More Roles to Explore
Social and community service managers implement and supervise programs conceptualized by administrators, elected officials, or project collaborators, and are often expected to demonstrate effectiveness to those who fund them. To do so, they’ll collect qualitative and quantitative data, and use evaluations to identify areas that need improvement for programs to be more effective and equitable, such as providing mentorship and assessments for their staff.
Emergency management directors are responsible for keeping their community safe in the event of disasters and states of emergency, such as a natural disaster. In addition to drafting plans for, and managing people during response efforts, they coordinate shared resources, prepare and analyze damage assessments following an event, report on spending, and revise emergency plans as necessary.
Urban and regional planners is an umbrella term for many roles that contribute to how a community’s physical space is developed or conserved to serve the community equitably. Such planners are involved in land use and code enforcement, transportation, managing environmental and natural resources, supporting economic development and urban design, and advocating the best use of a community’s land and resources for residential, commercial, industrial, educational, and recreational purposes.
Many management analysts and evaluation consultants, who are also most recently known as evaluation consultants, work either independently or as part of a consulting firm. They often specialize in departments or industries, such as education, public health, environmental protection, disaster relief, and community development, both domestically and internationally. Their job growth rate is on the rise at 14%9, double the national average. Their goals are to develop solutions or alternative procedures to improve efficiencies and support equity, making their recommendations to their contact manager.
Career Services
American University’s Career Center offers its services to online and on-campus students as well as to all alumni, so you’ll continue to receive support for as long as you need it.
This means you’ll have access to resources for your job search, career advising, internships, and scholarships. You can also network, look for jobs, and apply for positions by making an account at AU Career Web, our online career search tool.
In addition, the Office of Professional Studies offers career development workshops and continuing education through industry-specific webinars delivered by practitioners who discuss emerging trends in their fields. Our program directors act as mentors to current students and alumni alike.
Alumni Employers
As passionate change-makers, our alumni are employed in various settings all over the country. You can find some of them working at these outstanding organizations:
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BlueForce Inc
- Center for Program Design and Evaluation Dartmouth
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Center for International Private Enterprise
- Civil Service
- Collaborative Social Change
- Community Advocacy Research & Evaluation Consulting Group
- Family Office Exchange
- Freelance Consulting
- Guidehouse
- JHU Applied Physics Lab
- Public Libraries
- State and Local School Districts
- United Way
- Winrock International