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Location

East Lansing, MI | United States

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Job description

Position Summary

The Writing Center at Michigan State University is seeking a full-time Specialist – Outreach. This position is a two-year, annual year position (12 months) in the Academic Specialist system beginning June 3, 2024 or earlier depending upon availability, with the possibility of renewal.

The chosen candidate will join the Writing Center’s leadership team and lead community engagement initiatives, teach one course a semester, and contribute to research conducted through the new Writing Center Research Lab.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Writing Center across multiple locations (e.g. scheduling, conducting observations, mentoring consultants and staff, etc.)
• Lead the Center’s community engagement initiatives and programming including the Community Writing Center, Writing Engagement Liaison Program, write-ins / write-outs, writing retreats, and others
• Support several of the Writing Center’s internal committees that aim to enhance various aspects of the Center's mission, such as fostering engagement, community partnerships, grant writing, etc.  
• Develop new initiatives and partnerships with local and regional campus and community collaborators 
• Collaborate with and mentor the Center’s consultants and staff in research initiatives through the Writing Center Research Lab and engage with writing center organizations (e.g. East Central Writing Centers Association, International Writing Centers Association, etc.) 
• Teach one course each semester related to the Writing Center’s mission (e.g. Writing Center Theory and Practice, First Year Writing, special topics in writing, etc.)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Masters -Rhetoric/Composition, English, English education, higher education administration, social work, or a related field 

Desired Degree

Doctorate -Rhetoric/Composition, English, English education, higher education administration, social work, or a related field 

Minimum Requirements

MA in Rhetoric/Composition, English, English education, higher education administration, social work, or a related field (PhD preferred); knowledge of current writing/writing center theory; administrative background in a writing center and/or writing program; experience teaching writing; experience with community organizations and engagement; experience managing an organization's digital presence. 

Desired Qualifications

Doctorate in Rhetoric/Composition, English, English education, higher education administration, social work, or a related field.

Required Application Materials

1. a cover letter
2. current curriculum vitae
3. philosophy of teaching and administration
4. a summary of the candidate’s experience with diversity in the classroom and/or in past or planned research endeavors, experience mentoring diverse students or community outreach initiatives, and an explanation of how the candidate will advance our goals of inclusive excellence
5. the names and email addresses of 3 potential referees.

Special Instructions

CAL Guidelines for the Writing of Diversity Statement:

Review of Applications Begins On

03/15/2024

Website

writing.msu.edu

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.

About 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.

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