Faculty Assistant

University of Maryland; Maryland; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland in Maryland is seeking a Program Assistant for the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) to support policy, planning and outreach efforts across the school year. The role focuses on developing PALS policies, managing paperwork, coordinating meetings, and assisting with the PALS Showcase while building partnerships across the region.

Strong organizational and communication skills are essential, with the ability to work on a small team in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in policy, planning, natural sciences, or related fields.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to periodically attend classes as well as on campus and off campus meetings during the day.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director with the development of PALS policies, procedures, and standardized forms for faculty and students, and other paperwork related to PALS courses, including faculty supply requests.
• Schedule scoping meetings with PALS staff, faculty and PALS sponsors to identify project matches, and help to manage relationships between faculty, students, and sponsors throughout the school year. This includes ensuring that all PALS paperwork is completed and that all required meetings between faculty, students, and sponsors occur.
• Assist with planning the PALS Showcase and support the Director in developing new partnerships across the region.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in policy, planning, natural sciences, or related fields

Tools

Canva

PowerPoint

Excel

Adobe Creative Suite

Social media engagement

Job description

Job Description Summary

Organization's Summary Statement:

The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) envisions a world where bold ideas and integrated disciplines converge to solve the grand challenges of our time. For more than 50 years, we have advanced research, education and practice at the intersections of design, planning, preservation and development. We are rooted in people-focused solutions, collaboration and service to the greater good. Looking forward, we will continue to lead with innovation and impact, shaping places that strengthen communities, enrich culture and inspire future generations. We prepare the next generation of architects, planners, preservationists, and developers to shape resilient, vibrant and just communities. By bringing these disciplines together under one roof, we mirror the collaboration of real-world practice and equip students to tackle the most pressing challenges facing our built environment-from climate change to social inequity, from cultural preservation to sustainable growth. Over 60% of our faculty are actively engaged in creative and professional practice while teaching in our programs. These faculty work in top design studios, development firms and agencies in the Baltimore-Washington area, bringing their expertise and talent into the classroom for the next generation of practitioners.

Our research centers and institutes forward groundbreaking research within the built environment that advances dynamic, sustainable and just places. They include National Center for Smart Growth, Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development, and Environmental Finance Center. Our research labs forward cutting-edge approaches to shed light on critical issues and discoveries within Maryland communities and beyond. They include Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab, Archaeology and Historic Preservation Lab, and Bostwick House.

The Program assistant will support and report to the Director of the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability. The Program Assistant will assist the Director with the development of PALS policies, procedures, and standardized forms for faculty and students, and other paperwork related to PALS courses, including faculty supply requests. The program assistant will schedule scoping meetings with PALS staff, faculty and PALS sponsors to identify project matches, and help to manage relationships between faculty, students, and sponsors throughout the school year. This will include ensuring that all PALS paperwork is completed and that all required meetings between faculty, students, and sponsors occur. They will also assist with planning the PALS Showcase and support the Director in developing new partnerships across the region.

The responsibilities of this position include:

• Assist the Director with the development of PALS policies, procedures, and standardized forms for faculty and students, and other paperwork related to PALS courses, including faculty supply requests.
• Schedule scoping meetings with PALS staff, faculty and PALS sponsors to identify project matches, and help to manage relationships between faculty, students, and sponsors throughout the school year. This includes ensuring that all PALS paperwork is completed and that all required meetings between faculty, students, and sponsors occur.
• Assist with planning the PALS Showcase and support the Director in developing new partnerships across the region.

Physical Demands:

Sedentary work performed in a normal office environment; exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Ability to attend meetings . Spending long hours in front of a computer screen.

Licenses/ Certifications:

N/A

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in policy, planning, natural sciences, or related fields.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to periodically attend classes as well as on campus and off campus meetings during the day.

Preferences:

• Master's degree in policy, planning, natural sciences, or related fields.
• Outreach and community engagement experience.
• Knowledge and work experience in the District-Maryland-Virginia metropolitan region.
• Experience with Canva, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe creative suite.
• Experience with social media engagement.
• Candidates should be able to work in a diverse, high-paced environment and have strong administrative skills, writing and editing skills, proficient oral and interpersonal communications skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• 1-3 years of work experience in a nonprofit, academic, or policy setting.
• Willingness to support administrative, logistical, outreach, communications, and research tasks on a small team.

UMD will not sponsor the successful candidate for work authorization in the United States now or in the future.

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