Academic Project Coordinator Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project Coordination

  • Independently and collaboratively plan, coordinate, execute, and complete projects of varying scope, complexity, and duration.
  • Ensure project goals are met, stakeholders are informed, issues are troubleshot in a timely and appropriate manner, and projects are completed on time and within budget.
  • Prepare regular status reports summarizing project progress, milestones, and key updates.
  • Serve as a liaison between CASAS and other university departments.
• Event Coordination
  • Independently and collaboratively plan, schedule, coordinate, and oversee events of varying scope, complexity, and duration - including on-campus recruiting events and new student orientation.
  • Coordinate and oversee staff and student volunteers. Provide support, feedback, and training as needed.
  • Establish and maintain partnerships with internal and external departments and vendors.
• Marketing Strategy
  • Develop and implement marketing strategies that align with university and departmental goals, industry best practice, and consumer wants and needs.
  • Ensure that key, strategic messages are communicated effectively to target audiences across a variety of marketing mediums and channels.
  • Serve as liaison between CASAS departments and Liberty's Marketing Department to produce marketing materials such as emails, text blasts, booklets, brochures, mailers, apparel, and other promotional items.
  • Maintain CASAS webpages.
  • Develop and monitor reports to track and analyze the performance and effectiveness of campaigns; recommend data-informed changes and improvements as needed.
• Budget - Process requisitions and purchase orders, ensuring compliance with institutional policies; create and maintain office documents like invoices, reports, and purchase orders.
• Review, proof, and edit content for accuracy and consistency of message, as well as adherence to Liberty's branding and style guide.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Operations.
• Strictly adhere to Liberty University policies, representing the University in an exemplary manner.
• Work effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU's Christian model and Mission - Training Champions for Christ.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in business, marketing, communications, or a related field).
• 1-2 years of experience in project coordination or marketing strategy, with a proven track record of coordinating complex projects.
• To obtain LU-approved driver certification, individuals must be 21 years of age or older, possess a valid driver's license with a minimum of five (5) years of documented driving history, and maintain a clean driving record.

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.

• Ability to work collaboratively as a team member and cultivate positive working relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong communication skills.

• Ability to work well under pressure, independently manage multiple tasks and projects with competing priorities and deadlines, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced working environment.
• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

• Regularly required to sit to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the campus.
• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 30 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled setting. It is well lit, and the noise level is moderate. Working environment may include facilitation of events outdoors occasionally.

Time Type

Location

Pay Range

Compensation is determined based on factors such as qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, along with University needs and external market conditions. Market benchmarks may be used, as appropriate, in combination with internal equity to ensure pay is fair and aligned with the broader compensation structure.

The position may also be eligible for comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, and tuition assistance.

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.