Academic Specialist for Partner Engaged Learning

To be successful in this position, you will need:

●    Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education, training, and relevant experience. Advanced degree may be required for some programs. 
●    Ability to develop program partnerships and funding sources.
●    Excellent oral, written, and analytical skills, exhibiting fluency in area of specialization.
●    Ability to oversee and direct staff.
●    Basic knowledge of managing budgets and developing financial plans.

In addition, our preferred requirements include:

●    Advanced degree and/or scholarly and professional accomplishments in research-education-practice partnerships in sustainability and environmental justice.
●    Experience with community-engaged curriculum design and teaching at the college level.
●    Sensitivity to, and experience with, the principles and practice of community engaged learning in a higher education context.
●    Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a diverse set of actors within and outside the organization, including academia, nonprofits, private and public sectors. 
●    Experience with integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices into programs and teaching.
●    Demonstrated ability to build and sustain productive working relationships with faculty in a University setting.
●    Proactive communicator with exceptional written, visual, and oral communication skills for a diverse set of partners and collaborators. 
●    Ability to accomplish goals working through formal and informal channels, with diplomacy and tactfulness.
●    Demonstrated creativity, problem solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment and decision-making skills.
●    Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
●    Flexible, open-minded, and collaborative mindset with ability to navigate an ambiguous environment.

*Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
 

The expected pay range for this position is $76,000 to $139,000 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

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Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.