Communications and Project Management Specialist

What You'll Do:

1. Plan and execute marketing and communications initiatives and projects to support Piper Center team members or increase engagement with Piper Center programming

• Website and Digital Communications
  
  • Update and create web content about events, job search, and best practices
• Graphic Design and Print Materials
  • Create or review graphics, posters and other print materials
• Email/Text Outreach
  • Draft, edit and/or coordinate emails and text campaigns to students and alumni about events, jobs, internships, and other opportunities
  • Manage the Piper Center email inbox
• Social Media
  • Collaborate with St. Olaf Marketing and Communications to create content for St. Olaf social media channels
  • Manage video projects to highlight resources and opportunities

2. Manage events and projects in coordination with other members of the Piper Center team

• Ensure events and projects are completed by helping to develop a plan, maintaining ongoing communication with stakeholders and monitoring progress

3. Manage the student operations team

• Hire, train, supervise, and mentor a team of students that supports communication and operational needs
• Support student workers through one-on-one and team meetings

4. Provide general operational and data support

• Address operational needs as they arise; seek opportunities to innovate and create more efficient operational and technology systems
• Assist with scheduling meetings, ordering supplies, thanking volunteers, etc.
• Oversee the “front of house” hospitality when Peer Advisors are unavailable
• Oversee and assist with data entry of information about students, jobs, alumni/parents, and employers

5. Support, respect, and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values, and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community
6. Complete and meet deadlines for required training and performance management cycle
7. Perform other duties as assigned

Work Schedule:
Term: Year-round
Shift: August-May, 40 hours per week, hours to be worked between Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.; with occasional evening and weekend hours; travel up to 2% of the work schedule, which includes local (Twin Cities metro area); 4 weeks unpaid leave to be used in June and/or July.

Who You Are:
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
Experience: 1+ years of marketing and communications or project management experience, or similar relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s degree
Experience: 2+ years of experience with marketing and communications, project management,
and office management; some experience in higher education, including experience
supervising students.

Please review the full job description here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16chc5O9xFzX9C-xSdYOyYy_xVUFnGtMz/view?usp=sharing

Who We Are:

Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff employees. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.

The college offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.

A summary of the Flexible Work Policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A link to our DEI page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/

A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

The college strongly recommends that incoming students and new employees complete the primary COVID vaccine series before beginning their studies or work on campus, and that all members of our campus community remain up to date with COVID vaccines, per CDC guidance.

St. Olaf College is an equal employment opportunity employer. The College is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community. With regard to its hiring and employment practices, the College prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based upon an individual’s legally protected status including race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance.

For Staff Application Assistance:
employment@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068

For Faculty Application Assistance:
facultysearch@stolaf.edu
507-786-3356

Title IX Contact Information:
Pamela McDowell, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator
1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Tomson Hall 180
Northfield, MN 55057
507-786-3465
mcdowell@stolaf.edu