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Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy - Center for Social Justice Georgetown University

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Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy - Center for Social Justice - Georgetown University

As a part of the country's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university reporting to the President's Office through the Division of Student Affairs, the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) animates the University's Jesuit values and mission through its work in research, teaching, and service. A component of the work includes keeping with Georgetown University's mission to educate people to be reflective lifelong learners and responsible and active participants in civic life and service to others and consistent with the university's Catholic and Jesuit identity and its institutional commitment to pursuing justice and the common good.

Job Overview

The Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy (DoESP) grew out of CSJ's previous positions of Director of Research and Evaluation and, before that, Evaluation Specialist. In this iteration, they oversee and lead the CSJ's research and teaching pillars of work and accompanying portfolio of programming utilizing our preferred applied pedagogies: immersion, dialogue, community-engaged teaching, and community-based research. As well, they serve on the Center's leadership team and has a visible and vocal presence on the University's 'Main Campus' as the CSJ supports our University's commitment to engaged scholarship and pedagogies for social change.

This role comes with an affiliated Assistant Research Professor or an Assistant Teaching Professor title with a 3-year renewable term.

Work Interactions

Reporting to CSJ's Executive Director, the Director of Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy is jointly supervised by CSJ's Executive Director and CSJ's Faculty Director; works with the entire Center for Social Justice professional team; and serves on the CSJ's leadership team. As well, they supervise/manage three professional team members at the CSJ, one Justice Graduate Intern (JGI), and potential undergraduate Federal Work Study employees.

They work with students, faculty, staff, senior leadership, relevant University units, and diverse Washington, DC-based and global partners in various facets of its portfolio.

For research work, the DoESP communicates with the Provost Office and the Institutional Review Board (IRB); and collaborates with the Center for Fellowships and Research (CRF) and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, as well as other relevant units depending on the work.

For pedagogy work, they may partner with the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNLDS), Lauinger Library's Digital Scholarship colleagues, The Red House, The Capitol Applied Learning Lab (CALL), the Office of Mission and Ministry, and/or other relevant units depending on the work.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., Ed.D. or terminal degree
• At least 5 to 7 years of experience in a higher education setting (this time can overlap with an applicant's post-graduate education
• Strong record of and commitment to engaged scholarship and/or advocacy-based research, pedagogies for social change, and/or a mission-driven higher education experience
• Demonstrated experience leading co-curricular, experiential learning activities, including familiarity with content creation and curation, logistics, compliance, risk, and basic budgeting
• Experience working with higher education students and familiarity with university culture
• Experience providing an established comfort in communicating with a broad array of constituents, including faculty, staff, senior leadership, students, and community partners with diverse/interfaith/non-faith identities, while navigating faith-based contexts
• Commitment to marginalized communities, and significant evidence of diversity, inclusion, and justice work in career to date and plans to stay current in these commitments
• Demonstrated experience creating strategic partnerships across departments and stakeholders
• A capable project manager and team leader, with ability to track progress and meet deadlines, build consensus, motivate others, hold themselves and others accountable and meet benchmarks to complete long-term projects on time
• Demonstrated evidence of success in a supervisory role
• Ability to work independently and to handle complex tasks simultaneously
• Strong written and oral communication and group facilitation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency with learning management software - e.g., Canvas
• Contributor to or producer of scholarship in a relevant field
• Knowledge of Ignatian Pedagogy or the global landscape of the Jesuit network, or experience in Jesuit education
• Working knowledge of community-based organizational landscape in Washington, DC

Sponsored Project Management

As the designated Department Financial Manager for Sponsored Project, the employee is responsible for financial management of the sponsored project to ensure compliance with sponsor's requirements and University's policies and procedures. Within 30 days after the close of the month (generally the 8th business day after the end of the month), the duties to be performed by the employee include, but not limited to:

• Review and reconcile expenses on the Center Status Reports to ensure that the expenses are a) allowable by the sponsor for the project, b) allocable to the project, c) reasonable and necessary, d) supported by required documents, and e) within the budgeted amounts;
• Review salary distributions to ensure that they reasonably reflect employees' level of effort on project. Review associated fringe benefits for accuracy;
• Review the commitments of key personnel, to ensure the costs reasonably reflect the level of effort committed to the sponsors as part of proposal and notify OSP/OSR of significant variances;
• Review the calculation of indirect cost recovery to ensure accuracy;
• Process all corrections and adjustments within 90 days of when the charge initially posts to the financial system (posted date for non-payroll and pay period end date for payroll transactions) and ensure corrections and adjustments are reviewed and approved according to the signature authority policy and supported by appropriate documents;
• Complete the Financial Status Report (FSR) worksheets timely and accurately; and
• Ensure that payments to subrecipients are reviewed and processed in a timely manner.

Work Mode: Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position's mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University's mode of work designations for staff positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources Mode of Work Designation.

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EEO Statement:

Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer fully dedicated to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation), disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits:

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements:

The Georgetown University community is committed to our public health approach and the important role that vaccines play in contributing to the safety of our University and our broader communities. Georgetown University requires students, faculty, staff and visitors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot when eligible, or to have an approved medical or religious exemption. This requirement applies to all faculty and staff, including teleworking employees. Complete details and updates can be found in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center.


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