Human Resources

About the Role:

Are you interested in using your communications and project management skills and experience to help the Piper Center support all students in pursing their vocational and career goals? Would you like to work in a collaborative and dynamic environment with team members who are innovative and hard working? In this role you will coordinate and execute communications activities, manage student staff focused on communications and operations, provide data management assistance and support the general operational needs of the Piper Center for Vocation and Career.

This position is 35 hours per week, August through May, and 26 hours per week in June and July.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage and execute day to day communications activities for the Piper Center, with support from several student workers
• Facilitate the development of engaging email, website, print and video content
• Supervise a team of student staff responsible for communications support, graphic design, data entry and administrative support
• Provide data management assistance
• Provide general administrative support
• Coordinate the Piper Center’s management of events

Who You Are:

The qualified candidate will have…

Education:  Associate’s Degree or equivalent work experience
 

Experience: 1+ years of marketing and communications, project management and/or office management experience.

It will be helpful if you have…

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree
 

Experience:  2+ years of experience with marketing and communications, project management, and office management; 2+ years of experience in higher education, including experience supervising students

Who We Are:

At St. Olaf College we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and globally engaged community. We believe in fostering different identities, beliefs, and traditions because our differences make us stronger. St. Olaf strives to promote cultural diversity and multicultural understanding and create a campus where individuals of all backgrounds feel accepted and supported. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the enrichment of our diverse community. 

One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf serves 3,000 students, ranks #1 among U.S. colleges for the number of students studying abroad, and celebrates carbon-free electrical power.  Its mission is to challenge students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.  The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities.

St. Olaf College offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

A summary of the flexible work policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

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St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply). To be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you need to have received the COVID-19 vaccination dose(s), plus a COVID-19 booster before your start date, or within two weeks of eligibility for a booster.