Student Community Liaison
Amplify student voices in the arts.
The Office of the Vice President for the Arts (VPA) is hiring a Student Community Liaison for the 2021-22 academic year. This is a paid position for current Stanford Students, which lasts through June 2022.
Description:
The Student Community Liaison will work with other students in the Stanford arts community to identify student needs (i.e. cultural, academic, pre-professional, practicum-based) and help develop new communicative strategies for supporting arts students while promoting VPA events. As Stanford return from a virtual learning environment, the role of the Student Community Liaison in rebuilding and redefinining the campus arts community is pivotal. VPA is seeking a student who is passion about amplifying student voices in the arts; is interested in creating “feedback loops” between students and staff in the arts; and wishes to represent, acknowledge, and address the many interests and needs of different parties throughout the arts, communicating between and among students, faculty and staff.
Qualifications:
- Excitement to meet with and partner with VPA staff (pro-staff and students) and members of the students arts community;
- Willingness to attend student-facing Arts events for an average of 3 hours per week total;
- Broad knowledge of the student arts community;
- Experience with standard office software (Word, Excel, etc.) as well as web tools for coordinating schedules and gathering information (when2meet, Google Forms, Survey Monkey);
- Experience with event-planning and facilitation (i.e. running focus groups, conducting interviews, convening town halls);
- Collaborative, critical, and strategic thinking and communication skills;
- Skills and/or interest in data analysis, especially data like social media engagement, event success metrics (i.e. RSVPs, peak/total attendance, quantitative ratings), and qualitative feedback from focus groups and town halls.
Work may require completing physical tasks that involve standing, crouching, turning, running, pulling, pushing, lifting and carrying medium-heavy and heavy objects, reaching for items on tall shelves, and exposure to occasional handling of / exposure to media that features busy or sudden sounds and images, etc.
How to apply:
Submit your resume and cover letter through Handshake. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Claudia Dorn (cvdorn@stanford.edu) or Tyler "EagleBabel" Brooks (tcbrooks@stanford.edu).
This position is Federal Work-Study eligible.
