Assistant Director/Coordinator of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program

Founded in 1937, Siena College has been faithful to its mission to serve.  At the start of its third academic year of a Bonner Program, after the leadership of a VISTA Fellow, the College seeks to hire a fulltime Assistant Director/Coordinator of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program.  Working primarily with the Office of the President, the Franciscan Center for Service & Advocacy, the Office of the College Chaplain, the Siena VISTA Fellows Program, the Community Based Research Consortium of the Capital Region (4CR), as well as others on the campus, the position offers the unique opportunity for working with Bonners (and other undergraduate students), faculty, staff and administration to integrate academics and service within the framework of Siena’s DEEP Service model.

Job Description:

1) Overall coordination and continued development of the Siena College Bonner Service Leaders Program within the framework of the Siena DEEP Service Model:

Recruitment:   Annual Recruitment of Freshmen;  Ongoing Recruitment of Upperclassmen

Training:  Develop and implement a Freshmen Orientation program for incoming Siena College Bonner Service Leaders (SCBSLs) ; Develop and implement a training program, with the assistance of the Bonner training program, and highlighting the Siena DEEP Service model and Siena's Franciscan and Catholic traditions; Provide training to other service programs at Siena as needed.

Development and Coordination of Cornerstone Activities: Develop and coordinate the First Year Service Trip;  Student Participation in numerous Bonner or national student service conferences (SLI, Bonner Congress, IMPACT etc.); Second Year Exchange;  Summer Service Placements and Community Learning Agreements; Recommitment and Spiritual Exploration; Supervision of Program Interns; International Service Trips; and Annual Service Recognition Events.

Program Administration: Assist in academic advising; manage all AmeriCorps enrollments; maintain BWBRs for the logging of all service hours; assist in preparation of relevant reports for the Bonner Foundation.

Program Development: Assist in developing DEEP community partnerships for Bonner students; assist in the development of the parallel academic track for SCBSLs to integrate academics and service in their Siena experience, and educate the on-campus and off-campus community about Bonner and Siena’s DEEP service model.

2) Siena Service Across Campus:

Assessment and Data Collection of Service: Expanding the use of BWBRs as an institutional assessment tool for database tracking campus wide student service including training other offices how to make use of it.

Spreading the DEEP Service Model: Assist other campus offices and programs to move toward a DEEP service model; assisting other components of the DEEP service model (academic service learning, VISTA, community based research) as needed; working toward full integration of service and academics at Siena.

3) Strategic Planning

National Recognition:  Assist in the work necessary to gain national recognition in the forms of Carnegie “Engaged Campus” classification, Presidential Honor Role and other national forms of recognition for service and community engagement.

Resource Development: Assist in grant writing and other resource development consistent with the DEEP service model. 

Qualifications:

Required:  

Knowledge and support of Siena’s Franciscan and Catholic heritage required; Bachelor’s degree required; Minimum of two years of post-graduate experience in an academically integrated student service program of excellence (preferably a Bonner program) required. 

Strongly Preferred:

Bonner alumni status; Experience with all of the following—AmeriCorps and other National Service Programs, strategic planning, building and sustaining community partnerships, grant writing and grant management, program development and implementation, academic service learning and community based research.

To apply, please send a letter of application in which you discuss how your credentials and experience match what Siena College seeks in this position, and, if hired, how your work will make a positive contribution to the mission of the College.  In addition, please send a resume including four professional references.  All materials should be sent to:

Human Resources

Siena College

515 Loudonville, NY 12211 or email  humanresources@siena.edu 

Siena College is a Franciscan and Catholic institution and expects members of its community to be knowledgeable about its mission and to make a positive contribution to that mission.  Siena College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates.