Position Summary

As the Community Engaged Specialist for Greater Lansing, you will be at the forefront of MSU’s proactive strategy in the Lansing region. Your responsibility is to work with MSU’s University Outreach and Engagement office and the Center for Community and Economic Development to create and implement this strategy, focusing on neighborhood and community development. You will engage nonprofit organizations, community and neighborhood organizations, government agencies, preK-12 school districts (including intermediate school districts), and private for-profit organizations. You facilitate community-university partnerships connecting all MSU units and disciplines for engaged research, education, and service. The Specialist position is all about facilitating community-university partnerships that build and enact community-engaged scholarship, learning and partnerships.

The CES will be a liaison and connector among local communities (Ingham-Eaton-Clinton region) and MSU faculty, staff, and students. The CES builds connections with community groups to enable respectful, mutually beneficial projects and initiatives with MSU personnel that create new knowledge, further community goals and learning objectives, and provide pathways to services and educational and career advancement

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Masters -relevant degree in an area working with communities and/or school engagement.

Desired Degree

Doctorate -relevant degree in an area working with communities and/or school engagement.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree in relevant disciplines involving community or school engagement.  
• Five years of experience working in a community, educational or government organization.
• Excellent knowledge of best practices in community and partnership development.
• Ability to work collaboratively with campus and external partners. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Doctorate in relevant field of scholarship

• Experience as a community, government, philanthropic or for-profit agency director.
• Experience teaching or conducting research in higher education.
• Experience leading professional development and adult education sessions.
• Knowledge of the precepts and practices of community-engaged scholarship.
• Excellent knowledge of the bureaucratic workings of university settings/systems.
• Experience developing, monitoring, and reporting on metrics and objectives

Required Application Materials

a) letter of interest that includes qualifications for the position highlighting how your experiences align with the position.

b) current curriculum vitae.

c) recommendation letters and contact information from three professional references.

Review of applications will begin on October 21, 2024.

Remote Work Statement

MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.

Website

engage.msu.edu

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.