What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Liaison position at usm?
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Job Summary
The Community
Liaison is responsible for implementing a media literacy program as part of the
center’s regular and routine activities; overseeing the center’s mis- and
disinformation hotline, and coordinating all public events for the center. The
Community Liaison is responsible for ensuring all activities meet mission, pedagogic,
and budgetary mandates with the highest integrity and adherence to the center’s
values and ethics.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversees the monitoring of pink slime websites and social media streams identified as being associated with mis- or disinformation.
- Coordinates at least four public, community listening events in the target area each year.
- Maintains a robust media literacy program, including coordinating events with high schools and public libraries.
- Responsible for the maintaining the What is True portion of the center’s content, including but not limited to regular What is True podcasts, columns, and web postings.
- Oversees up to three graduate assistants whose duties primarily involve working on the mis- and disinformation hotline and monitoring websites and social media streams.
- Works closely with the center director to ensure professional standards are met.
- Assists center director in recruiting students.
- Assists center director in recruiting students.
- Leads, coordinates, and promotes all public center activities.
- Supervises a team of strategic communication students.
- May teach, or serve as teaching assistant, at least one course per academic year as assigned by the school director.
- Serves as practicum or internship supervisor or TA as assigned by the center director.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the center director.