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ASSOC VP, COMM ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP, DCA
Job Title: ASSOC VP, COMM ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP, DCA
Job Code: 2245
FLSA: E
Job Level: 98
Revised Date: 09/30/2024
Job Family: JF 28
Occupational Summary
Duke University seeks a strategic and visionary leader to serve as its Associate Vice President/Associate Vice Provost for Community-Engaged Scholarship. Reporting to the Vice President for Community Affairs and the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, and in partnership with the Faculty Director, the AVP will launch the Duke Center for Community Engagement. Building upon Duke's legacy of commitment to research and the regional community, the AVP will identify and cultivate ongoing partnerships to amplify the strategic goals and mission of the DCA. The AVP will provide strategic leadership for key DCA community programs that connect Duke students and recent graduates directly to educational initiatives.
Work Performed
The Associate Vice President/Associate Vice Provost (AVP) will take on a vital strategic leadership role in advancing community-engaged scholarship and integrating academic undertakings to forge and sustain purposeful partnerships with communities. Housed within Duke Community Affairs (DCA) and reporting jointly to the Vice President for Community Affairs and the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, the AVP, along with the Faculty Director, will launch the Duke Center for Community Engagement and facilitate greater coordination of engaged education and research across the university.
The Center for Community Engagement is a new Center, established on the foundations of DCA in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, that will launch in Fall 2024. A Duke University Board of Trustees task force and a faculty and staff working group have developed key priorities for the Center.
The AVP will be responsible for implementing these plans by aligning resources, developing relationships, and integrating the Center into the fabric of the university. Additionally, the AVP will guide educational outreach programs spanning pre-k, K-12, and college-readiness in Durham and beyond.
The AVP will also provide strategic direction to DCA's educational outreach programs, working to advance collaborations with public schools, addressing issues such as early literacy and student engagement. The programs run by the education team include Jumpstart, a national early education program, America Reads/America Counts (ARAC) which houses over 400 tutors working in Durham's public schools and the College Advising Corps (CAC), which strives to increase the number of low-income, first-generation college and underrepresented students in rural North Carolina.
The AVP will work collaboratively with the Vice President for Community Affairs, the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Center Faculty Director and staff, and a university-wide steering committee, identify a flexible organizational structure for the new Center, premised on partnership with the network of community-engaged scholars across campus and associated resources in schools and other units. Through collaborative leadership, the AVP will build the capacity of the Center, including human, financial, and intellectual resources; monitor and manage resources; and plan, execute, and evaluate programming and services.
With the Center Faculty Director and Senior Director of Community Engagement and steering committee, the AVP will facilitate coordination of community-engaged scholarship, select community service programs, and related activities across the university and health system, among students, faculty, and staff.
The AVP will support the Center Faculty Director in their efforts to integrate experiential learning, co-curricular, and interdisciplinary activities across Duke for community benefit, with particular emphasis on community-defined focal areas and priorities. The AVP will become knowledgeable about existing curricular and co-curricular programs and leverage these programs to coordinate opportunities for students.
In collaboration with the DCA's Office of Research and Advancement and Duke Development, the AVP will raise funds for long-term sustainability of programs and projects facilitated and administered through the Center.
The AVP will champion Duke's role as an anchor institution and cultivate and sustain partnerships between scholars at Duke and local community organizations, with a particular emphasis on Durham and environs, prioritizing community focal areas and mutual benefit between Duke and its partners. They will develop a deep knowledge of community-engaged curricular and extra-curricular programs and lead the implementation of the education and community engagement priorities outlined in the Strategic Community Impact Plan (SCIP) and foster understanding of those priorities with key internal and external constituencies.
The AVP will seek resources to fund research grants for Duke faculty and students, as well as student internships, targeted at community focal areas and premised on sustainable partnerships for community benefit.
As a colleague, the AVP will support the Faculty Director in their efforts to extend Duke's capacity to meet community needs and achieve community benefits by fostering connections in the region and across the campus, linking community organizations to Duke's faculty and student researchers.
The AVP will further partner with the Faculty Director to serve as a key liaison to Duke research entities regarding engagement activities, including but not limited to Office of Research & Innovation, Office of Institutional Research, and Community Affairs Office of Research & Advancement, with a focus on the development of appropriate policies to facilitate equitable community-engaged research, and the strategic collection and analysis of relevant data.
The AVP will serve as an active participant in the Duke community, and will inform university policies related to community engagement and partnerships and serve as strategic advisor to leadership teams within Duke Community Affairs and the Office of the Provost/Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.
As appropriate, the AVP will participate in engaged scholarship, models of innovation, and national conversations about community-engaged research and teaching, maintaining currency in the field of community- engaged scholarship and producing presentations and publications.
The AVP will work closely with the Senior Director of Educational Outreach to provide high-level strategic direction to relevant programs, including America Counts/America Reads, Jumpstart, College Advising Corps, and others that connect Duke students and graduates to educational partner organizations. Day-to-day operational oversight of these programs, which allow underrepresented learners to achieve academic excellence and Duke students to serve North Carolina communities, is provided by the Senior Director of Education.
The AVP will connect faculty, staff and students at Duke with education partners such as the public school system, after-school programs and summer learning programs, and will partner with the Senior Director to help convene and support education partners at Duke and in communities through strategic councils, advisory boards and other strategic groups.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Work requires a grounding in community research in academic settings, generally acquired through completion of a PhD program or other equivalent training.
Experience
Work requires at least ten years of progressive leadership experience in community-based work, with demonstrated effectiveness in contexts such as building/sustaining community partnerships, developing curricular innovations, and fostering collaborative teams.
Skills
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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