Department of Student Engagement

Community Engagement Ambassador (Partnerships & Campus Outreach)

Department: Department of Student Engagement
Stipend: $14.25/hr (fall); $15.00/hr (spring)
Time commitment: 6-7 hours per week
Duration: Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 (year-long position)

Position Overview

This Community Engagement Ambassador will take the lead on events, marketing, partnerships & collaborations, and campus/club outreach initiatives for the Department of Student Engagement (DSE), and will assist students, clubs or departments partnering with DSE to implement high-impact marketing, collaboration, and outreach practices.

Partnerships & Campus Outreach Duties

This position will work with the rest of the Community Engagement Ambassador team to lead efforts related to: 

  • Develop partnerships across campus with student clubs, staff, and faculty members to market and share information about community engagement, including promoting the newly created Community Engaged Scholars Program.
  • ​​Create events to support the needs of on-campus partnerships and enhance these relationships (e.g. I am Global Week, Kindness Week, Stressbusters, We Wear Blue, etc).
  • Build a network of service, activism, advocacy, social justice, and cultural clubs to offer opportunities for support, collaborations, joint training, and resource sharing. Create events which help build collaborative partnerships and foster community building across student organizations.
  • Engage in peer-to-peer student outreach to service, activism, advocacy, social justice, and cultural clubs regarding their marketing needs and best practices.
  • Advocate for students to log their hours for the Commitment to Service Award (CTSA) Program and help students and clubs navigate the new CTSA tracking platform called EngageDeis.
  • Log updates needed to the Department of Student Engagement website.
  • Coordinate CEAP Ambassador representation and market DSE programs at key campus and off-campus events (i.e. Waltham Group Recruitment Night, Admitted Students Day, panels, community events, etc.).
  • Give presentations and information sessions to raise awareness about community service programs, including visiting classes, departments, residence halls, or student groups that may be interested in an overview of DSE/CTSA.

General Duties

Community Engagement Ambassadors will collaborate with each other and the DSE professional staff to: 

  • Develop partnerships across campus with student clubs, staff, and faculty members to market and share information about community engagement, including promoting the newly created Community Engaged Scholars Program.
  • ​​Create events to support the needs of on-campus partnerships and enhance these relationships and ensure CEAP has a presence on campus and in the community (e.g. I am Global Week, Kindness Week, Stressbusters, We Wear Blue, etc).
  • Engage in peer-to-peer student outreach to service, activism, advocacy, social justice, and cultural clubs regarding their events, marketing needs and best practices.
  • Organize programs and events which help build collaborative partnerships and foster community building across student organizations (e.g. community service fairs, networking events, etc.).
  • Advocate for students to log their hours for the Commitment to Service Award (CTSA) Program and help students and clubs navigate the new CTSA tracking platform called EngageDeis.
  • Log updates needed to the Department of Student Engagement website.
  • Coordinate CEAP Ambassador representation and market DSE programs at key campus and off-campus events (i.e. Waltham Group Recruitment Night, Admitted Students Day, panels, community events, etc.).
  • Give presentations and information sessions to raise awareness about community service programs, including visiting classes, departments, residence halls, or student groups that may be interested in an overview of DSE/CTSA.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Required to be an undergraduate student seeking a degree at Brandeis University.
  • Required to have a GPA of 3.0 or above.
  • Strong marketing, networking, event planning and organizational skills.
  • Commitment to learning new skills and developing professionally.
  • Comfortable with engaging in outreach initiatives with a diverse set of peers and campus/community partners.
  • Understanding of and commitment to community engagement initiatives, with preference given to those who have engaged in at least one Brandeis sponsored community engagement program/club for at least one semester.
  • Seeking candidates that bring diverse perspectives and social identities.