Project and Events Associate

Project and Events Associate

Project Associate I - Band E

Research & Innovation

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Cornell Research & Innovation creates an environment that unifies and advances Cornell's scholarship, research, and discovery through state-of-the-art facilities, domain expertise, and partnership to enable innovation and impact. We leverage external funding and partnerships, enable interdisciplinary research, and ensure regulatory compliance. We collaborate to successfully translate and commercialize research through companies large and small, including startups launched by our entrepreneurial faculty, staff, and students. Our commitment to inclusive excellence makes this environment possible.

The Strategic, Unified Management for Multidisciplinary Initiatives Team (SUMMIT) will provide administrative support for a broad portfolio of research centers under OVPRI. We are looking for a Project and Events Associate to join this team.

Your Mission

As part of the Strategic, Unified Management for Multidisciplinary Initiatives and Teams (SUMMIT), each Project Associate is assigned a portfolio of research centers, projects and/or initiatives. While Program Managers are responsible for setting the overarching strategy and outcomes, Project Associates act as critical partners, providing insight and contributions to define objectives and scope. Project Associates are responsible for supporting the strategic development, direction, and implementation of each center, project or initiative. The Project and Events Associate will lead event-related projects and initiatives for the centers supported by SUMMIT.

Major responsibilities of this position may include:

• Project and Event Planning and Execution: Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of project plans, with a focus on event and event-related projects, overseeing day-to-day operations, collaborating closely with Director, Program Managers, and other R&I teams, and negotiating contracted services and venues. Evaluate processes and events, recommending improvements. Oversee and provide day-of-event stewardship. Event projects may include symposia, conferences, retreats, and workshops.
• Financial Stewardship: Establish relationships for financial processing, managing expenditures and budgets, preparing reports for stakeholders, and recommending operational modifications based on financial data.
• Project and Event Communications: Support project and event communication strategies, ensuring effective communication among stakeholders, gathering and organizing data for communication purposes, and contributing to the development of communications in a variety of formats such as websites, print media, and email announcements.
• Reporting: Prepare and submit impact and progress reports, overseeing accurate data collection and reporting, and monitoring project and event timelines to address any issues promptly.
• Travel: Traveling for events and meetings throughout the year may be required. In-person stewardship of events may be required.

What We Need
Send us a cover letter and resume outlining your interest in this position and explaining how your experience and qualifications match the position requirements. We will review applications as received. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.When evaluating your candidacy, we will look for evidence of the following:

• Bachelor's degree with at least 2-4 years' administrative management experience and/or project management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with faculty, staff, students, and project partners.
• Demonstrated ability to remain focused working in fast-paced, deadline driven and demanding customer-oriented environment.
• Proven track record of establishing credibility rapidly, effectively establishing critical relationships with faculty, managers, project team members, and both internal and external partners.
• Proven ability to function both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Proactive and positive work ethic.
• Basic understanding of project management; manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects, including planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities to fulfill identified project requirements.
• Ability, to communicate project scope, goals, and responsibilities to others.
• Data gathering and Reporting.

Why Choose Us

Rewarding Benefits: Competitive compensation, generous time-off, and comprehensive benefits - because we believe in taking care of our team. Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.

Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: https://hr.cornell.edu/benefits-pay.

Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: https://hr.cornell.edu/jobs/your-total-rewards.

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