ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL VACANCY

The SUNY Fredonia Research Foundation is recruiting for the following professional position and invites applications from interested candidates.

Department:  SUNY Fredonia Center for Rural Regional Development and Governance, SUNY Fredonia/Dunkirk Community Partnerships – a HUD Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) Program
Budget Title:  Director
Descriptive Title: Director
Professional Rank and Salary Range:  $30,000 to $34,000, Salary Commensurate with Experience
Date to be filled:  Application reviews start 9/6/07 and continue until position is filled.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.  Master's preferred
• Experience and sensitivity toward interacting and contributing within a community of multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and socio-economic diversity; be experience in and supportive of diversity of the workplace
• Demonstrated commitment to social and economic justice
• Demonstrated ability to successfully bring disparate constituencies together to reach consensus
• Excellent project management skills including supervision and training of staff
• Ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with other staff
• Demonstrated successful experience in community service and decision-making 
• Experience working in or administering programs related to community service
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of community dynamics, resources and institutions
• Demonstrated skills in creating and maintaining an atmosphere of trust, cooperation and respect while fostering broad community cooperation in initiatives
• Ability to develop and maintain a learning environment for both staff and community members
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with neighborhood leaders, city officials, media representatives, the university, private and public agencies and the general public
• Experience in writing grants and fund-raising

Position Description:
Full time position.  The SUNY Fredonia Center for Rural Regional Development and Governance has a grant from the H.U.D. Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) to advance a community-university partnership with the City of Dunkirk (SUNY Fredonia/Dunkirk Community Partnerships).  The grant funding is through the SUNY Research Foundation.  The action plan for the COPC program focuses on the following:

1. Community Organizing, Capacity Building, Outreach and Neighborhood Empowerment.
2. Educational/Cultural Development including educational enrichment and enhancement; Saturday Enrichment Academies; Cultural Activities; and Adult Literacy.
3. Economic Development and Job Training
4. Health Awareness including health fairs and community health oriented programs.

The Director reports to the Principal Investigator of the COPC program and is an employee of the SUNY Research Foundation.  Health benefits are provided.

The Director implements the action plan of the COPC resulting in services that are responsive and accountable to citizens and lead to greater educational attainment, cultural enrichment, job training, economic development, health awareness, and neighborhood empowerment.  The Director works externally with neighborhood residents and community organizations to build community capacity to support change leading to more healthy neighborhoods.

• Provides the organization with vision, direction and a clear sense of mission and values
• Administrative coordination of purchasing, personnel, budget and financial reporting, and communications with the HUD COPC program officer
• Supervision and training of two community organizers
• Works with community leaders to support the goals of the COPC, the community, and organizations
• Works with SUNY Fredonia faculty, student and staff and community organizations and institutions to build their capacity to partner effectively
• Builds relationships with and between neighborhood residents, community organizations, and faith-based organizations in support of healthy neighborhoods as defined by residents
• Supports community efforts to raise funds for needed community projects
• Assures effective involvement of members of the COPC-Community Project Advisory Committee (CPAC)
• Some travel, evening and weekend work
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the principal investigator

Special Notes:
Application reviews will start on September 6, 2007 and continue until the position is filled.  
Persons interested in this position should submit a resume, three current letters of reference, and a letter detailing expertise and experience in the program areas indicated to:

Dr. Minda Rae Amiran
Chair, Search Committee
SUNY Fredonia/Dunkirk Community Partnerships
Stearns Building
338 Central Ave., Suite 340
PO Box 26, Dunkirk, NY 14048

All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or sex, except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification.

SUNY Fredonia is a comprehensive state university awarding both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in more than eighty programs.  Repeatedly cited in national surveys as one of America’s best colleges, Fredonia ranks among the top ten institutions in the Northeast and the top one hundred in the nation.  The attractive campus is located in a picturesque Chautauqua County village not far from Buffalo and less than three hours from Toronto.

An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, SUNY Fredonia
encourages and actively seeks applications from minorities, women
and people with disabilities.

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