The CAS Event Coordinator is primarily responsible for planning CAS speaker and event programming. This includes acting as a liaison between CAS and CU faculty members, campus departments such as UMC Event Planning, Academic Scheduling, the International Tax Specialist, etc.; making travel arrangements; reserving event venues; publicity; and communicating with visiting lecturers before and after their visits. Other responsibilities include serving as the receptionist for the Center, providing office support to other staff members, research and data collection for grant proposals and reports, and active participation in CAS social media efforts.听
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Key Responsibilities:
Coordination of CAS speaker series, annual CAS Symposium, CAS luncheon series, and other community outreach:
- Primary staff member responsible for maintaining strong working relationships with CU faculty event hosts, visiting scholars, and members of the broader Denver-Boulder community (as both presenters and audience members for CAS events).
- As the CAS Event Coordinator will be the first person that many visitors to campus work with, it is vitally important that the person in this position is able to represent CU and CAS professionally, through clear and reliable communication, foresight and proactive efforts to avoid possible problems, and design and implementation of systems that ensure necessary procedures are followed.
- Act as liaison with other campus entities such as the Procurement Service Center, Office of Information Technology, Risk Management, Campus Alcohol Agent, Facilities Management, CU Police Department, Parking and Transportation Services, other academic departments, UMC Event Planning, Academic Scheduling, and the International Tax Specialist as necessary for planning on-campus events. Duties include travel logistics such as hotel and air ticket reservations, paperwork required for travel reimbursement and honoraria payments, and ground transportation.听
- Responsible for designing appropriate publicity plans for each event, with consideration of the target audience and how best to reach that audience. For events targeted at the broader community, this will include outreach to related community organizations and revised messaging to meet their needs. Publicity plans will be carried out by the Graduate AV名湿 Assistant under the Event Coordinator's supervision and by the Event Coordinator directly.
- Coordinates filming of selected events and supervises Videography Intern as needed.
Social Media and Web Communications
- For event publicity and other communications outreach, this position generates content for the CAS website and blog, Facebook, and other social media platforms, and works with the CAS Graduate AV名湿 Assistant to schedule and post content multiple times per week.
AV名湿 and Data Collection for Grant Proposals and Reports:
- Many of the Center's activities are carried out with grant funding from federal agencies, private foundations, and other sources; as a result, all staff members are involved in various aspects of researching grant opportunities, providing data for inclusion in grant proposals, and reporting on grant activities.听
Clerical/office Support:
- The CAS Event Coordinator is the front office support person for the Center, a role that advances the academic, outreach, and curricular mission of CAS, and includes answering the main phone line; greeting faculty, student, and community visitors to the office; maintenance of office supply inventory; and other duties as assigned.
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