Event Coordinator

MSU Internal Job Postings Details•East Lansing, MI

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

This position serves as a Family Engagement Coordinator and Project/Event Coordinator, focusing on promoting the use of the Michigan Learning Channel and PBS resources among teachers and families. The role involves leveraging existing relationships with educational institutions and teachers to encourage the adoption of these resources. Key responsibilities include coordinating communications, planning events and trainings (which may be virtual), collecting testimonials, and suggesting new content areas. The coordinator will also distribute programming schedules, align promotional campaigns with the school calendar, and create promotional materials. Additionally, the role involves supporting and training teaching staff through a 'train the trainer' model, composing on-air messaging and social media content, and entering engagement data into a CRM system. Participation in virtual trainings and consultations with Michigan Learning Channel staff is also required. This position offers a hybrid working schedule with a minimum of three days per week in the office, with remote work agreements subject to ongoing review.

Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to that which would be normally acquired in a four year degree in communications, education or similar disciplines.
One to three years of related and progressively more responsible and expansive work experience in planning and managing special events.
Experience as a customer service representative or professional development trainer.
Experience with Microsoft Office, Word, and Excel.
An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Teams, Zoom preferred.
Experience as a classroom teacher.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Experience working with the educational community.
Ability to manage time and resources effectively.
Excellent organizational ability with strong attention to details.
Excellent follow up skills.
Excellent proposal writing skills.
Comfortable in a virtual environment to provide trainings and resource support workshops.
Ability to interact and work in a team environment, virtually in in-person.

Responsibilities

Leverage existing relationships with school districts, ISDs and RESAs, and teachers to promote the use of the Michigan Learning Channel.
Provide Michigan Learning Channel and PBS resources to teachers and families to optimize their use of the service.
Coordinate, compose, edit, and execute electronic and print communications to families and educators about Michigan Learning Channel programming, digital resources, special events, and trainings.
Collect testimonials and best practices on how educators are using the channel.
Propose and plan special events and trainings to improve usage of the Michigan Learning Channel, keeping in mind current safety protocols and understanding that these events and trainings may be virtual.
Suggest to the Director of Education opportunities to build out new content areas that are important to educators at various grade levels and subject areas.
Distribute, through communication methods, programming schedules for the Michigan Learning Channel to local teachers in advance so they can plan their lessons around the programming.
Coordinate, plan and align promotional campaigns with the school calendar, locally important events, as well as opportunities tied to specialized audiences.
Compose, edit and execute on-air messaging, social media, and other platforms to improve communication among teachers and administrators statewide.
Enter engagement activities and statistics into a CRM system provided by the Michigan Learning Channel.
Participate in scheduled trainings and consultations with the Michigan Learning Channel staff, may be virtual.
Compose, edit, and create promotional materials and marketing strategies.
Support and train teaching staff on ways to integrate Michigan Learning Channel into curriculum using ‘train the trainer’ model, may be virtual.