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Events Coordinator

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JOB OVERVIEW

Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Media Relations, the Events Coordinator is responsible for all planning, administrative, and management functions required to deliver exceptional internal events across the Unity College Enterprise. The Events Coordinator supports external revenue-generating event management when directed. Within the framework of functional leadership, the coordinator supports the Director to realize the Unity College mission and strategic plan. The position is in New Gloucester, Maine, with some travel expected

POSITION SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS
  • Manage all logistics of the College events such as commencements, panels, and ribbon cuttings to ensure successful delivery and convey the Unity College brand.
  • Maintain high standards of customer service, consistency, and accuracy, appropriate to the content of events.
  • Work with appropriate units and personnel such as Maintenance, Custodial, Public Safety, and Dining to ensure integrated services for event needs.
  • Coordinate enough staff to ensure event set up and take down and pre/post event clean-up.
  • Manage all details, such as checklists and contracts with internal clients. This includes following up with client paperwork, ensuring contracts are followed, and updating, reviewing, and renewing contracts as appropriate.
  • Handle proposals, billing, and invoicing in coordination with the business office.
  • Proactively handle issues and troubleshoot any problems before and on the day of the event.
  • May support other Unity College events as assigned.
  • Stay abreast of changes in the events planning environment and make recommendations for ongoing improvements.
  • Work effectively with external vendors to secure additional services as needed to ensure successful execution of events.
  • Maintain recorded (video) records of events for the website and for the archive.
  • Create documentation for events to ensure clear guidelines for execution.
  • Take the lead in assessing event success and gather feedback for improvement.
  • Demonstrate responsible budget management, billing, deposit, and reporting.
  • Maintain inventory of event supplies, replacing items when needed.
  • Pro-actively communicate challenges, successes, and failures with leadership.
  • Coordinate communication plan for event information, including the website, internal and external emails, and social media.
  • Other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

To be successful in this position, you must be able to execute each of the position specific responsibilities while meeting the position expectations.

Additionally, the position specific education, skills and competencies listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon approval by the supervisor and Human Resources, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

POSITION SPECIFIC EDUCATION, SKILLS AND COMPENTCIES:

Required:
  • High school diploma and 3 or more years of experience with office administration, facilities management, and/or event coordination.
  • Ability to understand, produce, and follow budgets and reports, and apply basic accounting principles and processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage administration and logistics in a busy special events environment.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and work assignments from a variety of staff and volunteers.
  • Ability to accomplish projects with little supervision.
  • Proficient using the latest versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and mail merges; email and web searches.
  • Must be able to work as a team with multiple departments.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills both in person and by phone, with high professionalism.
  • Fantastic customer service ethic and high expectations for quality.
  • Ability to work effectively with other administrative offices.
  • Uses accurate spelling and grammar in written communications.
  • Ability to obtain valid Maine driver’s license.
  • Ability to function effectively within a matrix organizational structure, maintaining open lines of communication while being discreet, courteous, and well poised.
  • Ability to work some weekends and evenings, as needed.
    P referred:
  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Experience in higher education, destination conferences or destination hospitality.
  • Prior experience with an events management system.
  • Experience with video capture and editing or social media content creation.
  • Experience with coordinating virtual events.
WORK SCHEDULE / AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Work hours are specific to the requirements of this position and can include days, evenings, and weekends. Working extended hours required as needed. Must be flexible and cooperative in fulfilling responsibilities and meeting the C olleges needs. Although Unity College employees are generally scheduled to work at their specifically assigned locations, there are times when travel is necessary and employees are required from time to time to attend events, meetings or work temporary assignment at any Unity College location.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, it is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand or walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The use of either hand for repetitive movements such as grasping, grasping and turning, and fine manipulation is required as is the ability to use the telephone for internal and external communications.

Company

Unity Environmental University.

At Unity, a private university in Maine, sustainability isn’t a buzzword. It’s the foundation of our entire approach, and has been for more than 50 years.

We apply sustainability principles to everything we do, from our properties around the State of Maine, to our online degrees offered to students everywhere, to our enrichment experiences and entrepreneurial endeavors at locations from northern Maine to Arizona to Brazil.

Engage with Unity Environmental University and you’ll start to ask tough questions, challenge the status quo, and envision new possibilities. If taking the lead in creating a more sustainable future sounds like the future you want, we can make it happen.

Unity Environmental University

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