Berry Center for Integrity in Leadership Operations Coordinator

Berry College; Rome (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Berry College's BCIL seeks an Operations Coordinator to provide the operational infrastructure that enables partnerships, grants, convenings, programs, and institutional initiatives to run reliably and effectively across campus and with external partners.

Reporting to the Sims Director, the Coordinator translates approved priorities into well-organized plans, schedules, and logistics, while maintaining financial records, procurement, and follow-through to ensure successful program implementation

Qualifications

• Strong organizational, project-management, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects, programs or events with deadlines and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting budgets, purchasing, reimbursements, and financial records.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the operational implementation of BCIL partnerships, grants, convenings, programs, and initiatives, including timelines, schedules, resources, and follow-through.
• Contribute to team planning and continuous improvement; strengthen operating practices and participant experience.
• Support program components; co-facilitate or lead as assigned by the lead professional.
• Coordinate lectures, workshops, and events, including registration, facilities, travel, AV needs, and communications.
• Maintain project plans, calendars, workflows, and budget-tracking processes according to college policies.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multi-project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

The Operations Coordinator provides the operational infrastructurethat enables the Berry Center for Integrity in Leadership (BCIL) to carry out its partnerships, grants, convenings, programs, andinstitutional initiatives reliably and effectively. Reporting tothe Sims Director, the Coordinator works across the BCIL team andwith campus and external partners to translate approved prioritiesinto well-organized plans, schedules, logistics, communications,financial processes, and follow-through.

This position is well suited for a collaborative, self-directedprofessional who enjoys coordinating complex work, improvingoperating systems, working with students and partners, and helpingprograms move successfully from planning through implementation andcloseout.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the operational implementation of BCIL partnerships,grants, convenings, programs, institutional initiatives, andspecial projects, including timelines, schedules, responsibilities,resources, and follow-through.
• Contribute actively to BCIL's professional team by bringinginitiative, sound judgment, and ideas to team planning, problemsolving, and continuous improvement; help strengthen the Center'soperating practices, participant experience, and overalleffectiveness.
• Participate directly in BCIL initiatives and, as assigned,support, co-facilitate, or lead selected program components underthe direction of the appropriate professional lead, providingopportunities for increasing contribution as experience andcapability develop.
• Coordinate lectures, workshops, retreats, mentoring activities,student programs, faculty and staff development programs, and otherevents, including registration, facilities, catering, travel,accommodations, audiovisual needs, materials, and participantcommunication.
• Maintain project plans, calendars, status trackers, records,workflows, templates, and other operating systems that supportreliable execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Administer purchasing, invoices, reimbursements, travelexpenses, contracts, purchase-card activity, and budget-trackingprocesses in accordance with College policies and approvedbudgets.
• Support assessment, grant reporting, donor stewardship, annualreporting, and program review by maintaining accurateparticipation, financial, and activity records.

Work Environment

The Operations Coordinator works within a small, collaborativeprofessional team and routinely coordinates work acrossorganizational boundaries. The position requires a high degree oforganization, professional judgment, follow-through, and attentionto detail. Occasional evening or weekend work is required insupport of programs and events.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; minimum of three years of progressivelyresponsible experience in program operations, project coordination,event or program administration, or comparable operationalwork.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple projects, programs,or events involving schedules, deadlines, participants, resources,and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, project-management, communication, andinterpersonal skills, with the ability to manage concurrentresponsibilities and changing priorities.
• Experience supporting budgets, purchasing, reimbursements,financial records, or comparable administrative processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and professionally with students, faculty, staff, institutional leaders, external partners, vendors, and community members.

Additional Information

ABOUT BERRY COLLEGE

Berry is a selective independent college of 2,200 students locatedadjacent to Rome, GA, midway between Atlanta, GA, and Chattanooga,TN. Berry's educational approach deliberately unites challengingacademic programs with practical work experience in a residentialcampus community that encourages faith and emphasizes caring forthe needs of others above self. Our mission and values are grounded in the ethic that ourfounder instilled more than a century ago:

"We educate the head, heart, and hands - to inspire leaders ofintegrity who cultivate thriving communities." Combiningacademic exploration with meaningful work responsibilities in aresidential setting, our approach emphasizes firsthand experiencesand mentoring. We invest in the personal growth and professionalpreparation of talented students from varied backgrounds, with anenduring commitment to help those hindered by financial need.Guided by Christian principles, we value the dignity ofindividuals, the search for truth tempered with grace, and thewell-being of our neighbors.

Nationally recognized for quality of learning and quality of life, Berry offers first-rate undergraduate degree programs in thesciences, humanities, arts, and human sciences, as well asundergraduate and master's level opportunities in business,physician associate studies, and teacher education. The College'sstunning 27,000-acre campus affords opportunities that cannot beduplicated elsewhere. Berry's ongoing commitment is to provideexceptional educational experiences to talented students from awide range of social, racial, and economic backgrounds.

COLLEGE COMMITMENTS

Berry College is committed to recruiting and supporting a diversefaculty and staff. An Equal Opportunity Institution, Berry complieswith all applicable laws and provisions prohibiting discriminationin its educational and employment policies. Berry respects theessential dignity of all individuals and accordingly hires andpromotes employees without regard to matters of personal identitysuch as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, andpolitical affiliation. Berry College is committed to ensuringfacilities, programs, services, and activities are accessible toeveryone, including those seeking employment at Berry College. Inquiries about interviews or workplace accommodations are welcomedand can be directed to [e-mail] or [phone].