A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of seven (7) years of job-related and progressive experience required. Previous supervisory experience is also required. Experience coordinating/planning events in an academic setting and developing a strategy for events, conferences, campus, and special programs as an alternative revenue strategy is a plus.
The incumbent must offer creative and innovative event-planning ideas. This position requires a strong customer service focus and excellent written, verbal, and time management skills. A professional demeanor that can interface with internal and external customers with diplomacy and tact is essential. Independent judgment is necessary to plan, prioritize, and organize a diversified workload with attention to detail. Work requires fact-finding and compilation skills, plus the ability to perform various tasks simultaneously.
Excellent oral communication skills are required when presenting information and responding to common inquiries or complaints from constituents of the College (trustees, executives, faculty/staff/students, foundations, alumnae). The Incumbent must be able to write business correspondence, memos, e-mails, policies. reports, and procedures. Also, must be able to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as contracts/RFPs, financial reports, and professional journals.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform intermediate skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). In addition to producing correspondence, memos, and e-mails, duties may involve assignments that require creating spreadsheets with formulas, PowerPoint presentations, and using the Microsoft Office 365 suite of products, Banner Financial Module, and Internet navigation.