"Trinfo Program Manager"

Job Details

Title

Trinfo Program Manager

Department

Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER)

Regular or Temporary

Regular

Hours Per Week

40

FLSA Determination

Exempt

Weeks Per Year

52

Open Date

09/17/2025

Full or Part Time

Full Time

Position Summary

Trinity is a highly selective, independent, nonsectarian liberal arts institution located in the capital city of Hartford, Connecticut. The college maintains a rigorous academic profile complemented by a vibrant co-curricular program. With more than 2,100 full-time undergraduate students, representing forty-three states and ninety-one countries, we consider our location in a culturally and socioeconomically diverse capital city to be among Trinity’s most distinctive assets; and we cultivate strong connections with our surrounding neighbors and with institutions and organizations throughout Hartford and the region. As a preeminent liberal arts college in an urban setting, Trinity College prepares students to be bold, independent thinkers who lead transformative lives.

Maintains the operations and programming of Trinfo, a neighborhood gathering space, which broadens relations between Trinity College and the Hartford Community, including a community garden, Hartford Youth Programming, and VITA Tax Clinic. Trains and manages team of student workers; organizes public events and activities. Represents the Center for Hartford Engagement and Research (CHER) at community events; builds and maintains effective working relationships with neighborhood and community leaders. Manages office workflow and provides administrative duties to support daily operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Works in partnership with the CHER Executive Director, solicits ongoing feedback on campus and in the community to identify mutually beneficial ways of connecting Trinity with Hartford through Trinfo.
• Implements programming and oversee operations of Trinfo to support these goals. Including the Community Garden, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, and Trinfo’s Youth High School Program.
• Provide administrative support (supply orders, financial processing, translation, budgeting, IT, and facility work orders), as well as organize public events, hire, train, and manage student workers as needed.
• Support the work of the CHER’s Executive Director in connecting Trinity to the Learning Corridor and Hartford K-12 initiatives, including (1) facilities requests and events management, and (2) supporting academic programming, such as Trin- HMTCA Tutors and summer workshops.
• Participates actively on the Center for Hartford Engagement and Research Team, supporting efforts to synthesize community engagement efforts through meetings, data collection, and communication.
• In collaboration with the Senior Director of Academic Programs, supervise and advise the CHER Community Engagement Fellows.
• Represents Trinfo and CHER at three monthly after-hours Neighborhood Revitalization (NRZ) Meetings.
• Perform other related duties as assigned and based on departmental need.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Spanish Fluency Required

Special Instructions to Applicants

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Effective July 1, 2023, the hiring department does not incur a cost for advertising in either the Chronicle of Higher Ed or diversityinhighered.com for exempt jobs and ZipRecruiter for non-exempt jobs. Additional advertising on other sites will be paid by the hiring department. HR will obtain quotes from the ad agency and provide quotes to the hiring manager to confirm if the department would like to post on additional sites.