Assistant Director for Major Events
7489BR
Provost
Office of Co-op Education & Career Services
Detailed Job Description
The Assistant Director for Major Events will:

• Lead the coordination and implementation of multiple university-wide career fairs annually including working with internal and external vendors, responsibility for maintaining a $200,000 budget, traditional and online marketing, and logistical support in-person and virtually.
• Run weekly committee meetings with staff members, providing guidance and direction on logistics and running of the actual campus events.
• Partner with employers, organizations, departments, and/or other divisions inside and outside RIT to create successful events
• Become a resident expert on Career Fair modules, platforms, and benchmarking comparative colleges to continue to provide top-tier events for students and employer partners.
• Strive for continuous improvement through benchmarking and surveying attendees of all office events.

Responsibilities include:

• Plan and Execute several Career Fairs, including 2 University Wide, Accounting, Civil, Packaging, Creative Industry Day and several other smaller events. These events will attract 15,000 attendees annually.
• Act as the liaison between the Office of Career Services and campus partners who provide support to on-campus events. Including but not limited to; Gordon Field House events staff, Student Life Center event staff, Catering, Public Safety, FMS - Shipping and Receiving, Shuttle Transportation, Parking & Transportation, Marketing and Communications, University News, and Procurement Services.
• Project management responsibilities to ensure that events are completed on time, with in scope and with in budget.
• Act as liaison with external partners and vendors. Including but not limited to; Transportation services, hotels, Caterers, and additional vendors that provide auxiliary support.
• Work closely with employers to identify the timing, purpose and schedule of events before, during and after fairs.
• Work with Career Services Coordinators, RIT faculty, departments and outside contacts to promote, market and inform students about office events.
• Live our values, embrace diverse perspectives, and nurture the RIT community to remain a great place to work for all.

The Assistant Director for Major Events also has Career Service Coordinator responsibilities including the following: advising and counseling students and alumni in assigned programs, concerning career and employment issues; managing working relationships. with assigned employer representatives to maintain and expand employment opportunities for RIT students and alumni; working closely with the faculty and administrators in assigned academic areas and with other academic support and administrative units (e.g. undergraduate and graduate admissions, development and alumni relations, study-abroad, honors) to achieve institutional goals and objectives.
Department/College Description
Minimum Qualifications
Education/Experience:

• Bachelor Degree
• Minimum 3 years of related experience

Skills:

• Experience with event planning
• Ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize
• Highly developed project management skills
• Effective relationship building/partnering and teamwork skills
• Strong advising/coaching skills
• Strong customer/client service focus
• Marketing and sales skills
• Analytical/problem-solving ability
• Strong communication skills (written and oral) with the ability to work directly with business partners and end users
• Capability to facilitate meetings attended by business partners, technical staff and end user
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills are required. Ability to learn new technical, functional and business concepts relating to enterprise infrastructure services without formal training
• Possess self-initiative to be given general guidance on an objective and to achieve that objective with minimal managerial guidance

Professional Area:
Employment Category: Fulltime
Staff Job Function: Wage Band: 117A
How to Apply
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Additional Details
Rochester Institute of Technology, the 10th largest private university in the U.S., is among the worlds leading technological universities. Its 18,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries are enrolled in over 200 academic programs, including 7 interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs. A pioneer in experiential education, RIT was the first to offer undergraduate degree programs in biotechnology, information technology, software engineering, and microelectronic engineering. As home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the university offers unparalleled academic opportunities and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Founded in 1829, RIT has 115,000 alumni throughout the United States and around the world. RIT has been named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the "Great Colleges to Work For." RIT is a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation site, and is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples through the Upstate NY Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. For more information, visit www.rit.edu/overview/rankings-and-recognition and www.rit.edu.
As a member of the RIT community employees receive a well-balanced benefits package that offers a variety of choices and access to additional employment advantages. These benefits, combined with an employees pay, provide a total compensation package that can be tailored to meet your needs. More on RITs Benefits, Health & Wellness program can be found at: https://www.rit.edu/fa/humanresources/content/benefits-health-and-wellness
RIT does not discriminate. RIT is an equal opportunity employer that promotes and values diversity, pluralism, and inclusion. For more information or inquiries, please visit RIT/TitleIX or the U.S. Department of Education at ED.Gov
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