POSITION DESCRIPTION

Site Manager - Jumpstart Geneva
The Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning

The Site Manager will work with the Associate Director and the Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning to support the Colleges’ mission through the coordination of curricular, co-curricular, and residentially based public service programs. The primary responsibilities will be the supervision and facilitation of Jumpstart Geneva program.

Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students to work one-to-one with preschool children from low-income backgrounds. Through extraordinary attention in yearlong mentoring relationships, Jumpstart inspires children to learn, adults to teach, families to get involved, and communities to progress together. Jumpstart is working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Jumpstart is a national leader in early childhood education, engaging 3,500 college students in service to 13,000 children in 20 states and nearly 70 communities across the country.

Primary Duties:

  • Recruit and train Volunteer Coordinator, Team Leaders and Corps Members
  • Provide guidance and support for Corps Members throughout the year through on-going observation and feedback to ensure quality interactions between Corps Members and children
  • Build and manage high quality relationships with local early childhood program partners, including establishing and maintaining consistent communication
  • Maintain close contact with faculty advisor, working to ensure sustainability and success of program on campus
  • Participate in weekly one-on-one meetings with Jumpstart National/Regional staff
  • Participate bi-monthly Program Conference Calls
  • Attend Leadership Institutes annually (September with student leadership, May with regional staff retreat, New Staff Orientation in first year).
  • Comply with AmeriCorps regulations to record and track Corps Member hour progress and facilitate education voucher information, maintain files to comply with Corporation. for National and Community Service regulations.

Other Duties as commensurate with experience:

  • Co-facilitate a Reader’s College with Jumpstart Corps members
  • Supervise student office employees
  • Participate in campus and department responsibilities including staff meetings and events
  • Help to identify, recruit, and maintain relationships with community partners
  • Assist student coordinator(s) in planning Alternative Break trips and participate as the staff person for at least one Alternative Spring Break trip
  • Support the ongoing functioning of the Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning
  • Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful candidate will have earned a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and have public service leadership experience. Applicants must possess superb oral and written communication skills and have the ability to work with people in diverse settings. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to prioritize/multi-task in order to meet key tasks as scheduled and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships within the Colleges and the larger Geneva community. Experience with AmeriCorps, working with pre-school and/or elementary aged children, and a commitment to liberal arts education are strongly preferred.

OTHER INFORMATION:

This is a full-time, 10-month, 30 hours per week, benefits-eligible administrative position. This position description is not all-inclusive, as other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume and the names with contact information of at least three references to:

Office of Human Resources
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
337 Pulteney Street
Geneva, NY 14456
e-mail: ferran@hws.edu
EOE

Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to attracting and supporting a faculty of women and men that fully represent the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the nation and actively seek applications from under-represented groups. The Colleges do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, veteran's status, or sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Founded as Hobart College for men and William Smith College for women, Hobart and William Smith Colleges today are a highly selective residential liberal arts institution with a single administration, faculty and curriculum but separate dean’s offices, student governments, athletic programs and traditions.  The Colleges are located in a small diverse city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.  With an enrollment of approximately 2,000, the Colleges offer 62 different majors and minors from which students choose two areas of concentration, one of which must be an interdisciplinary program.  Creative and extensive programs of international study and public service are also at the core of the Colleges’ mission.