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+ COORDINATOR OF UNIVERSITY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS
+EdX is looking for a Coordinator of External Affairs, to streamline, organize and maintain our efforts in Business Development and University Relations.
+There are 4 primary areas of responsibility:
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- To ensure all visits to and from the edX offices by any partners and affiliates are managed, coordinated, and documented. This involves developing itineraries, booking flights and schedules, and managing meetings and events in concert with members of our executive team in University Relations and Business Development and our consortium of partners. +
- To maintain a database of partners and prospects and manage any data flows/reporting required. +
- To manage the information flow, recording activity on the edX Wiki page by synthesizing data and analysis from all visits and meetings and create updates on the edX Wiki page. +
- To act as a central point of contact for all relationship and event activity within this scope. +
Detailed Responsibilities:
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- Provide support and coordinate activities for these 3 executives +
- Acquire strong user knowledge of related systems, processes and tools +
- Participate in the new partner on-boarding process +
- Provide an escalation point for Sales personnel for systems, procedures and policies +
- Maintain Salesforce database for client/partner set up and support information, generating reports as needed +
- Document proofreading, editing as directed for proposals, contracts, contact and call reports +
- Coordinate and manage travel, events and meetings, including invitations, RSVP’s, hotel/meeting space contracts, and providing event materials to attendees +
Qualifications:
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- 5-7 years of experience in a similar project/coordinator type position with progressively responsible administrative experience +
- Self-starter, possessing tenacity and a desire for challenges, not afraid to take risks, and the initiative to get things done with little direction +
- Superior interpersonal and communications skills, including concise writing and editing skills +
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and projects with attention to detail +
- Exceptional ability to effectively interact with multiple external and internal stakeholders +
- Adept at analyzing complex issues with the ability to synthesize data and perform gap analyses +
- Performs well with a variety of disciplines while remaining effective in a high-volume, fast-pace start-up environment with high workload +
- Must be proficient in: MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel, Salesforce.com, and online tools such as Google docs and Wiki, and knowledge of Kanban is also helpful +
If you are interested in this position, please send an email to jobs@edx.org.
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