Job Description

About JerseySTEM

All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.

Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization’s gender-equity agenda.Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.

This is a pro-bono position.

JerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.

The College Engagement Student Groups Team Lead organizes the outreach, engagement and interaction with the Student Groups on campus in order to secure access/exposure to their membership and ultimately recruit them as program instructors.

Those student groups are of 3 types: Professional (ACM, ASCE, IEEE,..) , Affinity (SHE, SWE, SHPE, WICYS),... or Greek life.

JerseySTEM focuses on 30 Universities in NJ, 10 students org within each university and the 4-5 Board members of each student group.

Responsibilities

• Work with COLE Department head to define the strategy and targets for the incoming school year
• Research colleges and their student groups, identify student group chapters and their leadership, locate their contacts and maintain that information in Salesforce.
• Engage with, Establish and maintain relationships with Student organizations in each campus by securing meeting time and securing presentations
• Coordinate Marketing Material with Marketing Departments
• Execute Recruitment campaigns and enlist student organizations to relay our message to their members
• Mandatory meetings:
• Attend virtual Department meetings weekly : (Sundays 5pm EST)
• Monthly Leadership Meeting

Qualifications

• Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap
• Ability to establish and maintain connections with area schools
• Resourceful, can-do attitude
• Experience with K-12 schools as a parent, former student professionally
• Outreach experience preferred-
• Experience with community outreach, relationship development, Not shy on phone or email.
• Comfort working in a ‘virtual organization’ with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce)
• Would be a plus if candidate has flexible schedule to allow for day time calls with the school admins during the work week

Time Commitment

• 3-6 Hours weekly
• 6 months minimum