Overview

Reporting to the Director and Associate Director of Campus Engagement within the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life, the Program Coordinator for Campus Engagement will work to support OCE's four major complex campus-wide offerings: Wintersession, Princeton Research Day, First-Year Families Weekend and peer to peer resource group coordination. Each of the four major initiatives engages thoursands of Princeton community members and requires high-touch support, planning and organization. The Program Coordinator's responsibilities include program development and implementation, registration software management, research, coordinating with campus partners, communications design and calendaring, University-wide coordination and student worker supervision. 

Responsibilities

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Program Development

• Assist with facilitating and analyzing data from Wintersession focus groups throughout campus
• Assist the Associate Director in determining the programmatic objectives and direction of all aspects of Wintersession
• Serve on Wintersession Advisory Committee and build relationships with members; oversee the Logistics and Communications sub-teams
• Build partnerships across campus with faculty, staff, and students (undergraduate and graduate) and support partners as they determine what sessions they want to lead
• Help identify other programmatic opportunities (existing or new) that engage the campus community broadly, in addition to the two-week Wintersession

 

 

Program Planning, implementation and Evaulation   

• Assist with developing Wintersession call-for-proposals process and help facilitate outreach activities, including for incoming undergraduates and graduate students
• Recruit faculty, staff, and students, and student groups to take part in Wintersession and Princeton Research Day
• Lead programming and event logistics of Princeton Research Day and First-Year Families Weekend
• Assist the Associate Director in managing activities of the Peer to Peer Administrators Group (including retreats, cross-trainings and end of year award ceremonies)
• Lead Wintersession and First-Year Families Weekend evening event programming
• Assist the Associate Director in managing all contracts, payments and reimbursements and internal financial management for all four OCE initiatives
• Assist with program evaluation for all four OCE initiatives
• Serve as the office liaison for initiatives including Princeton Previews, First-Year Students Orientation and Incoming Graduate Students Orientation events

 

Cross-Office Coordination and Software Management

• Serve as office point-of-contact for OIT, ISS, Conference and Event Services and other event coordination offices for all OCE initiatives’ programming needs
• Lead logistics for the two-week Wintersession and other campus engagement programming (room reservations, media needs, troubleshoot cancelled sessions, etc.)
• Manage registration software for Wintersession facilitators and participants
• Lead training workshops to teach Wintersession facilitators about the registration platform needs and responsibilities
• Manage the Wintersession proposal submission process and registration process

 Marketing and Communications

• Create and maintain a social media editorial calendar and communications plan for all of OCE’s initiatives
• Serve as office’s social media liaison on the Social Media Directory, manage office Instagram account and content
• Lead content creation for Wintersession and campus engagement communications and social media content including design and distribution
• Oversee office’s website content and updates
• Lead all OCE merchandise design, purchasing and distribution

Student Worker Management

• Manage interview process, hiring and onboarding for 8-12 undergraduate and graduate student workers
• Create agendas for team meeting, manage student workers’ tasks, and create team-wide systems for the summer, academic year, and Wintersession
• Oversee timesheet approval and serve as the office’s Student Employment liaison

Additional Responsibilities

 

• Serve as office representative on key University committees

Qualifications

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Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with at least 3 years of related professional experience.
• Familiarity with a University setting and student programming. Entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to think creatively and take initiative in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to take direction, receive constructive feedback; to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment; and to tolerate ambiguity in a fluid working process.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of applications, web-browsers, social media, email and Outlook; willingness and ability to learn new software applications for website content management and university financial and database systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 4-5 years of related professional experience.
• Educational background in college student personnel, higher education administration, or other related field.
• Experience with creative educational program development, including program planning, implementation, and assessment.

 

 

 

 

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