ESAY Community Engaged Learning Manager (Maternity Cover)

The Environmental Sustainability Academy at York (ESAY) is an interdisciplinary initiative, a collaboration between research, teaching and involving partners locally, nationally and globally. Creating a clear gateway to external partnerships and communities to connect with the University, facilitating the discovery, sharing and co-creation of knowledge and expertise.
Careers and Placements, part of Student and Academic Services, designs and delivers a programme of events and activities that are designed to help our students gain an understanding of their next career steps and link with appropriate employers. The programme covers a wide range of sectors and varies in scale from focused employer-led project challenges for up 20 students through to large annual careers fairs that attract over a thousand participants.
The ESAY Community Engaged Learning Manager is responsible for the planning and delivery of a range of activities that bring student skills, knowledge and enthusiasm to work on outcomes planned in cooperation with community partners. Working with the Sustainability Clinic Director, the post is responsible for the active components of a credit bearing interdisciplinary module. This requires: the identification of suitable community partner organisations, the design of projects that will benefit them whilst also providing opportunities for students to learn and develop, and then the successful implementation and evaluation of these projects.

As the ESAY Community Engaged Learning Manager you will need to be familiar with university-level learning and teaching, and be skilled in the scoping, design, delivery and evaluation of experiential learning. You will have knowledge and experience of training in project management, group facilitation and reflective learning techniques.
You will already have project management experience, having either had responsibility for a portfolio of small to medium sized projects or a single significant project. Importantly, you will have the appetite and capability to successfully work within a significant University project of notable scale and impact. You will be required to develop wide ranging relationships with internal and external partners and have the confidence to work with senior members of staff. You will develop trust and respect in these relationships and you will be able to establish mutually beneficial projects.

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive - a place where we can ALL be ourselves.
We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.
We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork