Program Assistant

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains strategic relationships with community organizations, business partners, stakeholders and local leaders and recognizes new partnership opportunities.
• Identifies and maintains current information on internship opportunities.
• Supports alumni engagement by locating alumni and generating newsletters.
• Collaborate with the Admissions Office and University Communications team to promote the program via social media, events, and print and digital media.
• Plans and manages student, alumni and community events.
• Responds to public inquiries.
• Collects and analyses data to evaluate program effectiveness and reports outcomes to program administration.
• Manages event and office supply budgets.

• Maintains strategic relationships with community organizations, business partners, stakeholders and local leaders and recognizes new partnership opportunities.
• Identifies and maintains current information on internship opportunities.
• Supports alumni engagement by locating alumni and generating newsletters.
• Collaborate with the Admissions Office and University Communications team to promote the program via social media, events, and print and digital media.
• Plans and manages student, alumni and community events.
• Responds to public inquiries.
• Collects and analyses data to evaluate program effectiveness and reports outcomes to program administration.
• Manages event and office supply budgets.
• Maintains accurate contact database.
• Performs general office duties.

• Bachelor’s degree; associate’s degree and two years of relevant experience; or high school diploma and four years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students and the public.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform job duties with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Sufficient technical ability to master software required to perform job duties.

Experience in higher education and/or with internship, career development, communications, outreach or event coordination preferred.

Annual Salary/Hiring Range: $20.00 per hour.

Work Schedule:

20 hours per week;
Aug. 16 – June 30, each year;
Flexible hours M-F between 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.