Special Projects Coordinator

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Special Projects Coordinator serves as a key member of the UNC School of Law administrative team, responsible for executing high-priority strategic projects, events, and operational initiatives that support the School’s mission and leadership objectives. This position coordinates all aspects of complex events and special projects, including scheduling and calendaring, travel arrangements, catering, venue logistics, vendor coordination, and stakeholder communications. Working across a broad range of internal and external constituencies, the Special Projects Coordinator ensures projects are completed efficiently, professionally, and with exceptional attention to detail. The successful candidate will possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors, trustees, vendors, and other external partners. The position requires advanced administrative and technology proficiency, including expertise with Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot), Concur travel and expense management, RASR , and project management and collaboration platforms such as Asana, CRM systems, Planner, Power Automate, Forms, OneDrive, Adobe Acrobat, and similar enterprise systems. The ideal candidate is highly organized, technologically sophisticated, resourceful, and capable of managing multiple competing priorities while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and customer service.

Requirements

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors, trustees, vendors, and other external partners.
• Advanced administrative and technology proficiency.
• Expertise with Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot).
• Proficiency with Concur travel and expense management.
• Proficiency with RASR.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration platforms such as Asana, CRM systems, Planner, Power Automate, Forms, OneDrive, Adobe Acrobat, and similar enterprise systems.
• Highly organized.
• Technologically sophisticated.
• Resourceful.

Responsibilities

• Executing high-priority strategic projects, events, and operational initiatives.
• Coordinating all aspects of complex events and special projects, including scheduling and calendaring, travel arrangements, catering, venue logistics, vendor coordination, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensuring projects are completed efficiently, professionally, and with exceptional attention to detail.
• Building effective relationships with faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors, trustees, vendors, and other external partners.
• Managing multiple competing priorities while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and customer service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed