Assistant Director for Service Learning

🇺🇸 Norfolk, Virginia 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Career Services 🗓️ August 6th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Old Dominion University is hiring an Assistant Director for Service Learning. This role involves collaborating with faculty and community partners to develop and implement service-learning courses, providing civic engagement opportunities for students, managing the Monarch Food Pantry, and supervising staff and student employees.

Highlights

Develops, facilitates, and supports service-learning course development in collaboration with university faculty and community partners.
Coordinates community service and civic engagement opportunities, including service project days and an Alternative Spring Break program.
Oversees food insecurity initiatives including management of the Monarch Food Pantry and related programs.
Supervises Volunteer Programs Specialist, graduate assistant, undergraduate employees, interns, and volunteers.
Requires bachelor's degree in Education, Public Service/Administration, or equivalent experience.
Must have knowledge of national research on service learning and civic engagement in higher education.
Skills needed include program development, management, assessment, excellent communication, organization, collaboration, and cultural competence.
Preferred experience includes service-learning work on a college campus and some higher education administration experience, including budgeting and staff supervision.
Reports to the Director of Campus and Community Engagement in the Center for Career & Leadership Development.
Requires completion of a criminal history check for the final candidate.