Associate Director - Community Support Services

Located in North Carolina's third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal - helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University's 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The CNNC promotes access and integration for immigrants and refugees in North Carolina by bridging newcomer populations with existing communities through direct service provision, research, and training.Specifically, the CNNC conducts:

The Community Support Services Associate Director would manage and develop CNNC's community support programs: CNNC Community Centers, Thriving at Three, and the Immigrant Health ACCESS project. The position develops community engaged programming and liaises with community partners to design, develop, and implement community-based direct service provision. The Associate Director will oversee and develop policies, procedures, and best practices for CSS programs. This individual is primarily responsible for leadership, direction, oversight, strategic planning and growth of CCS. The position will lead the growth of the CSS program through development and implementation of programs, evaluation of data regarding immigrant and refugee needs, development and submission of external grants as appropriate, oversight of the overall budget and grant management. This position operates autonomously and serves in place of the CNNC Director in their absence.

Currently, the Community Support Assistant Director ( CSAD) is primarily responsible for the leadership, direction, oversight and strategic planning of the Community Supports programs of CNNC. The CSAD directs the CNNC's community-based grant funded programs whose services often overlap and intersect because they serve the same communities: Community Centers Program, Thriving at Three Program, Immigrant Health ACCESS Project, and AmeriCorps ACCESS. The position identifies community needs through research conducted in consultation with immigration and refugee communities in NC to design, develop, implement and evaluate grant funded community-based programs. This position reports to the CNNC director and is responsible for ensuring timely grant reporting to the sponsors.

The CSAD will oversee policies and processes for an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary program that must work across external partners and academic units to meet the needs of the population served. This position will provide leadership, direction, oversight and strategic planning and alignment of the financial planning and fiscal operations of the grant funded community support programs. The CSAD will lead the growth and business operations of the community support programs through development of research programs, evaluation of data, development and submission of external grants as well as oversight of budget and grant management. This position operates autonomously and serves in place of the CNNC Director in their absence.