Job Details
Job Title: Event Coordinator I
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 302907
About Us
Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
- Students are our top priority.
- We strive for excellence.
- We thrive on diversity.
- We celebrate collaboration.
- We champion innovation.
- We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
- We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
- We act ethically.
- We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Department Information
After more than four years of planning and groundwork, the ambitious Tech Square Phase 3 (TS3) initiative is well underway. With two impressive towers at its core connected by a shared elevator, the TS3 project, slated to finish in 2026, encompasses 416,500 square feet and includes a large outdoor plaza for street-level retail.
The building will feature two striking structures: the 14-story Scheller Tower and the 18-story George Tower, respectively named after generous benefactors Ernest "Ernie" Scheller Jr. (IM 1952, HON Ph.D. 2013) and Bill William W. "Bill" George (IE 1964, HON Ph.D. 2008) and his wife Penny.
Tech Square Phase 3 George Tower | H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Job Summary
Coordinate arrangements for holding meetings and other gatherings on behalf of a campus unit. Usually includes providing assistance in scheduling and planning the event, reserving a location, arranging for meeting support services and follow-up. Meeting facility utilized may be unit based or at other locations, on or off campus. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Unit management and staff and event sponsors, vendors. This position typically will advise and counsel: event sponsors, vendors. This position will supervise: NA.
Responsibilities
- Job Duty 1 - Confer with event sponsors to determine scope and overall objectives associated with an event.
- Job Duty 2 - Based on client needs and facility availability determine resources required and prepare event schedule.
- Job Duty 3 - Make necessary facility reservations.
- Job Duty 4 - Arrange for any catering requirements, facility set-up, parking, security, etc.
- Job Duty 5 - May coordinate promotional/publicizing efforts in conjunction with event.
- Job Duty 6 - May prepare and administer event budgets and maintain associated records.
- Job Duty 7 - Conduct follow-up to determine adequacy of services provided in support of event.
- Job Duty 8 - Perform other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma
Other Required Qualifications
No additional information
Required Experience
Two to three years of job related experience
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Educational Qualifications
Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree or two years college course work
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Skills
This job requires basic knowledge and skills in event management. This includes skills in customer service, organizing, planning and scheduling. Use of business related computer applications is required.
Other Information
- This is not a supervisory position.
- This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
- This position will not be required to drive.
- This role is not considered a position of trust.
- This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
- This position will not travel.
- This position does not require security clearance.
Job Grade: C6
Pay Rate: $20.58/hr - $27.98/hr
Salary will commensurate with experience and education
Location: Atlanta, GA
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