Babson Service Immersion Trips Administrator Opportunity

Overview

Each academic year, the Institute for Social Innovation offers four Service Immersion trips, two during winter break and two during spring break. These trips are open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The mission of the service immersion trips is to provide Babson students with opportunities to engage in intensive service experiences with communities in need during campus breaks, and through reflective activities, promote civic engagement, leadership development, and appreciation of diversity. The program challenges students to participate in an extended and intensive service experience during the college’s winter and spring breaks. These experiential learning opportunities help students develop a sense of personal identity and community, as well as an understanding of important societal issues, while helping others who are in need of assistance. Each trip provides the opportunity to meet new people, visit new places, and learn new skills. Service Immersion can be a very rewarding, and sometimes, life changing experience. For more information about Service Immersion programs, visit the Service Immersion website.

In order to ensure the highest standards of risk management on these trips, Babson sends two service immersion administrators on each trip: one lead staff member who would have service immersion experience usually an Institute for Social Innovation team member and a second co-trip leader. The lead staff member is pre-selected by the Institute for Social Innovation. The second is a co-trip leader who applies through the application process and is selected to support the trip leader. Service immersion administrators are generally full-time administrators or faculty members at the college. The administrator’s role is to be a co-trip leader by providing logistical support, being knowledgeable about Babson policies and procedures, and being available for managing emergencies. A key role of the administrator is to assist in the event of a student illness or emergency. In this role, the administrator is expected to participate in the service project whether it be building homes with Habitat for Humanity or teaching entrepreneurship in Tanzania.

The Opportunity

We are pleased that you are interested in pursuing the opportunity to be a Service Immersion administrator. The role as administrator is both challenging and rewarding, as well as an opportunity to develop professionally and personally. There are four steps you should complete as you consider whether this opportunity is right for you:

1. Review the administrator qualifications, responsibilities, compensation, and selection process below
2. Speak with your manager
3. Review trips offered
4. Complete the interest form

Qualifications

The Service Immersion Administrator should have the following qualifications:

• Full-time Babson employee
• Has received approval from their direct supervisor to participate in a Service Immersion trip as an added component to their workload
• Experience leading groups of undergraduate or graduate students and managing group dynamics and expectations
• Ability to exercise good judgment and make decisions in stressful situations
• Ability to be flexible, work as part of a team, and exercise fiscal responsibility
• A desire to promote international education
• Available to work evenings and weekends and travel internationally for one week (unaccompanied by partner and/or children)

Preferred Qualifications

• Exempt Babson full-time employee (Non-exempt employees will be considered with approval from supervising department.)
• Prior experience leading student groups abroad
• Experience traveling internationally

Responsibilities

The Service Immersion Trip Administrator is responsible for the following:

Compensation

The administrator receives full travel expense coverage for all trip-related expenses. There is no additional compensation for the administrator as their involvement in the Service Immersion trip is considered by the College to be a professional development activity.

Application & Selection Process

All interested administrators must complete the above steps including the interest form in order to be considered for this role.

Application & Selection Process Timeline