Part Time Event Planner Jobs in Tyler, TX (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary:
The Student Activities Assistant supports the Student Activities Coordinator in planning, promoting, and executing a wide variety of campus events, student engagement initiatives, and leadership programs. This position plays an essential role in creating a welcoming, inclusive, and engaging campus environment while providing administrative, operational, and event support. This position requires flexibility, strong organizational skills, excellent customer service, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. Evening and weekend work is required as needed to support campus events and activities
Position responsibilities:
Game Room Operations (Daily Oversight):Help oversee daily operations of the Game Room and ensure a welcoming, inclusive environment for students. Provide excellent customer service to students, faculty, staff, and visitors and represent the Office of Student Activities professionally and positively.
Administrative Support:Perform general administrative tasks such as answering phones, responding to emails, filing, data entry, and maintaining departmental records and supply inventory. Maintain and update event calendars, reservations, schedules, and planning documents; ensure event spaces are properly prepared before and after each event. Process requisitions, purchase requests, invoices, and related purchasing documentation; assist with budgeting, tracking expenditures, and maintaining accurate financial records.
Event & Program Support:Assist the Student Activities Coordinator with planning, coordinating, setting up, executing, and breaking down campus events, student engagement initiatives, and leadership programs. Support marketing and outreach for events and initiatives using flyers, social media, email communications, digital signage, and other promotional channels. Assist with collecting participation data, attendance records, and event assessments/evaluations. Coordinate with campus departments, vendors, and community partners regarding event needs, services, and logistics.

• Maintain confidentiality when handling student information and sensitive departmental matters.

• Perform other responsibilities as needed to support the mission of Student Activities and Student Engagement.

• Read and respond to all College email communications in a timely manner

Minimum Position Requirements:

• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Self-motivated and dependable.
• Creative and enthusiastic about student engagement.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• A positive team player who enjoys working with diverse student populations.
• Passionate about creating meaningful student experiences and fostering campus involvement.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• 0 Full-Time Direct Reports 0 Part-Time Direct Reports

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• No or very limited physical effort required; however, the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Safety:

• Provide resources for safe operation of units. Create and support workplace safety.

Salary Range & Fringe Benefits:

• The rate of pay is up to $10 per hour for up to 19 hours per week.
• Worker's Compensation
• Limited Part-Time Retirement Plan

Disclaimer:
The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. Kilgore College reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or with notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by Kilgore College at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Kilgore College does not participate in the federal Social Security program.
All full-time positions are located in Kilgore, TX. No fully work from home positions are available at this time. All employees must be available to physically present to work on the Kilgore, TX or Longview, TX Campus. Some Part-Time and Adjunct positions may be offsite but the candidate MUST live in the State of Texas.
Kilgore College is a two-year, comprehensive public community college with a campus in Kilgore and an extension center in Longview, Texas. With approximately 7,000 students, Kilgore College is a student-centered institution characterized by excellence in teaching and quality learning opportunities. Kilgore College is focused on continually improving their students' holistic experience leading them to success in life while improving access to higher education and partnering with those who advance the vision of a stronger community culturally, socially and economically.
Vision Statement: We commit to be the higher education institution of choice in Northeast Texas.
Positions will remain open until filled. Some Adjunct and Part-Time teaching positions may remain open perpetually as the need for part time instructors fluctuates with student enrollment. Teaching positions will be required to submit official transcripts upon an offer of employment. An offer of employment will be contingent upon passing a background check. Federal law prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens. All persons hired must submit satisfactory proof of employment authorization and identity within three (3) days of being hired. Failure to submit proof within the required time shall result in immediate employment termination. All position appointments are subject to approval by the college's Board of Trustees.
This description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. Kilgore College reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or with notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by Kilgore College at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Kilgore College is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, age, national origin, disability in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or 34 C.F.R. Part 104, veteran's status or genetic information in its educational programs, employment policies or activities.
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