Assistant Director, CUGS

Trinity College; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity College, located in Hartford, CT, seeks a versatile administrator to support the Center for Urban and Global Studies. You will help represent the college, manage communications, and support graduate studies in urban planning.

Responsibilities include planning meetings, supervising student workers, coordinating visiting scholars, budgeting, and program promotion within a busy urban studies environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Familiarity with the urban studies base of the center.
• Strong problem-solving skills in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent time management and prioritization.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Public speaking and presentation ability.
• Accurate data entry and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Represent Trinity and CUGS to constituents and help set direction for the center.
• Manage communications: website, blogs, social media, and newsletters.
• Plan, advertise, and host meetings, workshops, and conferences; supervise student workers.
• Support visiting faculty through staffing searches and onboarding.
• Assist visiting scholars and coordinate with the New University in Exile Consortium.
• Monitor budget expenditures, payments, and reimbursements.
• Serve as building manager for 70 Vernon Street and order supplies.
• Oversee student research grants and fellowships and advise on projects.
• Promote graduate programs and certificates in urban planning.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Public speaking

Data entry

Budget management

Time management

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Diversity awareness

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CMS

Social media management

Newsletter editing

Job description

Job Description

Supports director in representing Trinity and the Center for Urbanand Global Studies (CUGS) to constituents within and outside of thecollege and in creating direction and goals for the center; alsosupports graduate studies in urban planning.

Responsibilities

• Support director in representing Trinity and CUGS toconstituents within and outside of the college and in creatingdirection and goals for the center


• Manage communications, including maintaining website, writingblogs, managing social media, and editing newsletter.


• Plan, advertise, and host meetings, workshops, andconferences.
  Supervise student workers as research and communicationsassistants.


• Assist CUGS visiting faculty through staffing searches,onboarding new visiting faculty, and ongoing support of visitingfaculty.


• Support the IIE-SRF Visiting Scholar(s) in acclimating to lifeand work in the U.S. and assist the director in coordinating withthe New University in Exile Consortium.


• Monitor budget expenditures, process payments andreimbursements.


• Serve as building manager for 70 Vernon Street, includingsubmitting work requests and ordering supplies.


• Manage student research grants and fellowships program of CUGS,including overseeing the application process, advising students onprojects and presentations, coordinating and serving on selectioncommittees, and managing the administration of grants.


• Assist in the promotion and programming of the graduateprogram/graduate certificate in urban planning.


• Perform other related duties as assigned and based ondepartmental need.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree


• Familiarity with the urban studies intellectual base of thecenter.


• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work well infast-paced and stressful environments


• Good time management skills with the ability to prioritizework


• Excellent human relations/customer service skills with theability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries orcomplaints


• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to diversity,equity, and inclusion


• Ability to work independently as well as with a team


• Effective communication (written and oral) skills


• Public speaking and skills to develop presentations


• Ability to perform data entry with a high degree ofaccuracy


• Ability to evaluate information, interpret and analyze data,and develop reports


• Skill in program planning, implementation, and management


• Ability to train team members or student employees andschedule/coordinate work and activities of others


• Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships withleadership, faculty, staff, students, and externalstakeholders/constituencies


• Ability to uphold a professional code of ethics and maintainconfidentiality


• Knowledge of departmental technology and computing skills


• Skill in accounting and budget management
  

About Us

Trinity is a highly selective, independent, nonsectarian liberalarts institution located in the capital city of Hartford,Connecticut. The college maintains a rigorous academic profilecomplemented by a vibrant co-curricular program. With more than2,100 full-time undergraduate students, representing forty-threestates and ninety-one countries, we consider our location in aculturally and socioeconomically diverse capital city to be amongTrinity’s most distinctive assets; and we cultivate strongconnections with our surrounding neighbors and with institutionsand organizations throughout Hartford and the region. As apreeminent liberal arts college in an urban setting, TrinityCollege prepares students to be bold, independent thinkers who leadtransformative lives.

Trinity College is an independent, nonsectarian liberal artscollege for men and women, with approximately 2,200 undergraduatestudents and 200 faculty members, located in Hartford, Connecticut.Our Mission is “Engage. Connect. Transform.” As the preeminentliberal arts college in an urban setting, Trinity College preparesstudents to be bold, independent thinkers who lead transformativelives. Trinity is an actively engaged community of students,faculty and staff who work together to develop and sustain theintellectual and creative opportunities central to a first-classliberal arts education. Hartford, the state capital, provides manyopportunities for cultural and social engagement.

The College is committed to building a representative and diversefaculty, administrative staff, and student body. Trinity is anEqual Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minoritiesare encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities shouldrequest, in advance, any needed accommodation in order toparticipate in the application process.

For all faculty positions, completion of the Ph.D. or appropriateequivalent is expected. Candidates should have a strong commitmentto undergraduate and interdisciplinary teaching in a liberal artscontext, and a well-articulated plan for sustained research.Trinity is especially interested in candidates who can contributeto the diversity and excellence of the academic community throughtheir research, teaching, and service.