Program Manager for Engaged Learning

Department: Office of the Provost, Academic Affairs

Classification: Administrative Faculty

Job Category: Administrative or Professional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The Office of the Provost is the primary central administrative unit for the university’s academic programs. Its range of interests include curriculum, instructional personnel, assessment, accreditation, international initiatives, and oversight of the overall academic mission. Within the Office of the Provost, the Office of Undergraduate Education manages undergraduate academic programs that stretch across all colleges and schools at George Mason University. These include university-level curriculum approval, general education (Mason Core), University Studies programs, the Office of Academic Advising, and Mason Impact initiatives that support transformational learning for undergraduate students, including the Office of Student Creative Activities and Research (OSCAR), Office of Community Engagement and Civic Learning (CECiL), and the Office of Fellowships. In all of our work, we seek to inspire undergraduate students to become engaged citizens and well-rounded scholars who are prepared to act in a diverse, global world, by creating and sustaining innovative programs that enhance our students’ academic experience and contribute to their academic success. We are dedicated to ensuring that students from all backgrounds have equal access to all of our programs.

About the Position:

The Program Manager for Engaged Learning oversees the Bonner Leader Program within CECiL. In addition to leadership of this student program, the Program Manager supports students, community and civic engagement broadly by managing the registered student organization service coalition, facilitating CECiL workshops, and supporting the CECiL course designation process.

Responsibilities:

Oversight and Management of Bonner Leadership Program:

• Direct oversight of the Bonner Leader Program, to include student and partner recruitment, student and partner matching process, curriculum development, reflection facilitation, and student learning assessment.
  • Teach UNIV 180 and UNIV 380- our first year Bonner transition course and our sophomore/junior course every fall.
• Support Associate Director in the assessment of program effectiveness to make programmatic improvements.
• Provide support for Bonner partners through monthly community of practice meetings, developing and maintaining partner guides, and conducting semesterly or annual check ins.
• Serve as the liaison to the Bonner Foundation, to include attending network meetings, completing annual reports and communicating appropriate updates to the CECiL team.
• Supervise full time AmeriCorps VISTA members through Campus Compact AmeriCorps Grant.
• Supervise undergraduate student staff working on initiatives connected to Bonner.

Student Outreach and Support:

• Advise the Registered Student Organization Service Coalition, to include supervising a CECiL student representative.
  • Coordinate and facilitate monthly coalition meetings.
  • Manage the funding process for student organizations.
  • Facilitate community partner connections for student organizations, as appropriate.
• Promote and deliver CECiL workshops to student organizations and UNIV courses.
• Support CECiL student workers leading volunteer consultations.

Course Support:

• Alongside Associate Director, maintain and update the CECiL Course database.
• Oversee CECiL course designations in the Curriculum Inventory Management system.
• Assist Associate Director and Director with outreach to faculty and departments related to course designations.
• Update the website with current CECiL courses and create marketing materials for CECiL course offerings.

Other Duties:

• Assist CECiL team in planning and executing team-wide events and initiatives.
• Assist CECiL team in marketing and promotion efforts through social media, website updates, etc.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s/advanced degree or training and work experience at a level that equates to an advanced degree; may include bachelor’s degree and substantial professional level experience or expertise that equates to an advanced degree.
• Prior experience with collegiate community and/or civic engagement programs.
• Some experience advising or mentoring college students.
• Prior knowledge of best practices in the field of service-learning, collegiate civic engagement, and community partnership development.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, collaborative, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to collaborate with a broad array of campus and community stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience teaching at the college level or facilitating academic community engagement.
• Active participation in groups like Campus Compact or related professional organization.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Program Manager for Engaged Learning at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter and resume for review.

Posting Open Date:  February 11, 2026

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  March 8, 2026

Open Until Filled:  Yes