Education Program Coordinator
Education Program Coordinator
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Job Description
Strategic Communications 35
Event Coordination 20
Program Development and Management 35
Other duties as assigned 10
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Work Schedule
MF 8am5pm
Contact Information to Applicants
Andy Denning or Alex Red Corn
Position Overview
The Education Program Coordinator will workdirectly with faculty and staff inthe Indigenous Studies and Museum Studies programs and will play a critical role in helping these two programs grow enrollments and programming. The Program Coordinators primary responsibilities are focused on supporting this growth through strategic communications and event coordination as well as program development and management. Applicants must hold at least a Bachelors with 5 years of relevant professional experience and demonstrate strong skills organization communication and collaboration as well as proficiency in working a variety of digital softwares used at the university for communication and program coordination. This position reports directly to the Directors of the Indigenous Studies and Museum Studies programs.
- Develop innovative creative modern strategies to reach program constituents
- Manage programs social media including developing messaging and marketing campaigns amplifying relevant events and news and reviewing analytics
- Communications with other campus academic and service units on matters of common interest
- Communications with community stakeholders and partners to maintain strong relationships
- Outreach campaigns to engage program alumni and potential donors
- Manage communications with campus partners and affiliates to strengthen ties and grow the campus footprint of MUSE and ISP
- Develop promotional and marketing materials for program events and academic endeavors
- Support the Graduate Program Coordinator with developing communications campaigns to serve the needs of current students
- Support the Graduate Program Coordinator with developing communications campaigns to attract prospective applicants and bolster recruiting
- Serve as point of contact for requests from the media and the community for expertise drawn from program faculty affiliates and staff
- Research/write/publish stories and features related to these communications and marketing initiatives
- Ongoing professional development conferences workshops and coursework to stay current with communications practices and strategies
Event Coordination 20
- Organize promote and evaluate professional development and communitybuilding events for current students; coordinate with the Office of Sovereign Partnerships and Museum related institutions on campus when relevant for academic program development student recruitment and ISP or MUSE communications purposes.
- Represent ISP on annual KU Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival Committee outreach/community events
- Develop plan and execute events related to campus themes and initiatives student and faculty milestones
- Develop plan and execute communitybuilding events for program faculty staff and affiliates
- Support faculty in planning for talks seminars and outreach events for visiting scholars and experts
- Coordinate endofyear events for graduating students and retiring/departing faculty
- Coordinate communitybuilding opportunities for program stakeholders
- Assist Graduate Program Coordinator in organizing events for current and prospective students (e.g. new student orientation campus visits for prospective and admitted students welcome back events).
Program Development and Management 35
- Manage develop advertise and grow enrollments for ISP minor
- Help manage development of MUSE minor; once active manage develop advertise and grow enrollments and internship partnerships
- Initiate develop nurture and expand formal and informal partnerships between programs and stakeholders on campus (other academic programs museums centers) and off campus (museums and archives government organizations NGOs tribes etc.
- Create maintain and expand list of internship opportunities locally regionally and nationally for MUSE and ISP graduate students and undergraduate minors
- Support MUSE and ISP Program Directors and the graduate program coordinator in developing new and innovative and interdisciplinary academic programs to help create relevant learning and professional development pathways for evolving job markets (certificates masters and/or doctoral degrees)
- Locate intramural and extramural scholarship/grant options to support students faculty and affiliates in each program. Share with program leadership draft application documents and manage applications submissions and grants as necessary
- Support Office of Sovereign Partnerships and Haskell Exchange Program coordinator in partnership development with Haskell Indian Nations University as it relates to ISP or MUSE transfer or exchange programming.
- Table and/or present at relevant local oncampus and industry events to promote the MUSE and ISP programs.
- Support program staff with university processes and academic systems management as necessary.
Other duties as assigned 10
- In consultation with program directors
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Work Schedule
MF 8am5pm
Contact Information to Applicants
Andy Denning or Alex Red Corn
- Bachelors degree with fiveyears relevant experience OR Masters degree and one year of professional experience.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills as evidenced by application materials.
- Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office programs and Adobe design products (or comparable software) as evidenced by application materials.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently to organize and track tasks/projects and to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating and communicating with individuals from varying cultures backgrounds or levels of authority.
- Experience using databases or other electronic systems for tracking and managing information (e.g. accounts data forms).
- Knowledge of the University of Kansas academic programs administration and systems.
- Demonstrated experience with and dedication to efforts to improve student faculty and affiliate services and experiences.
- Experience creating and maintaining websites.
- Experience organizing and conducting presentations to varied groups.
- Experience providing customer/constituent service.
- Professional experience handling sensitive information and/or situations requiring discretion and conformity to confidentiality and security protocols.
Position Overview
The Education Program Coordinator will workdirectly with faculty and staff inthe Indigenous Studies and Museum Studies programs and will play a critical role in helping these two programs grow enrollments and programming. The Program Coordinators primary responsibilities are focused on supporting this growth through strategic communications and event coordination as well as program development and management. Applicants must hold at least a Bachelors with 5 years of relevant professional experience and demonstrate strong skills organization communication and collaboration as well as proficiency in working a variety of digital softwares used at the university for communication and program coordination. This position reports directly to the Directors of the Indigenous Studies and Museum Studies programs.
In addition to the online application the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
- Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications
- Resume
- List of three 3 professional references.
Only complete applications will be considered.
Initial application review began April 28 2025. Applications will continue to be reviewed until a qualified pool of applicants is received.Required Experience:
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