Position Summary
This position will coordinate with Water Institute (WI) management staff and students to deliver a worldclass professional organized sciencedriven inclusive and globally accessible conference. Since its founding in 2009 the goal of the Water Institute (WI) at UNC has been to inform the way the world works on water sanitation and hygiene issues by generating the evidence that drives improvements in both practice and policy. The annual UNC Water and Health Conference is intended to advance these goals by creating a widely accessible space where policymakers practitioners and researchers can gather to review the evidence interrogate the science and improve old and develop new approaches to expanding WaSH access. The 2022 Conference was a landmark event bringing together stakeholders from over 100 countries around the world with more than 2400 people registering to attend the weeklong event in virtual and inperson format. More than 280 unique organizations and universities were represented. The 2023 Conference continued to explore the latest learnings around WaSH and will include plenaries side events verbal presentations and poster presentations.
Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
* Clear professional competent verbal and written communication skills. * Knowledge of effective community engagement and outreach strategies. * Commitment to high quality work products. * Follow projects through from concept to completion.
Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
* Proven track record delivering highstakes highimpact events requiring complex planning and successful engagement of notable participants. * Extremely organized with great attention to detail. * Superior collaboration teamwork and team leadership skills. * Experience overseeing budgets and contracts. * Committed to efficient excellent effective event management through listening clear communication and conducting business with cultural and contextual sensitivity. * Have good working knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel Outlook Power Point and SharePoint and event registration software. * Certified Meeting Professional CMP preferred. * Higher Education work experience preferred.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday 8:00 am 5:00 pm
Required Experience:
Staff IC