Secretary of Outreach and Development - Job Description

Job description for the Secretary of Outreach and Development office of the Student Senate.

Serve as chair of the Outreach & Development committee. 

The Secretary of Outreach & Development shall affirm SCC’s and the United States’ Department of Education’s commitment to ensuring that youth are prepared to play an active role in a constantly changing world, by engaging with the community to improve the quality of education.

The Secretary of Outreach & Development serves four overarching objectives:

1. Research education-based policies and learning practices from other regions/countries in order to assess them and develop conjectures about their applicability to SCC. These efforts will support SCC’s mission to strengthen its student base’s educational development.
2. Serve as a liaison to academically vulnerable student populations (including and not limited to those who are unable to financially support their academics, undocumented students, English learning students, and those underrepresented). The Secretary of Outreach & Development will adhere to this second objective by attending campus based, culturally relevant events, in order to promote the values of the Student Associated Council at SCC, and in the greater community.
3. Promote and, as necessary, lead philanthropic efforts that reinforce the SCC student body’s ability to fund events, exercises, workshops, and grant a variety of intangible provisions that will aid and advance the student population’s educational advancement.
4. Promote the values of Sacramento City College and to help create an environment in which Student Associated Council members and students at-large may begin to understand and value the benefit of giving back in a world that is heavily globalized.
   1. Shall be the main liaison to pertinent pre-established on campus groups/ organizations that may assist in this position’s overarching assignment.
   2. Shall advise the Student Associated Council via the student senate on any culturally sensitive matters. 
   3. Shall act as an advocate for any under-represented student groups on campus, bringing to light any educational equity issues that have arisen. 
   4. Shall advocate for the benchmarking of campus-wide education against that of institutions of other countries, districts, states and regions. Sacramento City College Student Associated Council Constitution
   5. Shall articulate the differences between philanthropy and community service to the Student Associated Council via the student senate as: a. philanthropy is the act of raising money for charity or for another organization; b. community service is the act of volunteering one’s time to help other people, a community, or an organization. 
   6. Shall make trips to pertinent events as deemed necessary and appropriate by the student senate at SCC. 
   7. Shall present a twice-monthly report to the student senate president on any relevant issues, which shall include a recommended course of action, and a draft statement regarding the board’s position on the aforementioned matter that may be modified and approved by the student senate. 
   8. Shall present a monthly press release to the student senate secretary of public relations regarding the aforementioned issue(s) regarding their overarching assignment.
   9. Shall chair the Department of Outreach and Development. The Secretary of Outreach & Development will oversee all research that is conducted under the purview of the department.
   10. Shall take on additional responsibilities as advised or deemed necessary by the Student Associated Council. 
   11. Is to liaise with renowned civil rights organizations, such as the ACLU and Amnesty International on behalf of the Student Associated Council, as deemed necessary by the recommendation of the department and approved by the student senate. 
   12. Shall meet with the Dean of PRIE (Planning Research and Institutional Effectiveness), and the Director of Philanthropy, in addition to SAC advisors for their input on a regular basis.