Events Coordinator

The Office of the Provost is seeking candidates for an Events Coordinator to join the Graduate Studies team led by the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies. This role will support the Graduate Studies team execute key programs and events that enhance academic, professional and social skills of graduate and professional students.

The primary duties of this position are implementing and advertising events and University-wide graduate resources. Key events include the University-wide new graduate and professional student orientation and picnic, graduate honors convocation, Graduate Students of Color Dinners, K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship event series, and Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week. Primary communication channels include social media, the Graduate Studies website, and the monthly email newsletter. The audiences are graduate and professional students, postdocs, faculty, and administrators. The coordinator will oversee student workers who will assist with events and social media content. This role interacts with the extended Graduate Studies team and is critical to supporting graduate and professional students across the University.

The Office of the Provost - Graduate Studies Team is a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and deadlines that often shift and require both flexibility and attention to detail. The work is highly collaborative both within the Office of the Provost and across the University and requires the ability to exercise creative problem-solving. Some evening hours are required for events.