Director of Community Engagement (Grade 19)
Core
Provide visionary and strategic leadership for the University's community engagement mission, positioning it as a core academic function at the nexus of teaching, learning, and research while promoting social justice and societal impact.
Role type
Senior academic leader (Director)
Builds
Institutional strategies for reciprocal, ethical, mutually beneficial partnerships between the university and diverse communities.
Domain
Higher Education / Community Development / Social Sciences
Required skills
Strategic leadership, community-university partnership development, fundraising and donor management, academic teaching and facilitation, scholarly publication, financial management, community development expertise
Preferred skills
PhD, Higher Education sector experience
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Develop institutional strategies to promote community engagement; maintain an active research programme in the scholarship of community engagement; supervise postgraduate students; contribute to teaching; publish in peer-reviewed journals; manage budgets and fundraising proposals.
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership