Engaged Programs & Cornell Council for the Arts Coordinator (Hybrid)

Overview

The Opportunity:

This position provides research and program support for AAP Engagement Initiatives (AAP Einhorn Engaged College Engagement Impact Grants), AAP Mellon Foundation Grant initiatives, AAP Entrepreneurship initiatives, AAP Pre-College programs, and serves as the Coordinator for the Cornell Council for the Arts.

Research and program support for engaged, select foundation-related, entrepreneurial, and pre-college programs in AAP:

• Collaborating with the Senior Associate Dean and other college staff as needed to support report-writing, marketing, and communications related to engaged, select foundation-related, entrepreneurial, and pre-college programs in AAP.
• Support faculty in the delivery of community-engaged courses, research/creative work, and programs by providing logistical and other operational assistance.
• Work with faculty, staff, and administrators to identify opportunities for embedding and tracking community-engaged learning (CEL) and community-engaged research and creative work (CER/CW) within college-based curricular, co-curricular, and research activities.
• Coordinate and manage CEL/CER/CW data monitoring and assessment.
• Provide expertise in business services that support partnership development, risk management, and off-campus travel for faculty, staff, and undergraduates.
• Work with faculty, staff, and administrators to identify opportunities for embedding and tracking entrepreneurship-related activities within college-based curricular, co-curricular, and research activities.
• Work with faculty, staff, and administrators to identify opportunities for embedding and tracking Mellon Foundation Grant-related activities within college-based curricular, co-curricular, and research activities.
• Work with faculty, staff, and administrators to develop sustainable, cohesive programs for high school-age persons with interests in any of the college’s five academic departments and undergraduate freshman-entry academic degree programs.

Cornell Council for the Arts coordination:

• Collaborating with the Senior Associate Dean and/or CCA Faculty Director or CCA Curator to coordinate the design, implementation, and administration of all aspects of the Cornell Council for the Art’s (CCA) interdisciplinary arts program, including but not limited to: annual grants program open to students, faculty and staff; annual and/or biannual curatorial activities, and related projects and events as assigned.
• Support the strategic planning process, participate in the execution of CCA goals and objectives, assist in formulating policies and guidelines for CCA activities, and monitor the budget.
• Develop and propose marketing strategies for all programs and events; write and distribute press releases; work with designers to coordinate the design and web and print marketing materials, ensuring that information is accurate and up-to-date.
• Identify aspects of the program that might be enhanced by targeted use of social media, identify social media and mobile technology tools that could be used to this end, and implement initiatives to utilize those tools.

This is a 2-year term position with the possibility of renewal. Occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required.

There is no visa sponsorship and no relocation funds for this position.

Strategic Initiatives & Engagement Details

About the programs this position supports:

AAP Einhorn Engaged College

At the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), AAP ENGAGED COLLEGE provides a platform for linking pedagogy, research, and creative work with place-based engagement in culturally diverse communities. Grounded in creative and scholarly production as an intellectual project, the college acts to

1) situate select curricular and co-curricular activities within contexts whereby the viewpoints of the community and their unique epistemic challenges are made central to the student’s work; and 2) inject an ethos of co-creation of knowledge within the domains of faculty research/creative work, design practice, community-engaged scholarship, and public scholarship. By fostering a discourse of intersectionality between academia and community and between faculty, students, and persons invested in place-based community activities, ENGAGEMENT IMPACT GRANTS expand on core disciplinary competencies in an effort to explore urgent questions of civic and public import confronting diverse peoples and ecologies.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant: Cornell Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities - Phase III

The Phase III proposal for the Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities (AUH) interdisciplinary seminar series expands upon the fruitful collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and further embed the AUH focus in our curricula and research efforts across the colleges.

AAP Entrepreneurship

At the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), AAP ENTREPRENEURSHIP provides a platform for linking pedagogy, research, and creative work with entrepreneurship – through in-class engagement as well as participatory activities that connect students and faculty with the robust Entrepreneurship at Cornell (EaC), ecosystem.

