at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50131
Department: Kellogg Public Action (PACT)
Salary/Grade: EXS/5
Job Summary:
Are you looking to grow your career in an active area of growth and innovation at a leading academic institution? Join Kellogg’s Strategy and Academics (S&A) team as our Program Coordinator. Part of a four-person support team, this role will serve as the lead for Kellogg’s Center and Program events and conferences, as well as the administrator of the Ford Center for Global Citizenship.
The Ford Center encourages and supports multidisciplinary approaches to understanding institutions and their social and political impact. This role will support the Center in convening academic conferences and workshops, hosting post-doctoral fellows, and providing small-project funding.
In addition to supporting the Ford Center, this role will work across Kellogg’s ~20 centers and programs to ensure all events are coordinated and supported. The foci of Kellogg’s centers range from research, instruction, and executive education, and many support marquee programming, conferences, and seminars related to their core mission. This role is the primary resource for center and program staff on event policy and procedures and serves as a representative on the AcES (academic events support) team. This role will partner especially closely with the Social Impact & Sustainability and Healthcare programs.
This job is great for someone who is a team player but has strong project management skills and can work independently to prioritize work and manage deadlines. The ideal candidate is comfortable managing and planning events, including preparing contracts; learning new things and working in different platforms and interfaces; and supporting faculty and staff in service of our research and teaching mission. They will demonstrate a commitment to customer service and hospitality, solid written and verbal communication skills, including website support, and creative and flexible thinking.
Specific Responsibilities:
Administration
- Manages day to day operations of the Ford Center.
- Ensures that program/project mission, values, guidelines, policies & procedures are implemented & maintained.
- Manages design and development of program databases; compiles & analyzes data; prepares reports.
Budgets & Financial
- Participates in budget preparation.
- Maintains budget & associated analysis & rep
