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Occupational Summary

Nicholas School of the Environment

Location: Durham, NC

Full-time job - 40 hours per week

This program coordinator will provide support split evenly between the Nicholas School of the Environment’s (NSOE) Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Undergraduate Research (AD-EEUR) and the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (AD-DEI).

Experiential Education: The NSOE has three undergraduate majors, four professional master’s programs, and six PhD programs. Field-based and service-based research and learning is a critical component of NSOE educational programs. The Program Coordinator will provide leadership and operational support to faculty and students engaged in these educational experiences. The Program Coordinator will provide administrative support for educational field trips and provide training and best practices for students engaged in experiential learning.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI): The NSOE has a strong commitment to DEI represented by its DEI strategic plans and DEI Implementation Plan. These DEI commitments involve the entire NSOE community, including all students, staff, and faculty, and also involve community engagement. This Program Coordinator will coordinate DEI activities within the NSOE, coordinate with our graduate-student DEI Fellows, communicate DEI activities within the Nicholas School, lead events, assist with and/or co-build new initiatives, and evaluate the NSOE’s DEI programs and activities.

Responsibilities

Program coordination for experiential education (45%)

With the AD-EEUR:

• develop new experiential education opportunities within the NSOE;
• write grant proposals and seek external funding to support experiential education;
• prepare budgets for new experiential education activities;
• understand field trip policies and be able to explain policies to faculty, teaching assistants, course staff, and students;
• conduct training for teaching assistants and other course staff;
• support faculty in developing budgets for field trips and field courses;
• organize transportation, food, housing, and other logistics for field trips in NSOE courses;
• maintain records of field trip expenses, process reimbursements for field trip expenses; coordinate with the bursar’s office on field course fees; and
• prepare monthly budget reports for the AD-EEUR.

Program coordination for DEI (45%)

With the AD-DEI:

• identify and meet regularly with student leaders of various NSOE DEI initiatives;
• schedule and plan itineraries for NSOE advisory meetings and town halls;
• manage budgets;
• develop and ensure on-going evaluations of DEI programs and initiatives;
• develop and send out semesterly pulse-check surveys for faculty, staff, and students;
• maintain and add materials to the DEI website, including video editing and transcription;
• craft monthly DEI newsletters and coordinate article development with DEI fellows;
• draft response messages about current events in collaboration with community members of affected identities;
• write grant proposals and seek external funding to support DEI goals; and
• build, organize, and lead curricula, training, and field trips with NSOE and community partners.

Other tasks as assigned (10%)

Education/Training

Work requires analytical, communications and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program.

Experience

Work requires one year of experience in program administration or involving academic, instructional or counseling activities to acquire skills necessary to plan, coordinate and implement a variety of program activities and events.

OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

Bachelors' Degree in communications, environmental education, community engagement, or other related fields. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, demonstrated writing/editing skills, experience with WordPress or website maintenance, social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube etc.), and project management. Prior Duke experience is a plus. We seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University and offer the Nicholas School community varied perspectives. Employees are expected to be committed to Duke's Guiding Principles: trustworthiness, respect, diversity, learning, and teamwork.

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires analytical, communications and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program.

Experience

Work requires one year of experience in program administration or OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE involving academic, instructional or counseling activities to acquire skills necessary to plan, coordinate and implement a variety of program activities and events.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.