Job Location : Putney,VT, USA
Events Assistant
September 05, 2024
This is a Landmark College Post-Graduate Assistantship Program (PGAP) position, and only available for recent Landmark College (LC) graduates. To learn more about the PGAP program, please visit this page.
Assist in preparing and coordinating Alumni Relations and Student Affairs programs and events, both off-campus and on-campus. The Alumni Relations and Student Affairs offices are dedicated to strengthening the lifelong relationship between alumni, students, and the school by delivering meaningful engagement and learning. Our events inspire a community that supports and extends the Landmark College mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world.
The Event Assistant manages various administrative tasks and moves to work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple and conflicting priorities. This individual excels at multi-tasking, anticipates and proactively resolves problems, has good judgment, and is organized, detail-oriented, flexible, and adaptable.
Department: Alumni Relations and Student Affairs
Positions Open: 1
Academic Year Position: Early August through Mid-May
The Event Assistant's job duties include:
* Support the team with administrative duties to ensure smooth operations
* Assist in supervising student works and the Student Alumni Association, including recruitment, meetings, phone calls, and event planning.
* Planning and coordinating events: Assisting with the planning and coordinating events, such as meetings, programs, fundraisers, reunions, and large campus events.
* Helped manage communications plan: Produced communications for events, such as email, social media, and marketing.
* Support event logistics: Preparing program logistics, such as invitations, researching and calling vendors, and other cross-campus collaboration needs.
* Maintaining supplies: Maintaining supplies for various activities throughout the year.
* Supporting administrative tasks: Supporting the team with administrative duties to ensure smooth operations
* Assist with calendar and meeting scheduling
* Data entry: Entering data into the Alumni/Development Database
* Produce weekly communications plan for Alumni Relations social media messages via LinkedIn, Facebook, and growth on Instagram.
* Support Quarterly meetings for the Alumni Advisory Board and their committee work.
* Provide excellent customer service while assisting volunteers, alumni, parents, and visitors.
* Other duties as assigned to include assisting with activities and events as needed in the Student Affairs Department.
Physical Job Demands:
* Close visual acuity to analyze data and figures and to view a computer terminal.
* Ability to sustain substantial movements of the wrist, hands, and fingers
* Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects up to 10 lbs.
* Ability to occasionally stoop, kneel, or reach
Working Conditions:
* The worker is mainly in an office environment and is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
* Casual Business Office Attire
Job requirements:
* Associate's Degree required
* Prior customer serves work
* Proficiency in MS Office Suite and data entry, as well as a willingness to learn database programs and specialized software for scheduling, project management, and event management.
* Ability to maintain complex and detailed time schedules
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* A high level of integrity and a strong work ethic
* Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion and to serving the needs of a diverse community
* Ability to manage and sensitivity to highly confidential information
* Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.
Landmark College, located in beautiful southern Vermont, is a unique, accredited college for bright neurodivergent students with learning differences (LD; including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and executive function challenges). Landmark provides an intentionally designed, resource-rich academic and student life model within a private liberal arts college environment. A position with Landmark College is more than just a job; it is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of promising college students and to help us change how the public thinks about education. We champion a strength-based model and give students the skills and strategies they need to achieve their goals. A fully accredited, not-for-profit institution, Landmark College offers bachelor's and associate degrees in liberal studies, studio arts, psychology, business, life science and computer science.
The Landmark College Office of Human Resources strives to ensure that we are an employer of choice, attracting and retaining uniquely talented individuals able to advance the College's position as the college of choice for students who learn differently. We are committed to a philosophy that recognizes each person as an individual, worthy of respect, trust, dignity and fair treatment, and we apply these tenets to serve, support, and value all members of our community.
We recognize the importance of providing a work environment that is conducive to carrying out the College's mission and contributes to the personal and professional growth of our faculty and staff. For Human Resources, this means the administration of employment policies, benefit plans, and compensation programs that are regularly evaluated and remain competitive and fair.
How to Apply
Interested individuals should provide a cover letter, resume or CV, and the names of three references. Electronic submissions are preferred. Please email your application to [email protected]. Applications may also be mailed to Director of Human Resources, Landmark College, 19 River Road South, Putney, Vermont 05346. No phone calls please.
Diversifying the student body, faculty, and administration is congruent with our mission. We value diverse populations and cultures including, but not limited to, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, neurodiversity, race, and religion. Landmark College is an EO/AA/Vet/Disability employer.