of enthusiasm, energy, and creativity to civic engagement.

• Demonstrated experience collaborating, negotiating, and building consensus.

• Demonstrated success in a complex, multi-layered, and data-driven organization.

• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, public speaking, writing, and listening skills.

• Excellent judgment.

• Flexibility, adaptability, and comfort with ambiguity.

• Excellent ability to work collaboratively with students, faculty members and staff at all levels.

• Demonstrated experience developing, articulating, operationalizing, and assessing strategic priorities.

• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively with persons from diverse backgrounds (e.g., class, race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, etc.) and to foster sensitivity to diversity and an inclusive campus and community culture.

• Proven ability to cultivate trust and credibility with colleagues and to build positive and effective relationships.

• Demonstrated comfort in leadership and management.

• Proven track record of establishing strategic relationships to strengthen program and service delivery.

• Experience coordinating, managing and/or inspiring people.

About JHU

The Johns Hopkins University was Americas first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230 degree programs at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China. Johns Hopkins stands alone among top research universities in its extraordinary commitment of attention and resources to ensuring student success and particularly those from first-generation or limited income (FLI) backgrounds, making bold, sustained, and dramatic investments in the student experience over the last 15 years.

Student Affairs at JHU

Student Affairs on the Homewood campus is made up of 23 departments ranging from Residential Life, Dining, Athletics, and Campus Recreation, to Student Engagement, Student Conduct, Student Transitions and Family Programs, Center for Student Success, Center for Social Concern, and University Student Services administrative units like Human Resources, IT, and Communications.

Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins educates beyond the classrooms, helping students to deepen their self-awareness, develop relationships, nurture inclusion, and find fulfillment in the collegiate experience to ensure lifelong success and meaningful contributions to our global community. Our culture is defined by our commitment to the Aspirations for Student Learning, which play a critical role in helping us fulfill our mission. We challenge, encourage, and support students to:

• Live with curiosity

• Deepen self-awareness

• Engage in meaningful collaboration

• Grow in confidence

• Practice responsible leadership

Student Affairs enjoys a close relationship with Academic Affairs at JHU, and with shared responsibility for delivering on one of the University's highest priorities ensuring that highly talented students from a wide range of backgrounds, regardless of their ability to pay, thrive during and after their time at JHU. We work closely with our colleagues in Student Health and Well-Being, Academic Affairs, Integrated Learning and Life Design, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to ensure students can take full advantage of all that JHU has to offer.

Our team is seeking student-centered, success-oriented professionals who want to make a difference in students lives. Ideal candidates in Student Affairs are curious, solution-seeking, have a can-do attitude, and are committed to the dignity and equity of all persons. If you enjoy student-centered work, work focused on building relationships and fostering community, that is rarely the same day-to-day, engaging with both college students and colleagues in-person as well as virtually, and have an entrepreneurial spirit, we want you to join us!

Hopkins Student Affairs Statement on Inclusion, Community, and Excellence

At Johns Hopkins we strive to be a model of a pluralistic society in which we acknowledge, embrace, and engage diverse identities, perspectives, and experiences. We seek to build and buttress an inclusive intellectual and physical environment to ensure that all members of our community know with certainty that they belong at Johns Hopkins and we aspire to equitably share the benefits and burdens of dismantling persistent systemic barriers to individual and communal success.

• Hopkins Student Affairs is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds.
• We believe that diversity is inherent to excellence and that the broad diversity of talents, cultures, identities, and experiences of our community members are core to our ability to deliver exceptional student development and learning experiences.

• We strive to support a student experience where academic, leadership, and community engagement opportunities spur discovery and learning; encourage a respect for and valuing of the perspectives of others; and foster a sense of belonging and connection across our student, broader university, and Baltimore community.

• We strive to create a learning environment where our students feel invited to learn from, and contribute to the learning of others through the sharing and honoring of each others perspectives, identities, cultures, talents, and experiences.

Hopkins Student Affairs seeks to hire, and support the professional development of, colleagues who: are equity-minded; demonstrate a commitment to inclusion; share a keen understanding of the importance of our identity as a diverse community of learners; are poised to contribute to our efforts to support student learning and offer robust leadership development and community engagement opportunities; and can contribute to our efforts to foster student connection and a sense of belonging across our university.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in the field of higher education, or related area required.
• Seven (7) years progressive experience in a related field, preferably in non-profit sector management or education administration.
• Additional education can substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree preferred.

Classified Title: Sr. Associate Director Civic Engagement
Working Title: Deputy Director, Center for Social Concern
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MF
Starting Salary Range: $72,940 - $100,380 - $127,820 Annually (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: ​​​​​​​Center for Social Concern
Personnel area: University Student Services

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate’s conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

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Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

EEO is the Law
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