Assistant Director of Events and Operations , Haas Core Programs

About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff.

UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business offers a unique opportunity to champion new ideas, collaborate across boundaries, and continually learn in a workplace committed to creating a welcoming environment for all. Our distinctive culture is captured within our four Defining Leadership Principles:
Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. These principles distinguish Berkeley Haas as a unique environment conducive to teamwork, collaboration, and career growth.

The Assistant Director of Events and Operations serves as a resource and provides information and advice to students and other parties interested in matriculating through or interacting with the Haas Undergraduate Program. This role forwards non‑routine inquiries to the appropriate resource, maintains knowledge of Undergraduate Program processes, and provides backup to other functions within the unit, as needed. The incumbent manages the Travel & Entertainment process for staff professional development, coordinates larger annual program events and other student affairs programming, supports the international and domestic case competition training program in collaboration with the Director of Global Experience, assists the Assistant Dean, students, and faculty in academic advising, recruitment, pre‑admissions, student orientation, and related services, advises student leaders on event planning, room reservations and event policies, and handles all student and staff reimbursement requests and processing.

• Develop efficiencies and processes to enhance the student experience and student affairs.
• Support and manage logistics and event planning related to Golden Bear Orientation, Welcome Activities, Cal Day, Haas Picnic, and other UGPO signature events.
• Assist with international and domestic travel and lodging arrangements for student trips.
• Create and implement new extracurricular activities to enhance student engagement in collaboration with the Student Affairs team.
• Develop and maintain relationships and negotiate contracts with vendors for student experience events, including food & beverage, hotels, etc.
• Evaluate vendor quality and cost effectiveness and recommend changes to the UG Program Leadership Team.
• Track the UG Program budget, making recommendations to the team.
• Manage purchase order processing and related vendor activities.
• Manage all student and staff reimbursement and reconciliation processes.

• Support the case competition program by serving as contact to students, partners, handling travel logistics, reservations, and related activities.
• Manage travel and entertainment reimbursement and risk‑management protocols.
• Respond to inquiries from students, faculty, UG program staff, and other campus offices regarding program requirements and assistance.
• Communicate regularly with students and faculty regarding program updates, events, scheduling, and other matters.

• Serve as advisor and mentor to student leadership officers in professional development.
• Liaise with campus departments and service providers such as Career Services, Facilities, Computing, Media Services, Alumni Relations, Marketing, Library, Registrar, Health Services, and Parking.
• Oversee key operational aspects of the program, working closely with the Assistant Dean, Director of Academics, Director of Student Affairs, Director of Admissions, and Associate Director of Student Services.

• Engage in training, workshops, seminars and continuous education as outlined by the supervisor.
• Contribute to a team environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) and supports Haas' four Defining Leadership Principles.
• Complete required training on time and pursue learning opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

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