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Director of Debate
Hobart William Smith Colleges

Location: Geneva, NY
Open Date: Dec 19, 2022

Description
The Director of Debate has primary responsibility for the HWS Debate Team.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Facilitate 2-3 Debate Team practices each week to include speaking/presentation drills, preparation skills, debating strategy, content workshops, practice rounds, etc.
• Coordinate the Debate Team's registration and travel arrangements to local and more distant tournaments and supervise their safety while attending events and traveling off-campus. (Approximately 15 weekend debate tournaments each year, pre-Covid)
• Accompany Debate Team members at the World Universities Debating Championships (annually).
• Coordinate the team running two tournaments each year, a large fall BP tournament (e.g., HWS IV or NAUDC), and the HWS International Round Robin in the spring semester.
• Organize on-campus public debating events as time permits (e.g., workshops/scrimmages with local schools, the Finger Lakes Cup Challenge Debate, a life raft debate).
• Work to develop outreach programs to high school debate leagues, including Urban Debate Leagues.
• Recruit domestic and international high school debaters to apply to and attend HWS, including interviewing them for debate scholarships.
• Work to innovate, refine, and implement debating theory and practice (e.g. - tournament design, judging norms, debate strategy, equity policy, etc.) within the international debating community in collaboration with HWS students and the founder of the HWS Debate Team.
• Teach two sections (one per semester) of a course in their area of expertise.
• Support faculty members interested in using debate as a classroom activity.
• Promote the development of team case file and strategy materials.
• Demonstrate knowledge for the Colleges' educational philosophy and mission.
• Demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to unique social, cultural, and economic circumstances.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Other Information:

This is a full-time, 10-month (August-May), benefits-eligible position. This position description is not all-inclusive as other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned.


Qualifications

• Degree at the bachelors level required. Masters or higher preferred.
• Qualified candidates will have experience teaching and coaching debate and public speaking.
• Substantial experience in WUDC (i.e., British Parliamentary) debating as a debater, judge and trainer is strongly preferred.
• This position requires driving Debate Team members to events.
• A valid drivers license and clean driving record is required.
• Applicants should be comfortable driving a 12-15 passenger van and will need to pass a basic van driving test given by HWS.
• The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required.

Application Instructions
To apply, visit http://apply.interfolio.com/119176.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter, resume and the names with contact information of at least three (3) professional references to our application service, Interfolio (utilizing the Apply link on the right). Background check required.

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to providing a non-discriminatory and harassment-free educational, living and working environment for all members of the HWS community, including students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and visitors. HWS prohibits discrimination and harassment in their programs and activities on the basis of age, color, disability, domestic violence victim status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected under the law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual assault, and other forms of sexual misconduct including stalking and intimate partner violence, and gender-based harassment that does not involve conduct of a sexual nature.







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