Oberlin College and Conservatory invites applications for the Programs Coordinator position, within the Bonner Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Research. This is a full-time 12-month administrative and professional position reporting to the Director of the Bonner Center, under the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Positioned within the College of Arts & Sciences, the Bonner Center brings together students, staff, faculty, and community partners to promote student learning, advance scholarship, and respond to community-identified goals and needs. Equity and access are fundamental to the Bonner Center’s approach. The Center collaborates primarily in the City of Oberlin and throughout Lorain County where nonprofit and public sector organizations and residents work on a broad range of issue areas including education, food security, the arts, sustainability, historic preservation, immigration, and economic development. In addition, the Center fosters connections with national and international nonprofit organizations and NGOs, and supports the institution’s efforts to expand relationships in Cleveland while maintaining more proximal, long-standing local partnerships.
The work of the Bonner Center intersects with key institutional priorities first outlined in our 2016 Strategic Plan and now at the heart of our ambitious One Oberlin plan. Both the Strategic Plan and One Oberlin identify experiential and connected learning as central to a transformative Oberlin education. The Bonner Center works closely with academic departments and Integrative Concentrations to cultivate meaningful community engagement opportunities for students, faculty, and staff, and is a core partner in the Center for Engaged Liberal Arts, encompassing Winter Term, Study Away, Undergraduate Research, Fellowships, and strategic alignment with the Career Development Center and Bonner Center, to integrate curricular and co-curricular experiential learning programs.
The Bonner Center supports academic and co-curricular community engagement through the following core programs:
● Bonner Scholars Program, a national community-service scholarship program
● Faculty development and support for community-based research and learning, including over 40 Community-Based Learning courses designated in the course catalog
● Ninde Scholars Program, a college access program for middle and high school students in Oberlin City Schools
● Community-Based Work-Study Program, which allocates 20% of the institution’s federal work study budget and up to 130 off-campus work-study positions for eligible students to work with local nonprofit and public sector partners
● America Counts and Reads programs, which hire, train, and place students to provide math and literacy tutoring in Oberlin City Schools and afterschool programs
Learn more about the position at: https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/14797
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, candidates should visit the online application site found at https://jobs.oberlin.edu. A complete application will be comprised of 1) a Cover Letter; 2) a Resume; and 3) a list of three references.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Questions about the position can be addressed to Bonner Center Director, Thom Dawkins (tdawkins@oberlin.edu), Associate Director, Susan Pavlus (spavlus@oberlin.edu), or Bonner Scholars Program Director Gabby Valentine (gvalenti@oberlin.edu).