Event Coordinator

Job Type: Full-Time The Office of Admissions facilitates the recruitment and enrollment of freshmen, transfer, graduate, and non-degree students in alignment with the University's strategic plan, ensuring a diverse and successful student body that contributes to the institution's excellence and global impact. Responsibilities: • Assists in implementing plans for all on-campus events; • Coordinates all admissions recruitment and large-scale yield events working with the campus community and external vendors; • Successfully attends to and completes all projects dealing with events in a timely and reasonable fashion with the highest degree of professionalism; • Manages digital inventory including maintaining standard operating procedures, project plans, and organization of SharePoint files; • Manages physical inventory of signage, supplies, etc. Required Qualifications: • Associate's degree in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience; • Some experience in events planning, either professionally or on a volunteer basis; • Proficiency using technology with the ability to learn new systems; • Demonstrated listening and comprehension skills; • Demonstrated organizational skills; • Effective written and verbal communication skills; • Ability to perform work with substantial attention to detail; • Ability to listen to instructions carefully and follow directions correctly; • Ability to learn processes and procedures quickly; • Ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse populations; • Must currently possess an appropriate, active, valid motor vehicle operator's license that meets all of GMU's requirements for operating state vehicles and equipment under Mason's Vehicle Use Policy 1411 https://universitypolicy.gmu.edu/policies/vehicle-use/. The Office of Risk Management reserves the right to review the driver's licenses and Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) of all candidates selected with employment contingent upon a favorable review; • Required to reside on campus for three weeks during the summer to manage logistics for the Washington Scholars Program; and • Expected to work a full day on the day before and the day of each major event, which includes some weekends, as well as week-of preparations including several evening work hours and physical labor.