Senior Director of Community-Based Programs & External Relations

Posted by Temple University on March 11, 2025

Reporting to the Assistant Dean of College Access and Persistence, the Senior Director of Community-Based Programs and External Relations will lead and manage all aspects of the Community-Based programs within the Intergenerational Center (IGC), which will be configured within CEHD’s new Center for urban education in Fall 2025. The Community-Based programs are currently Grandma’s Kids, Family Friends, Future Focus, Temple Cares, DEEL Fellowship, Jumpstart, Thread, and educator diversity initiatives. The Sr. Director will additionally have direct oversight of any future community-based programs. Currently, the direct reports number 5 and the entire team includes 8 full-time, 1 part-time and many student staff members and volunteers.

The Sr. Director independently performs highly complex work, including but not limited to, personnel management; grant award implementation and project oversight; and design and facilitation of the Center’s external relations strategy and activities.

The Sr. Director will oversee sponsored project implementation for community-based programs within IGC and will work in conjunction with the College of Education and Human Development’s research administration, finance, and human resource teams regarding sponsored project budgeting, finance, reporting, and staffing. The Sr. Director will lead the development of grant applications and reports for the community-based programs within their portfolio.

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