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Immediate supervisor: Executive Director, ACSJL

Position summary: The Community Manager works as part of a small team to develop programming that advances social justice through education and capacity building. The successful candidate will bring initiative, a high degree of administrative, logistical, and organizational skill. The ideal candidate will also have demonstrated ability to communicate with diverse constituencies, flexibility, attention to detail, commitment to our mission, and willingness to work creatively with changing circumstances and hours in a busy department. The Community Manager administratively supports the Executive Director as needed.

Work schedule: 12 months, full-time, some evenings and weekends

Responsibilities: Provides accurate and timely support for a broad range of ACSJL functions, including the following:

• BUILDING MANAGEMENT
  • Maintain ACSJL spaces to ensure a welcoming environment.
  • Greet guests when they enter the building and provide information/orientation upon request.
  • Order supplies, submit and follow-up with work orders, set up in-house technology.
  • Identify and resolve immediate operations issues in the building and guest house.
• EVENT ASSISTANCE
  • Serve as part of ACSJL team in brainstorming, planning, and implementation of social justice leadership projects and events.
  • Help execute promotion and outreach plans for ACSJL programs.
  • Serve as a resource for individual students, faculty, staff and community members who are planning co-sponsored or partnership events.
  • Manage systems for event support and reservation requests.
• ADMINISTRATIVE
  • Together in communication with the executive director, prepare center budgets, pay bills, monitor expenditures, request payments, and compile budget reports.
  • Serve as logistics support for guests and public-facing and/or campus-facing events.
  • Regularly review and update the website and other communication platforms.
  • Schedules appointments and reconciles credit card expenses for the Executive Director.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will possess many of these qualities.

• Must have a strong passion for or experience in social justice work and enjoy connecting with all kinds of people.
• Experience and interest in hospitality and space management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively individually and as part of a team.
• Experience and/or interest in working with a wide range of people of different races, genders, sexualities, ages, nationalities and life experiences.
• Must be highly organized and detail oriented with demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize among multiple responsibilities and stay focused amidst distractions.
• Strong time management and workspace organization skills; promptness and consistency in the workplace are essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solving skills, good judgment and decision-making skills; ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Computer skills, including accurate typing and data entry, ability to apply word processing, database and spreadsheet applications and to use internet and social media resources.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel; Outlook, PowerPoint, Campaign Monitor, database systems and/or Canva experience helpful. Comfort with learning new technology.
• Physical requirements include ability to:
  • work in an office and campus environment with extensive use of computer and telephone
  • read, write and handle paper documents
  • lift up to twenty pounds
  • move between and within various campus buildings
• A sense of humor, flexibility and an inquisitive mind will be significant assets in this position.

Kalamazoo College is a selective, nationally known liberal arts college offering students a personalized, integrated undergraduate experience known as the K-Plan that interweaves a traditional liberal arts curriculum with individualized research and experiential educational experiences in both domestic and international settings. Founded in 1833, Kalamazoo College is one of 40 dynamic Colleges That Change Lives, a group of 40 colleges that excel at developing potential, values and initiative, and provide the foundation for success beyond college. The campus is located midway between Chicago and Detroit in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a metropolitan community of 225,000 that supports four college and university campuses along with numerous civic arts and cultural associations. Thirty-five miles from Lake Michigan, the area offers many opportunities for outdoor activities.

An equal opportunity employer, Kalamazoo College is committed to equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal protection under the law. The College administers its programs without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, height, weight, marital status, physical disability as protected by law, or sexual orientation. The College’s definition of sexual orientation proscribes discrimination based on a person’s sexuality, or gender identity, actual or presumed.