Lecturer, Public & Applied Humanities , CT

• Take a leadership role in helping the Department’s faculty and staff to develop, deploy, and support a community engagement and cultivation strategy in partnership with students, faculty, and staff.
• Serve as a point of contact for students, community members, and corporate partners, with a particular focus on connecting these constituencies with one another, Department initiatives, and University resources.
• Maintain existing and build new business connections to enhance student career training/readiness and job placement opportunities.
• Coordinate or co-coordinate various public-facing and applied projects and programs activities, events, and programs.
• Work with Department and College collaborators on the organization and promotion of events and programs.
• Help develop and expand collaborations with community partners.
• Convey and reinforce the Department and College brands to internal and external audiences.
• Teach two General Education courses per semester from the designated list (https://pah.arizona.edu/undergraduate/prospective-students/general-education-courses) as assigned by the Department Head. There will also be the opportunity to help design new course offerings.
• Recruit and mentor students.
• Contribute to University initiatives focused on fostering belongingness and excellence, enhancing student engagement, and mentoring students.
• Participate in Departmental and College-wide service assignments and activities such as Commencement.

• Superior collaboration and communication skills (written, oral, and visual).
• Ability to manage multiple ongoing and complex projects.
• Knowledge of and experience with community relationship-building.
• Knowledge of and experience with helping organize and promote interdisciplinary and applied and public-facing projects and program.
• Experience facilitating online communities and other forms of interactive digital engagement.
• Experience with a variety of communication and community-focused technologies (e.g., social media) and analytical databases and platforms.
• Experience working with a variety of constituencies, including university students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners (e.g., not-for-profit organizations, local businesses, government agencies, etc.).
• Student-centered pedagogical knowledge and experience.

• Master’s degree in a humanities or adjacent field.
• Knowledge of fundamental community management/community engagement principles.
• Experience managing ongoing projects involving multiple collaborators and partners.
• Experience in planning and promoting experiences, events, and/or programs, preferably in both online and in-person settings, and in constructing related informational materials.
• Demonstrable competence in descriptive writing and visual communication.
• University-level teaching experience.

• PhD in the Humanities or related field.
• Experience in a previous community management/engagement role.
• Experience managing multiple ongoing projects involving multiple collaborators and partners.
• Experience using innovative approaches and/or technologies to effectively engage a student body with a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Experience with community engagement platforms and analytics (moderation, engagement metrics, etc.).
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and presenting data to a variety of groups and stakeholders.
• Experience with digital media production, maker spaces, art practice, or other forms of creative content development.
• Interest and/or experience with digital humanities.
• Demonstrated excellence in university teaching, as indicated by course evaluations, teaching awards, or other metrics in a humanities or related field.
• Experience and expertise with online/hybrid teaching, multimedia technology, and an aptitude for creative and innovative teaching.
• Experience using cutting-edge teaching methods and/or curricular design to effectively promote student learning and engage a student body with a wide variety of perspectives and experiences.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Teaching/Community Service Philosophy

University of Arizona