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Specialist - Outreach-Fixed Term

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Michigan State University
Location
East Lansing

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Specialist - Outreach-Fixed Term

Job no: 564961
Work type: Faculty/Academic Staff
Major Administrative Unit / College: International Studies And Programs
Department: African Studies Center 10054028
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: 1/2 Time (50-64.9%), Fixed Term Academic Staff, Administrative/Business/Professional, Education/Training
Working/Functional Title

Program Manager

Position Summary

International Studies and Programs' African Studies Center is searching for a Specialist-Outreach, Program Manager, to provide support and management for the activities and programs of the Ubuntu Dialogues project.

The Ubuntu Dialogues: Museums and Communities Connect is a partnership project between the MSU African Studies Center and the Stellenbosch University Museum in South Africa. This 3-year Mellon Foundation funded project will consist of online student dialogues (Ubuntu Conversations); graduate student internship exchanges; and seminars involving academic leaders and heritage professionals (Ubuntu Seminars).

The key aims of the Ubuntu Dialogues project are to build bridges among students, faculty and heritage professionals in South Africa and the USA; to transform institutions through collaborative engagement; to transform lives through engaged learning; and to bridge the digital divide between the global north and south.

The Program Manager will work closely with the Director of the African Studies Center to provide support and management for the activities and programs of the Ubuntu Dialogues project. The duties of the Program Manager position include but are not limited to:

  • Overall point person for Ubuntu Dialogues at MSU
  • Carry out Ubuntu Dialogues online conversations (together with SU colleagues) (2019-21)
  • Serve as liaison with intern hosts in Detroit (2019) and Washington DC (2020-21)
  • Support student exchanges and coordination together with Faculty Advisor (2019-21)
  • Support faculty/museum professional seminars and host SU fellows together with ASC Assistant Director (2019-21)
  • Support student and faculty cohort development towards community of practice (2019-21)
  • Reporting and Evaluation together with ASC Assistant Director (2019-21)
Required Degree

Doctorate -Africa-related field preferably in Highe

Minimum Requirements
  • Doctorate degree in Africa-related field of study; preferably in Higher Education
  • One to three years of experience with South African higher education and museum programs
  • Experience with cross-cultural programming in academic and/or museum settings
Required Application Materials

CV and letter of interest

Special Instructions to Applicant

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until filled.

Website

https://africa.isp.msu.edu/

Department Statement

The African Studies Center is one of a suite of highly respected international studies programs at MSU, whose purpose is to offer a truly global education while engaging in cutting edge research on the world's most pressing challenges.

MSU Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.

Advertised: Mar 27, 2019 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Mar 27, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time

Organization

Working at Michigan State University 

Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.

Together, we tackle some of the world’s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better—from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.

We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.

We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.

The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.

Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we’re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

Top Distinctions

U.S. News & World Report ranks MSU

  • 29th among the nation’s public universities
  • First in the nation for 19 years for graduate programs in elementary and secondary education
  • First in the nation for graduate programs in nuclear physics and industrial and organizational psychology
  • First in the nation for undergraduate program in supply chain

Recognized for 11 consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in its annual Academic Ranking of World Universities

Ranks 46th among public universities for in-state students in Kiplinger’s 2013 edition of Best Values in Public Colleges

Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS program, which measures and encourages sustainability in education and research; operations; and planning, administration, and engagement

Member of the prestigious 62-member Association of American Universities

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Among the largest single-campus residence hall system in the country with 27 halls in five neighborhoods and two apartment villages.

 

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