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Department

RESPONSIBILITIES

Established in 2020, the Ph.D. program in Justice Studies fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative, community-engaged scholarship. The program’s creation offers UNO faculty and students the chance to explore innovative and vital humanities research at the doctoral level, in the service of social justice in New Orleans. Ph. D candidates engage in community-based participatory research projects that combine ethnography, archival research, oral history, textual analysis, critical program evaluation, activist research, survey research, and other humanities and social science approaches. They conduct this work in collaboration with a wide range of community organizations that provide expertise related to social, educational, environmental, and criminal justice issues (at a systemic level and broadly defined)–and benefit from our collaboration. Justice Studies currently enrolls a diverse group 26 doctoral students distributed across three initial cohorts and brings together roughly 20 affiliated faculty members across the disciplines.

A half-time position funded for an initial three years by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Program Coordinator will support the Director of Justice Studies by coordinating student and community engagement activities and other administrative tasks. The successful candidate will staff the Justice Studies program office; help plan, promote, advertise, and execute public humanities events; communicate with students, affiliated faculty, and community partners; oversee the program’s website, social media, print publications, and other advertising; assist the director with purchasing, ordering payments and honoraria; advertise and recruit for faculty and student microgrant programs; assist with the hiring and onboarding of student workers and graduate assistants; and coordinate with UNO’s other Mellon-funded entities—the Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies and the Neighborhood Story Project—and other collaborators.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

60% Administration and Support

• Provide reception services in the Justice Studies program office, assisting students, faculty, and other visitors

• Plan, promote, advertise, and execute public humanities events and other public programming at UNO and off campus

• Assist the director in communicating with and planning meetings and events for Justice Studies students, affiliated faculty, and community partners

• Develop and coordinate the program’s website, social media, print publications, and other advertising, marketing, and promotional efforts

• Assist the director with maintaining the program curriculum, preparing grant applications, and ongoing reporting to UNO and external agencies and maintain calendar for deadlines

• Maintain a well-stocked inventory of supplies for the office

• Provide logistical support for events and programs, including securing spaces, ordering food and drink and other supplies, planning receptions

• Other duties as assigned by the Director

20% Personnel Management

• Advertise, recruit for, and implement Mellon-funded faculty and student microgrant programs and postdoctoral fellowship

• Assist with the hiring and onboarding of student workers, graduate assistants, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty as needed (when funding is available)

• When requested by the director, communicate with, provide support, and initiate and process relevant forms for speakers, community partners, visiting scholars, microgrant recipients, and adjunct professors

• Facilitate work flows for the Director, and the leaders of the program’s volunteer committees;

• Serve as a liaison to UNO’s other Mellon-funded entities—the Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies and the Neighborhood Story Project—and other collaborators on- and off-campus

• Maintain records of activities of the Director and students for reporting purposes

20% Budget and Finance

• Assist the director with purchasing, ordering payments and honoraria

• Assist the Director in tracking the program’s revenues and expenditures in conjunction with a business manager in the College

• Assist the Director in working with the UNO Foundation, Office of Sponsored Programs, Accounting, and other entities on matters related to finance

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A passion for justice; previous experience in public programming, community engagement, collaborative research;

• Some familiarity with social media, websites, advertising, marketing, and promotional campaigns;

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software;

• Excellent reading and writing competency;

• A willingness to learn and apply new skills.

PREFERRED QUALIIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s or higher degree in the humanities or qualitative social sciences is preferred;

• Work or volunteer experience in grassroots community organizing, the non-profit sector, or higher education.

Required Attachments

Please upload the following documents in the Resume/Cover Letter section. 

• Detailed resume listing relevant qualifications and experience;
• Cover Letter indicating why you are a good fit for the position and University of Louisiana Systems;
• Names and contact information of three references;
• Diversity Statement (required for all Faculty positions and any Staff position of Assistant Manager and higher).

See Diversity Statement instructions by clicking this link: https://www.uno.edu/careers/diversity-instructions

Applications that do not include the required uploaded documents may not be considered.

Note to Applicant:

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications in their cover letter. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials.

References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

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