Organizational Description: HELP’s mission is to build, through need- and merit-based scholarships, a community of young professionals and leaders who actively contribute to a more just society in Haiti. HELP’s highly successful program identifies top students throughout Haiti from disadvantaged backgrounds and provides them with the tools and training to fill critical gaps in Haiti’s economy and society. In addition to tuition at internationally accredited universities in Haiti, books, housing, and living stipends, HELP provides advising, internship placement, career services, study abroad opportunities, and mandatory courses in English, Citizenship & Leadership (C&L), and Information Technologies (IT). Our high employment rate and high salaries for alumni allow graduates to break the cycle of poverty and become leaders in their communities. For more information, please visit www.uhelp.net.

Background: Service-Learning is an essential component of HELP’s Citizenship & Leadership (C&L) program, as it is the avenue through which HELP students are able to put leadership theory into practice. This experiential learning structure enables students to learn authentic lessons in designing, implementing, and evaluating projects, and provides authentic experiences through which students are able to apply their knowledge, skills, and attitudes and develop their leadership capacity. HELP students participate in an Environmental Protection initiative, a Literacy-Development initiative, and develop and implement their own community-based initiative, which may involve a local partner such as: YMCA, YWCA, Fondation Toya, SAKALA. While not a requirement, students may also choose to extend their initiative through the summer period through our Summer Service-Learning program. Students participate in service-learning activities over the weekends and serve for 1.5- to 3 hours per week.

Job Description

The SLPC reports to the Deputy Academic Director and works with other Academic Department staff on all aspects of the C&L program for 150 HELP students. The SLPC’s goal is to effectively teach HELP students service-learning and community organizing standards and coordinate, evaluate and report on all service-learning initiatives. This includes collaborating with students and community members on HELP’s community-based projects, and with students on their independent initiatives. Results are important to HELP, therefore monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practices are essential to this role. Finally, showcasing success stories is necessary through frequent reporting to our development team and the development of the monthly newsletter that is used for social media and fundraising purposes.

Please note that many SLP activities take place outside of normal office hours and on weekends and require regular attendance by the SLP coordinator.

Specific tasks include:

· Field work: Collaborate with HELP students, staff and community partners to organize, implement and evaluate mutually beneficial and sustainable community actions and service-learning initiatives. (approx. 10 hours per week. Almost all of these hours are during the weekend.)

o Identify potential partnership and assess current partnerships.

o Assure communication with partners so that expectations are clear and met.

o Support students in organizing schedules and activities.

o Review and evaluate student participation and outcomes.

o Regular visits to partners and service project activities (including evenings and weekends).

· MEL: Develop and implement MEL tools to measure impact of community initiatives and student learning. (approx. 10 hours per week)

· Program development: In collaboration with the Academic Director and Deputy Academic Director, revise SLP program documents, including the SLP Standards of Learning. (approx. 5 hours/week)

· Administrative duties: reports, resource management and meetings, representing the SLP program to donors. (approx. 10 hours/ week)

· Teaching: teach SLP modules to students (approximately 1 per week), be available to host training sessions on Leadership and Service-Learning to HELP’s partners, as necessary. (5 hours / week)

Bachelor’s degree (in a related field)

· Three years of experience in program management, campus organizing, service education, civic engagement and/or working with Community-Based Organizations required. (Experience in Haiti is strongly preferred.)

· Excellent communication skills, ability to multi-task, ability to work under high-pressure situations and adapt quickly to change

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team

· Ability to use word processing and spreadsheet programs (Excel, Word)

· Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to read, write, and speak English and Creole. French is an asset.

Indicators of Performance:

These indicators are used to guide the performance evaluation for this position. Please note, that these indices are not exhaustive, but they are meant to help the employee prioritize her/his work and for his/her supervisor to follow his/her performance:

1. Reports are well-done and submitted on time.

2. Employee has served as an active resource for students and staff interested in service-based initiatives.

3. Employee frequently contributes to publicity and promotion of student community-based initiatives.

4. Service-learning projects and initiatives are organized according to the annual calendar.

5. Evidence of meaningful impact within each of the projects organized through the SLP program.

6. Employee demonstrates a positive and collaborative attitude and represents the institution well inside and outside of HELP.

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Candidates must be able to start working by the first week of August 2023.

2023-07-12