Senior Civic Leader

Position Title: Senior Civic Leader

Semester/Year: 2025-2026

Total Positions Available: 1

Supervisor: Katie Flowers

Pay rate: $15.50/hr

Hours per Week: 2-4 

Start Date: August 1, 2025

End Date: May 5, 2026

The Senior Civic Leader will serve as liaison to harness alignment opportunities between Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning and the Centennial Center for Leadership.

Position Description:

• Hold meetings with the CCESL Civic Leaders for the purpose of:
  • Sharing ideas about recruitment/retention/assessment
  • Seeking advice/having open discussions with other Civic Leaders about their respective programs
  • making connections between students and programs and community 
• Weekly or bi-weekly check-ins with a member of the CCESL professional staff for the purpose of:
  • Developing goals and service opportunity ideas for the upcoming weeks
  • Touching base on the current state of service projects/any concerns of other Civic Leaders
• Support, Co-host, promote CCESL/CCL Sponsored Events Throughout the Year
  • Manage Civic Leader Calendar 
  • Providing updates on various service initiates on social media (Instagram, Twitter, etc.) 
    • https://www.instagram.com/hwsccesl/
    • https://twitter.com/hws_ccesl 
    • https://www.hws.edu/centers/service/ 
    • https://www.facebook.com/hwsserves 
• Create a set of personal goals to work toward throughout the year
• Foster collaboration between CCESL and the Centennial Center by identifying shared opportunities in leadership development and civic responsibility
• Help cross-promote events and encourage student participation in both centers' offerings, aligning co-curricular leadership and service opportunities across campus.
• Assist with the oversight and implementation of the Philanthropy and Social Impact course, including:
  • Coordinating logistics and communication with grantees and student teams.
  • Supporting outreach and publicity related to community grants and public presentations.
  • Documenting program outcomes and assessing community impact in collaboration with faculty and staff.
  • Explore interest and capacity of a non-profit certificate Nonprofit Management Students - Nonprofit Leadership Alliance 

Qualifications:

• The Senior Civic Leader will be a full time student at Hobart and William Smith Colleges who has had at least two experiences in a community engagement and/or leadership opportunity, including (but not limited to) a service-learning course, Service POAP trip, Summer of Service internship, at least two semesters with HWS Tutor Corps, participation in an Alternative Spring Break trip, or residency in a civic engagement theme house, etc. 
• Candidates will need to be excellent at managing their time and be prompt for every meeting. 
• Candidates must be dependable, as this job involves working with community partners.
• Candidates must be patient, helpful, and sensitive to the challenges the community faces and help to find creative solutions to the struggles or problems.
• Candidates must be able to keep a positive attitude and are encouraged to demonstrate leadership and initiative. 
• Candidates must demonstrate effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Bilingual HWS students are encouraged to apply

Application Instructions: Apply through Engage https://hws.campuslabs.com/engage/submitter/form/start/688834

Coordinated by the Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning, serve@hws.edu, Trinity 203, 315-781-3825, https://www.hws.edu/centers/service