Engage Green Project Lead

Job Title Student Employee Internal Title Engage Green Project Lead Location: USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC Salary: $13 per hour Work Schedule: Flexible hours that will vary from week to week Number of Vacancies: 1 Position Description The successful candidate will orchestrate the Engage Green project in the Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement ( AKA Engage Upstate). Engage Green is a collaborative effort with our campus Food Forest and Spartanburg Area Conservancy’s Upper Chinquapin Greenway where Upstate faculty lead the students in their courses out of the classroom to learn and serve. The Engage Green Project Lead will report to the Community Engagement Coordinator. Primary tasks will be to coordinate communications and logistics with instructors, campus and external partners, and other student workers in facilitating our Engage Green project. The successful candidate will also attend service events, take pictures, write short paragraphs about share-worthy experiences to share with a PR Intern in our office; update our Community Engagement database for each event; give an orientation/meaningfulness speech on the shuttle to the Greenway; coordinate with student workers to collect signatures; scan and share attendance sheets; update/inventory/coordinate equipment/T-shirts; and conduct similar duties as assigned. This person should be very organized & responsible. Qualifications Detail-oriented Professional in F2F, virtual, and electronic communication Proficient in Microsoft Word Comfortable with computer-based tasks Able to motivate and direct others in a positive fashion Experience in a service-learning/community engagement course preferred The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV /AIDs status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations. #J-18808-Ljbffr University of South Carolina