Transformative and Social Justice Event Ambassador (SA)
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Job no: 562429
Department: Community Engagement Belonging
Work type: Student Assistant
Location: Stanislaus - Turlock
Categories: Administrative, Temporary, Part Time, On-site (work in-person at business location), Unit 15 - CSUEU - Student Assistants
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- Temporary hourly-intermittent student assistant position available in Community Engagement and Belonging for the Warrior Cross Cultural Center.
- Position available on or after November 2, 2026 and ending on or May 31, 2026. Possibility of reappointment based on budget, department needs, and job performance.
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Under the direct supervision of WCCC professional staff, the Transformative and Social Justice Events Ambassador is responsible for planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating WCCC signature cultural events and social justice programs while supporting student-centered praxis, community partnerships, and meaningful student leadership.
The Transformative and Social Justice Events Ambassador will work directly with WCCC professional staff, students, campus partners, and community partners to develop and execute signature cultural programs, heritage and identity observances, dialogues, workshops, teach-ins, speaker programs, artistic programs, and other large-scale initiatives. The Ambassador will help connect celebration with critical learning, reflection, solidarity, and action. Flexibility, adaptability, attention to detail, cultural humility, and excellent time management are required.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Plan, coordinate, promote, implement, and evaluate approximately one to two WCCC signature programs each semester
- Develop program concepts, goals, timelines, budgets, run-of-show documents, task lists, promotional plans, accessibility considerations, and contingency plans.
- Support cultural observances, heritage and identity months, community celebrations, speaker programs, artistic programs, teach-ins, dialogues, workshops, and other WCCC initiatives.
- Integrate social justice learning into programs through thoughtful framing, educational resources, facilitated reflection, community agreements, and opportunities for solidarity or action when appropriate.
- Practice responsible cultural programming by seeking consultation, avoiding tokenization, acknowledging complexity within communities, and making space for multiple perspectives and lived experiences.
- Serve as an active or lead member of planning committees and collaborate with relevant student organizations, cultural communities, campus departments, and community partners.
- Coordinate with performers, speakers, facilitators, vendors, campus services, and community partners while maintaining clear communication and professional follow-through.
- Recruit, train, and coordinate student volunteers, hosts, ushers, facilitators, and planning committee members in ways that support student leadership.
- Inform, recruit, and motivate students to attend upcoming events through outreach, tabling, social media, class connections, and organization partnerships.
- Attend weekly student-staff meetings, individual supervision meetings, trainings, and presentations with campus and community partners.
- Assist and support other WCCC professional staff programming and student-led programs.
- Evaluate programs using attendance data, participant feedback, reflection activities, debriefs, and observations; prepare concise summaries of outcomes and recommendations.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous student leadership, cultural programming, event coordination, community organizing, facilitation, public speaking, budgeting, assessment, or campus engagement experience; bilingual or multilingual skills; strong computer skills; and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Required Qualifications:
- Undergraduate students must be registered/enrolled in a minimum of six (6) Fall/Spring units.
- Post-baccalaureate students in a graduate program must be registered in a minimum of four (4) Fall/Spring units.
- To be considered, qualified candidates must submit a completed Stanislaus State online employment application and resumé. Applications are accepted electronically only. Please note that failure to completely fill out each section of the online application may result in your application not receiving consideration. To apply online, please click the “Apply Now” button on this page.
- Satisfactory completion of a background check (which includes checks of employment records, education records, criminal records, civil records; and may include motor vehicle records, professional licenses, and sex offender registries, as position requires) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
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The individuals who appear to be the best qualified for this position will be contacted by telephone or email for an interview.
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
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