Date Posted: 07/31/2024
Req ID: 39038
Faculty/Division: School of Management
Department: Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

About us:

The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and academic excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial and financial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. We make a fundamental promise – Here’s where it changes – to our students, our partners and the broader community. Everyone at Rotman, faculty and staff, plays a role in bringing that promise to life.

Your opportunity:

The Rotman Office of Recruitment, Admissions and Business Development (RABD) recruits and admits talented professionals who aim to push their limits, expand their creativity and develop their leadership potential via one of the School’s nine graduate management programs. The RABD team will achieve this goal using industry-standard best practices in strategic enrolment management.

As an Event Coordinator, you will be part of an innovative, dynamic and collaborative team committed to delivering an exceptional experience for prospective candidates of Rotman’s graduate programs. A critical member of the RABD team, this role will conceptualize, organize and execute a wide range of recruitment events to attract both domestic and international students to Rotman’s suite ofnine graduate business programs. You will support event management, including, but not limited to, determining logistical requirements such as space, on-site supervision and event direction, and managing and making recommendations for technology for hybrid events using various online tools such as Zoom and MS Teams.

The Event Coordinator will work with colleagues across the RABD portfolio and the Rotman School to achieve the School’s recruitment goals, and be a key contributor to a dynamic and SEM-driven recruitment and admissions operation dedicated to shaping the incoming classes of transformational graduate business programs at the University of Toronto.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for event-related enquiries
• Overseeing space and resource requirements for events and related programming
• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
• Coordinating the schedule for program and event calendars
• Developing content for marketing and/or promotional materials
• Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance.
• Overseeing the implementation of event plans and activities.
• Conceptualizing, organizing and executing event activities.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years of relevant and recent experience organizing events in a higher education setting.
• Graduate student recruitment experience highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience conducting post-event analyses and surveys
• Experience with livestreaming and virtual event technologies (such as Zoom, YouTube or similar) and CRM / marketing systems (such as Salesforce, Marketing Cloud) are an asset
• Experience in managing multiple and concurrent deadlines and initiatives
• Proven ability to demonstrate sound judgment and tact under pressure
• Strong verbal, analytical, and written communication skills; well-developed interpersonal and customer-service skills
• Demonstrated experience applying fundamental concepts of strategic enrolment management in a student recruitment setting highly desirable

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Articulate
• Communicator
• Efficient
• Organized
• Resourceful
• Responsible
• Team player

Closing Date: 08/12/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 10 -- $70,844. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $90,595. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.