Event Coordinator & Faculty Assistant

The Economics Department is seeking to hire an Events Coordinator & Faculty Assistant. This individual will be responsible for successfully planning and executing all events, including lecture series, workshops, conferences, summer seminar series, departmental functions, graduate and undergraduate student events, staff functions, and special visitors. In addition, this role will provide academic support to faculty members within the department.

This dual role has responsibility for the following:

Events Coordination: Arrange departmental events such as conferences, lunch talks, panel discussions, invited speakers, receptions, meetings, staff events, graduate student visits, undergraduate student events, holiday and year-end events. Coordinate travel, secure meeting spaces, arrange catering, and assume responsibility for set-up and clean-up for all events. Keep track of inventory and reorder/restock as needed. Keep track of charges to departmental credit card and reconcile via Concur at the end of the month.

Faculty Assistance: Provide academic support for faculty members as needed as relating to teaching and other departmental responsibilities. This role will be required to provide backup support to other staff positions and will assist the department manager and other administrative staff as requested.

Familiarity with university environment and prior experience with events coordination or service industry experience is preferred. The ideal candidate will have intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite; the ability to work independently, prioritize work, and multi-task; motivation to use slower periods productively to prepare for future overlapping events, and the ability to communicate effectively (written and orally), with faculty, staff, external departments within the university.

We are seeking a detail-oriented, well-organized, team player who is poised under pressure and can demonstrate excellent judgment based on university policies and procedures.

Other qualifications include:

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