Professional Community Development Assistant

University of Portland Portal•Portland, OR

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for assisting the Director of Professional Community Development with various tasks to include: researching donors and companies for upcoming conferences, creating quarterly newsletter and stewardship letters, contacting alumni about video project, work on filming and editing videos, representing the University at events, drafting invitations, creating timelines for projects, overseeing MAT graduate program marketing campaign, assisting with event planning tasks, and working with all departments to accomplish specific projects for the School of Education as assigned. This position works in full partnership with other School of Education student employees, as well as all School of Education faculty and staff.

Requirements

Demonstrates initiative, leadership, energy, and sound judgment
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong proofreading skills and attention to detail
Work collaboratively and effectively with the School of Education faculty and staff members, other student workers, etc.
Comfortable interacting with alumni and friends of the University in a public setting
Comfortable interacting with faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the University via email and phone
Experience with all Microsoft programs (especially Word and Excel) and experience with mail merges
Experience with basic office skills and equipment (phones, copy machine)
Self-directed worker
Work on multiple tasks at one time
Work with deadlines
Flexible and a fast learner
Able to attend events during evening and weekend hours
Able to move independently around campus to interface with faculty, staff, and students

Nice To Haves

Mastery of all Microsoft programs (especially Word and Excel) and experience with mail merges
Experience with video production and editing
Experience with podcasting and editing
Experience with Adobe products – such as Premier Pro and inDesgin.

Responsibilities

Researching donors and companies for upcoming conferences
Creating quarterly newsletter and stewardship letters
Contacting alumni about video project
Work on filming and editing videos
Representing the University at events
Drafting invitations
Creating timelines for projects
Overseeing MAT graduate program marketing campaign
Assisting with event planning tasks
Working with all departments to accomplish specific projects for the School of Education as assigned