Career Programming and Engagement Coordinator

Career Programming and Engagement Coordinator

Position Title Career Programming and Engagement Coordinator

Employment Status

Employment Status Full Time

Months

Months 12

Campus

Campus Both ME Campuses

Description

The Career Programming and Engagement Coordinator is a pivotal role within the Office of Career Readiness and Workforce Development, responsible for coordinating career programming, managing marketing and communications initiatives, and supporting the administration of UNE Career Connect, powered by People Grove. This position plays a central role in promoting student engagement with career readiness through strategic communications, social media, digital content, event coordination, and technology platform support.

Working collaboratively across the Office of Career Readiness and Workforce Development, the coordinator role combines program coordination with creative marketing and communication strategies to enhance student engagement, showcase employer partnerships and alumni career pathways, and increase awareness of career readiness opportunities across the university.

About The University of New England

UNE is Maine's largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state's top provider of health professionals and home to Maine's only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

Benefits Overview

• Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
• Up to 8% retirement plan match.
• Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.

Educational benefits
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• UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
• UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full-time service.
• 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full-time service.

Career Engagement, Marketing & Communications

• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing and communication strategies that promote career programming, services, employer partnerships, and student engagement initiatives.
• Manage the Office of Career Readiness and Workforce Development’s digital presence, including social media, website content, newsletters, digital signage, and promotional materials.
• Consistent with UNE brand standards, create engaging multimedia content to showcase career readiness programming, including student success stories and employer spotlights.
• Liaise with UNE's Marketing and Communication teams to develop marketing collateral in adherence with university-wide brand identity.
• Maintain an annual communications calendar and coordinate promotional campaigns across multiple communication channels.
• Collect and analyze communication and event engagement metrics to evaluate effectiveness and inform continuous improvement.
• In partnership with event leads, coordinate the planning and execution of career fairs, networking events, employer information sessions, workshops, panels, and other career engagement programs.
• Manage event logistics including scheduling, registration, technology, facilities, catering, event materials, volunteer coordination, and on-site operations.
• Cultivate a welcoming and professional experience for employer partners, alumni, faculty, students, and guests.
• Coordinate post-event assessment and recommend improvements based on participation data and stakeholder feedback.

UNE Career Connect Digital Engagement

• Maintain platform content, resources, events, announcements, and engagement campaigns via UNE Career Connect, powered by People Grove.
• Coordinate platform onboarding, user support, training resources, and documentation for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and employer partners.
• Monitor user engagement, generate reports, and recommend strategies to improve platform utilization.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, higher education administration, business administration, public relations, student affairs, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated organizational and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities, manage timelines, and execute events and initiatives with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty, staff, alumni, employer partners, and external stakeholders.
• Experience creating and managing digital communications, including social media platforms, website content, email marketing, and other promotional materials.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and contemporary communication, collaboration, and digital…