Events Coordinator

The Ohio University Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Events Coordinator.

The Events Coordinator seamlessly plans and manages library events to promote the value of the Libraries to students, staff, campus leadership, alumni, and to the community and other external stakeholders. Events include ongoing series with nationally recognized speakers, University donors and VIPs; as well as special celebrations and receptions.

The position oversees the planning and promotion of Libraries’ events, ensuring that they are professional, engaging, and smoothly executed so as to enhance the Libraries’ reputation.

Event audiences range from students to donors, requiring the ability to discern audience-appropriate event design. The Events Coordinator position requires excellent judgment, communication and organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize and manage in a multi-task environment.

This position manages and resolves complex and ambiguous issues and works on both strategic and operational challenges, addressing problems that require advanced knowledge and experience in the area of event management. The Events Coordinator is expected to take on leadership roles in relevant projects or initiatives.

• Oversee the planning and promotion of Libraries’ events, ensuring that they are professional, engaging, and smoothly executed so as to enhance the Libraries’ reputation. This includes careful coordination with other campus units (Event Services, Campus Catering, Printing Services) and local community partners.
• Manage logistics such as facilities, concessions, caterers, vendors, event communications, and technical support for events. Work with speakers, vendors, and staff to ensure successful event execution. Manage communications across the event team, providing smooth and seamless event experiences.

The Ohio University Libraries system consists of the Alden Library, the Music and Dance Library, the Hwa-Wei Lee Library Annex, as well as five regional campus libraries. With a staff of more than 75

FTE, the Libraries has more than 2.7 million volumes in its collection and has a total annual budget of over $12 million. The Libraries also hosts Ohio University Press
, an award-winning publisher of books about Africa, Appalachia, Southeast Asia, and the Midwest.

The Libraries is a member of Association of Research Libraries (ARL),
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI),
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC),
Center for Research Libraries (CRL),
OhioLINK
, and Lyrasis
, a national consortium of libraries.

The Libraries Strategic Plan can be found here.