Outreach and Engagement Assistant

Outreach and Engagement Assistant

The Outreach and Engagement Assistant provides administrative support to the Office of Outreach, Student Success, and Engagement (OSSE). This position supports the office's student engagement, outreach, and scholar program portfolio while also executing key administrative functions including purchasing, room reservations, event logistics, form creation, and financial reconciliation. The position focuses specifically on OSSE's work with the Resident Learning Community (RLC), the NACME Scholars Program, registered student organizations (RSOs), and external partners.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the NACME Scholars Program including coordinating scholar communications, tracking academic status updates, and assisting with portal data entry and reporting;
• Coordinating OSSE's RLC programming and activities in collaboration with RLC coordinators and university life staff;
• Coordinating logistics for external partner programming and K-12 outreach events in collaboration with the OSSE Director;
• Serving as OSSE's initial point of contact for CEC registered student organizations including NSBE, SHPE, SWE, IEEE, ACM, and others;
• Handling day-to-day administrative functions including room reservations, P-card purchases and reconciliation, Dynamic Forms creation, and general office operations;
• Supporting planning and execution of OSSE signature events including BLAST-Off Week, Innovation Week, and OSSE Talks; and
• Maintaining program documentation, attendance records/forms, and participant databases.

Required qualifications include:

• High school diploma or equivalent;
• Relevant experience in an office/administrative position;
• Prior experience with financial reconciliations;
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and strong organizational abilities;
• Ability to effectively handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and anticipate and meet deadlines, while maintaining flexibility regarding changes in priorities; and
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite software, including e-mail, online meeting applications, word processing, and spreadsheets.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field;
• Experience (typically 2–4 years) in student services in higher education;
• Demonstrated experience in university student outreach and engagement programming;
• Experience working in varied and multicultural spaces and with diverse audiences within higher education; and
• Knowledge of university procedures, policies, and regulations.

Instructions to applicants:

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Outreach and Engagement Assistant at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter and resume for review.

About the College:

The College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) at George Mason University is a fast-growing force for innovation in research and education. Ranked nationally in the top 100 in both undergraduate and graduate education, the CEC enrolled more than 11,000 students in fall 2025. The college has 34 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs including several first-in-the-nation offerings. Of its 314 full-time faculty, 107 are tenured, 59 are tenure-track, 96 are term faculty, and 52 are research faculty.

As part of a nationally ranked research university, CEC research teams expended $83.7 million in sponsored research awards in the past year and had projects with over $66.8 million in awards. The college stands out for its leading research in areas such as artificial intelligence, data analytics engineering, cybersecurity engineering, biomedical imaging and devices, healthcare, autonomous systems, 5G/Next G communications, systems architectures, computational biomedicine, advanced materials and manufacturing, sustainable infrastructure, and more.

The college encourages and supports multidisciplinary research and provides ample opportunity for faculty to work with other disciplines.

About the University and the Region:

George Mason University is the largest and most diverse public research university in Virginia, with an enrollment of more than 40,000 students studying in over 200 degree programs. Mason is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in a range of academic fields. It was classified as an R1 research institution in 2016 by the Carnegie Classifications of Institutes of Higher Education.

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