Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and execute public relations events and K-12 programming, such as the science fair and Engineering & Science Week
• Manage event budgets, including projections and expenditure tracking
• Collaborate and coordinate events with other departments, university personnel, and outside entities
• Serve as chair or participant on committees
• Build and maintain a public-facing outreach webpage in partnership with Marketing & Communications
• Maintain a campus-wide inventory of K-12 and community outreach activities
• Build relationships with area teachers and coordinate outreach events connecting them with SD Mines STEM faculty
• Partner with the database administrator to track prospective students from outreach events
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Knowledge of: planning and effectively executing both large and small events; public relations principles and practices for building and maintaining a positive public image; K-12 education environments and effective approaches to engaging teachers and school partners; professional office environment and procedures, including excellent interpersonal skills; work processes and practices pertaining to public administration, management, and professional subject areas; basic statistical measures, research methods, database development and maintenance; high level of proficiency with computer systems and common applications (Google Calendar, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), including basic website content management.
• Ability to: communicate information clearly and concisely in person and/or writing, exercising tact, patience, discretion and professional demeanor; organize work, manage multiple events and outreach relationships simultaneously, work independently and learn quickly; establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships, interacting in a supportive manner with a variety of cultures and personalities, within a high-pressure environment; build trust and sustain long-term relationships with external partners such as teachers and school contacts; read, comprehend, gather, prepare, and summarize data from a variety of sources; type accurately, be detail oriented, have excellent organizational skills, handle multiple tasks, prioritize accordingly and meet strict deadlines; maintain confidential and sensitive information, including student data collected at outreach events; use a computer, copy machine, and other office equipment; provide excellent customer service.

Benefits

• offers an excellent comprehensive benefits package for employees, spouses and dependents; retirement plans; paid holidays; and a generous vacation and sick day allowance.