AAP Pre-College Initiatives

At the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), AAP PRE-COLLEGE activities engage primarily highschool age students with interests in architecture, art, planning, design tech, and real estate – in Ithaca and New York City. Through organized programs aimed at expanding opportunities for all students with interests in these areas, the college markets its unique degrees and course offerings while simultaneously participating in the preparation of diverse high school students for careers in design and the built environment.

Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA)

The Cornell University Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) promotes the integration of the arts into the intellectual, creative, and cultural life of the university and in the communities and constituencies with which the university interacts. The CCA advocates for sustained commitment to supporting and broadening diverse engagement with the arts amongst our partners and communities and supports the production of creative work and discourse that situates the contemporary world in the context of complex identities, practices, theories, and histories that shape contemporary thought. The CCA champions creative work at the intersection of contemporary art practice and other knowledge domains, foregrounding the embodied connection between art, cultural production, and civil discourse. The CCA Activities include an annual grants program and curated events that are regional in scope and breadth, with strategic partners across a broad spectrum.

About the College

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University (Cornell AAP) is home to nearly 1,000 students, 120 faculty, and 65 staff members who come together from around the world to take up some of today's most urgent challenges and advance research, inquiry, and design to build a more just and sustainable future.

A vital college at one of the nation's foremost research universities, Cornell AAP bridges fields and faculty with five departments, 20 degree programs, 18 faculty-led labs, and the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, a platform for building partnerships that make a positive impact in our cities and communities nationally and internationally.

Cornell AAP's departments include Architecture, Art, and Planning, as well as the new multicollege Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate, jointly led by the S.C. Johnson College of Business, and the multicollege Department of Design Tech, administered by Cornell AAP in partnership with Cornell Bowers CIS, Cornell Engineering, the Cornell Human Ecology, and Cornell Tech. The college is housed across three locations (Ithaca, New York; New York City; and Rome, Italy), each offering world-class facilities and cutting-edge technologies.

Cornell AAP is about acts of transformation. We are committed to building a caring, inclusive, and rigorous community around our shared priorities — Creative + Critical Practices, Sustainability + Social Impact, Design + Emerging Technologies, and the Future of Cities + Development — that enable us to reimagine and reshape the world in radically new ways, every day.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of relevant experience in program or project management in an academic or professional setting, or equivalent combination.

This person will have:

• expertise with typical business software, including Microsoft Office Suite, and proficiency with database management and manipulation (e.g., Airtable, Smartsheet, or FileMaker), survey instruments (e.g., Qualtrics), and creative software tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite), /or the ability to gain fluency quickly;
• the capacity to write, revise, and update website and social media content;
• the ability to learn new programs and tools quickly, and to adapt to changing policies and procedures;
• experience with monitoring financial accounts and preparing reports on financial activities;
• excellent problem-solving and analytical skills;
• experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing; and
• the capacity to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members. 

Familiarity with Cornell-specific systems, policies, and procedures is a plus but not required – what will be necessary are the abilities to learn these quickly and to keep skills/knowledge up-to-date.

Additionally, the successful individual will be:

• a great communicator (exhibiting professionalism in spoken and written encounters) with the desire to provide excellent service;
• able to establish and maintain excellent relationships with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds;
• capable of working independently and in collaboration with others, and to cultivate inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members ;
• a top-notch problem-solver who wants use these skills to help others;
• flexible and able to adjust priorities as needed;
• carefully attentive to detail; and
• organized and proactive.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working directly with faculty and/or students.
• Prior experience working with grant-supported projects, and/or working with sponsored funding sources, and/or supporting grant-writing activities.

Required Application Materials

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Benefits

The pay range is $62,035 to $67,938 annually

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• prior relevant work or industry experience.
• education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
• unique applicable skills.
• academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflect 9-month annual salary).

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Questions and Additional Information

Melinda Stelick
(607) 255-4316
ms294@cornell.edu