Program Coordinator, Center for Advanced Resource Studies (CAHRS) - Hybrid

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This position is based in Ithaca, NY, within the ILR School on the campus of Cornell University.
The School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University has an immediate opening for a Program Coordinator – Coord Program I in the Center for Advanced Human Resources (CAHRS) in the Extension/Outreach Division.

Our Team:

The Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) is an ILR School Outreach Institute that is considered the world’s leading partnership between industry and academia, devoted to global human resource management. CAHRS provides connections and education amongst approximately 50 partner companies, ILR school faculty, and students to advance the world of work, especially in human resources.

What we are seeking:

The Program Coordinator supports the Academic Director and Executive Director of Cornell’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) in all operations of the department.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing and managing the department budget and financial reporting.
• Ensuring all programming is successfully coordinated and delivered (partner meetings/working groups/webcasts/advisory board meetings/executive roundtables).
• Playing a key role in partner company engagement by being the primary liaison between CAHRS, partner companies, Cornell faculty, and administrators and providing exceptional customer service to all stakeholders.
• Contributing to the development, maintenance and enhancement of the CAHRS website and database, producing reports as needed.
• Supporting marketing and communication needs and developing CAHRS reporting for Outreach, ILR, and Partner communication purposes.

More information about the ILR School can be obtained at our web site, http://www.ilr.cornell.edu and CAHRS at http://www.cahrs.ilr.cornell.edu

What we need:

• Associate’s degree, with two to three years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Three to five years of professional experience in program, project or event management, in an academic or corporate setting.
• Demonstrated significant experience in project and financial management, including budget forecast and tracking and collection and analysis of group performance metrics on finances, business development.
• Very strong interpersonal skills to manage interactions and communication with a diverse group of constituents.
• Proven ability to successfully manage and prioritize multiple tasks within a matrix organization while working simultaneously under pressure within a fast-paced, office environment.
• Must possess the ability to work independently.
• Excellent organizational, logistical and scheduling skills to address extended, complex projects timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion, confidentiality and independent judgment.
• Ability to take initiative and be a pro-active team member by recognizing or anticipating needs and addressing them.
• Experience in diplomatically dealing with business professionals, academic faculty and client executives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a level of proficiency needed for publishable documents or executive client interface.
• Expertise in Microsoft products including MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Occasional travel required.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and wellbeing.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

You will be a top candidate with our preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Minimum four to five years of experience with project, financial and event management in an office setting preferably in higher education.
• Prior experience working with HTML or other web development tools to support program content management.
• Familiarity with virtual learning platforms, technologies and webcasts using Zoom and Adobe Connect.
• Experience working across various office locations and virtually, beyond U.S. borders is a plus.
• Experienced with survey software.

No relocation assistance or visa sponsorship provided for this position.

ILR Outreach appreciates employees by providing the opportunity to work a nine day per month campus-to-home hybrid schedule.

Cornell appreciates employees with great rewards & benefits:

Cornell provides great benefits that include educational benefits, access to a plethora of wellness programs, employee discounts with local and national retail brands, health care options to choose from, generous paid leave provisions and superior retirement contributions.

Cornell has also been nationally recognized as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives. For more information click here.

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