Fifth-Year Fellowship: Office of Civic Engagement and Community Partnerships

About This Role

This fellowship offers a recent Colby College graduate a professional opportunity to enhance civic leadership capabilities and contribute to community engagement in the Greater Waterville community. The fellow will support school-based programs and partnerships while fostering relationships between the campus and local community.

Responsibilities

• Support tracking systems and administrative operations of the CCAK program and other school-facing initiatives
• Monitor and maintain systems of data collection for school-facing and youth programs
• Provide consistent communication and support for student volunteers
• Communicate with site coordinators at local schools to ensure the needs of school sites are being met
• Coordinate the continuing education training series for volunteer development
• Coordinate program-wide events such as evening training, mentor interviews, and the CCAK Annual BBQ
• Support and strengthen existing partnerships and programs within the schools
• Work with school partners to identify and develop project-based opportunities and programs in response to school needs
• Contribute to student leadership development through training and programs
• Contribute to strategic planning and program-wide innovation and planning for the Office of Civic Engagement and Community Partnerships
• Participate in Colby’s Dean of the College Division monthly meetings and other responsibilities and activities as assigned

Requirements

• Recent Graduate of Colby College
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Time management and organizational skills
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to take initiative; self-motivated
• Passionate about community building and civic engagement
• Ability to manage peers and comfortable interacting independently with local community partner organizations

Nice to Have

• Previous experience with volunteer management/civic engagement programming at Colby

Skills

* Required skills