Outreach and Events Coordinator

Job description

Department SSD Chicago Center on Democracy-Staff and Temporary Employees About the Department: The Chicago Center on Democracy is an academic center based in the Social Sciences Division. The center supports programming, research, curricular structures, and other activities related to democracy. Job Summary: Under general guidance, the job performs a broad range of operational business activities relating to the design, planning, and execution of events and programming. The Chicago Center on Democracy at the University of Chicago seeks a creative, detail-oriented individual to coordinate outreach and events oriented around topics of democracy. Reporting to the center’s Operations Director, this person in this role organizes and implements events, and plans, creates, and disseminates information about activities of the center. Responsibilities: - Dream up interesting events and activities we can organize for students and others. - Coordinate with speakers and guests. - Create and manage registration pages. - Reserve venues. - Correspond with vendors. - Determine ways to make students aware and interested in our events and activities. - Support reimbursements. - Set up venues: put up...