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Boulder, Colorado

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The SRI at the University of Colorado Boulder was established in 2025 to harness the collective expertise of the university's diverse academic community and address pressing sustainability issues in Colorado and across the nation. CU Boulder is uniquely positioned to be a sustainability research leader, with relevant expertise across many disciplines and a strong innovation pipeline.

Event Production & Logistics

End-to-End Planning: Lead planning for SRI programming, including the "Sustainability on Tap" series, SRI Fellowship meetings, and the inaugural Sustainability Research Summit slated for fall 2026.

• Workshop & Webinar Management: Coordinate and schedule events (e.g., workshops, seminars, grant planning meetings), manage venues, virtual platforms, catering, and guest speaker travel/honorariums.
• Retreat Facilitation: Plan and implement off-site retreats for staff, advisors, and fellows, managing everything from location scouting to internal communication and agenda support.

Community Engagement & Communications

• Outreach & Partnerships: Act as the primary contact for external communications, including with event venues and community partners. Provide logistical support for campus and community members interested in collaborating with SRI.
• Strategic Communications: Build SRI's communication capacity by ensuring our research and events are effectively promoted to the campus and the broader community.
• Speaker Coordination: Manage a diverse range of speakers, being responsible for the administrative lifecycle, from initial invitation and gathering information about speakers to contracts and honorarium processing.

Financial & Administrative Operations

• Expense & Procurement Management: Manage the SRI procurement card; draft, submit, and validate expense reports while ensuring strict compliance with CU Boulder financial policies.
• Financial Tracking: Maintain detailed logs of initiative spending and reconcile budgets against outcomes to ensure fiscal responsibility and transparency.

Impact Tracking

• Data Collaboration: Work with the SRI Analyst to maintain and analyze event metrics, including attendance trends, venue capacity, and participant satisfaction to inform future strategic decisions.

• The work schedule will consist of traditional business hours (8:00am-5:00pm on weekdays), with occasional requests for evening and/or weekend event staffing.
• This position offers a hybrid format with some in-person and some remote work as prioritized by the business needs of the office.

The annual hiring range for this position is $60,000-$75,000.

Be ambitious. Be groundbreaking. Be Boulder.

• Bachelor's degree and one year of relevant professional experience in event coordination, operations, project coordination, or administrative roles within a complex organization.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.

• Knowledge of event planning and logistical coordination for inperson, virtual, and hybrid formats.
• Knowledge of administrative and financial processes in a regulated environment.
• Knowledge of standard office software and tools, including calendaring, spreadsheets, and virtual meeting platforms.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and professionally in both written and verbal formats.
• Effective timemanagement skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands.
• Skill in maintaining accurate records and documentation.
• Customerservice and relationshipmanagement skills when working with internal and external partners.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet timelines.
• Ability to balance meticulous administrative work with frontfacing event and coordination responsibilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a growing initiative and operate effectively in ambiguous situations.

• Experience working in a higher education, research, nonprofit, or publicsector environment.
• Experience coordinating events or programs requiring logistical planning, scheduling, and collaboration across multiple collaborators and supporting events of varying scale, including workshops, retreats, or symposia with 50+ participants.
• Experience supporting financial or administrative processes such as procurement, expense tracking, or budget reconciliation.
• Familiarity with CU Boulder policies, systems, or tools related to finance, procurement, event planning, or communications.
• Experience coordinating external speakers, including travel, contracts, and honoraria.
• Demonstrated interest in or exposure to sustainability, interdisciplinary research, or communityengaged initiatives.
• Experience tracking or supporting analysis of program or event metrics.

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter. Please share a 1-page cover letter highlighting your interest in working with the Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI) as well as your experience with events logistics, project management, and communications.

We may request references at a later time.

Please apply by 6/1/26 for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.