Job Description
The Academic Coordinator position requires use of considerable independent judgment discretion and confidentiality in a high pressure high volume fastpaced work environment. There is extensive and intensive contact with students and faculty and a large amount of collaboration with various staff and departments from within the Newhouse School as well as various offices around the SU campus. The Academic Coordinator will oversee daytoday operations of department and program business. Responsible for researching and compiling various forms of data (i.e. travel arrangementsairfare bus companies restaurants and competitive program information. This position is part of a bargaining unit and is represented by the union SEIU Local 200United.
Responsibilities
Oversee daytoday operations of departmental and program business requiring considerable independent judgment discretion and confidentiality in a high pressure high volume fastpaced work environment. There is extensive and intensive contact with students and faculty and a large amount of collaboration with various staff and departments from within the Newhouse School as well as various offices around SUs campus. Includes event management for main campus and offcampus departmental special events including numerous highprofile alumni and special guest speaker visits throughout the year. Workshops symposia conferences forums competitions field trips benchmark trips alumni receptions summer boot camp Convocation activities and all other activities of the department. Includes all details relating to travel scheduling itineraries catering publicity legal/policy implementation publications and event management. Requires evening and weekend hours as needed and some offsite travel. Manage departmental and program recruitment registration advising benchmark internship graduate comprehensive examinations and other academic activities monitoring and providing information for running departmental social media platforms (Facebook Twitter LinkedIn etc.. Extensive contact with prospective and current students alumni faculty media professionals. Prepare monthly budget reconciliations for department chairs and program coordinators tracking departmental and student credit card transactions assuring all university budgetary policies and guidelines have been met. Managing the reimbursement process for faculty visiting professor adjunct and guest speaker expenses. Prepare a multitude of student reimbursements for student travel on department benchmark trips class projects capstone stories and thesis. Support faculty searches and department(s) efforts in recruiting new faculty and adjunct members (creating online job search researching and placing advertising outreach & diversity tracking coordinating interview process providing hospitality for candidate while oncampus reimbursement for outofpocket expenses occurred assisting with relocation and budgetary questions and procedures. Provide assistance to Newhouse student organizations and associations including membership application materials booking accommodations for guest speakers events room reservations and publicity. Facilitates student entries for student award submissions to national award programs. Facilitates student entries for internship submissions for official national and international departmental internships (Olympics Dubai NYC Los Angeles etc..
Required Experience:
IC