Program Coordinator

Location: Durham

The CEO & Family Enterprise Center (the Center) is a membership organization that works with both family and privately held New Hampshire businesses.  Through three main membership programs; the Center for Family Business, The CEO Speaker Series, and CEO Peer Groups, the Center is an outreach arm of UNH. Each of these three programs are revenue drivers for the Center and each is centered around a September to May monthly calendar of programs.  

The Center is hiring a Program Coordinator who assists with the coordination and execution of our monthly programs, contributes to the on-going membership and sponsorship engagement, and collaboratively guides the external relations of the Center through public relations and other viable campaigns.  This position reports to the Center’s Director.  The Program Coordinator should be enthusiastic about New Hampshire businesses, have a problem-solving approach, a strong sense of task management and overall be interested in a job that has a great deal of variety.

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* Duties and Responsibilities:

*** The Program Coordinator is an individual who is self-motivated, thrives on working independently and is comfortable in the business sector. Ultimately, the Program Coordinator position is a vital part of a small collaborative-minded team.
* The Program Coordinator should be able to manage multiple pieces of event coordination simultaneously and be comfortable with making timely decisions and moving projects forward.
* The position interacts through formal and informal communications with New Hampshire’s business community and will benefit from strong interpersonal skills.
* This position is based on project management completion; therefore it is flex-time based and predominantly remote based.
** Programs:
** The Center’s program year runs from September to May. The Program Coordination will lead the effort on all details toward the on-site program production for both the Family Business Programs and the CEO Speaker Series, including:
* Logistics with the event location, including timing, food, AV.
* All registration and signage needs.
* Content and logistics prep meetings with every speaker.
* Coordinate all sponsor needs, including ensuring all sponsors have current logos.
* Create and manage a calendaring tool for all registrations.
* Support stellar member engagement on site from greeting, anticipating needs and assuring a positive overall experience.
* Create system to thank and recognize every speaker, including sharing of photos and posting updates on website and social media.
* Update internal program tracker sheets and tasks per program.
* Prepare all presentation welcome slides, guest name tags and reminder emails.
** Marketing & Communications:
*** Create and manage biweekly eblasts promoting Center programs, and as well as Member News, News of Interest and Content of Interest.
* Create content based on ‘theme’ of upcoming programs. Gather relevant articles/resources and use an engagement piece with members and/or prospects.
* Create regular member features, including Member Spotlights news for eblasts.
* Manage program fliers by coordinating information between the featured speakers and our graphic designer for a finished product.
* Promote upcoming events through the website, the eblasts and social media and seek and advise on additional channels for public awareness.
* Manage organization Linked In page.
* Write and send out press releases and calendar links, as appropriate and signed off by speaker.
* Update website regularly including membership lists, speaker rosters, calendar listings and photos.
** Membership Engagement:
*** Be a strong representative of the Center with the membership and sponsors in all facets, both in person and through regular communication.
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