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The Corporations and Society Initiative (CASI) at Stanford GSB is looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and responsive Project Manager who will report operationally to CASI’s Staff Director and support the co-faculty directors. This is a 50% full-time equivalent (FTE), 2-year fixed-term position with the possibility of extension.
CASI engages students, faculty, business leaders, and policymakers on issues involving the governance and accountability of corporations and other institutions and is focused on determining what is needed to ensure fair and just outcomes that promote the social good. In addition to sponsoring conferences, CASI hosts a series of events featuring guest speakers and panel discussions, all designed to explore in-depth topics of national and global importance on these issues.
As the CASI Project Manager, you will promote CASI’s events through various Stanford channels with the goal of obtaining significant attendance from faculty, students, alumni, staff, and community members. You will help update the events section of the CASI website, manage email lists, and create and post entries on the CASI LinkedIn page. Your role also involves planning and executing CASI-sponsored events, including logistics, guest arrangements, media services, marketing, and post-event content management.
Your primary responsibilities include:
- Event Management: Maintain CASI’s event calendar and handle event setup and logistics. Assist with day-of activities and responsibilities, support marketing efforts, post-event duties, and manage event budgets and expenses.
- Marketing and Communications: Assist in promoting CASI’s events through Stanford channels and gather assets for guest speaker bios. In coordination with Research Hub Operations and Communications and Marketing, create event pages on the CASI website, create a signup/registration page, assist with social media outreach and podcasts, and update event information on the CASI website and all email lists. Ensure all communications and marketing materials comply with GSB branding and style guidelines. Promote CASI’s presence within the GSB and campus-wide. Liaise with the GSB alumni office and CASI-affiliated faculty members.
- Budget Formation and Execution: Ensure all financial activities align with CASI’s objectives and Stanford compliance requirements. Work closely with the CASI director and coordinate with the Research Hub finance team to manage funds prudently, maintain financial health, and assist in strategic planning.
- Faculty, Student, and Staff Engagement: Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with various stakeholders, including university faculty, students, and staff within various departments. Coordinate, facilitate, and attend CASI student leader bi-monthly meetings, promote on-campus CASI informational sessions, elections, and awards, and provide career guidance support.
- Operations and Administration: Manage the overall CASI calendar of events in coordination with the Director, CASI. Monitor CASI-related Stanford news and related topics. Attend CASI meetings and provide post-meeting email summaries.
Additional Responsibilities
- Emergent Requirements: Remain adaptable and willing to take on various tasks as needed to support the CASI’s goals. Provide leadership through unexpected challenges and opportunities. Event management requires calm yet rapid decision-making, and the candidate must be able to stay focused on the professional execution of the given event in the face of unforeseen actions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education, training, and relevant experience. Advanced degree may be required for some programs. For jobs with financial responsibilities, experience managing a budget and developing financial plans.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Excellent oral, written, and analytical skills, exhibiting fluency in area of specialization.
- Strong writing and speaking skills and the ability to represent IFDM to multiple stakeholders.
- Project management skills to ensure the timely completion of tasks and projects.
- Regimented organizational abilities accounting for a variety of project, personnel, financial, and research-related inputs.
- Ability to oversee and direct staff.
- Basic knowledge of managing budgets and developing financial plans.
- Superior project management skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage complex, multi-year projects from conception to completion. Strategic thinking and ability to handle multiple projects at once, push forward external stakeholders, meet deadlines, and effectively manage time.
- Ability to balance the mix of multi-year high-level developments and day-to-day lower-level tasks. Ability and sound judgment to shield the Faculty Director from administrative tasks while recognizing decisions that need to be escalated and need direct Faculty Director input.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Frequently stand/walk, sit, grasp lightly/fine manipulate, perform desk-based computer tasks.
- Occasionally use a telephone, writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 40 pounds.
- Rarely sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh >40 pounds.
- Ability to use voice to present information/communicate with others.
- On-campus mobility.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- May work extended hours, evenings, or weekends.
- May travel locally.
- Occasional overnight travel.
WORK STANDARDS:
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
This position is open to a hybrid work agreement which requires the selected applicants to work on campus eight days a month. However, due to the nature of the position, applicants must be on-site during events.
The expected pay range for this position is $95,000 - $139,000 per annum. The actual pay will be pro-rated based on the 50% full-time employment.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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Why Stanford is for You
Stanford’s dedicated 16,000 staff come from diverse educational and career backgrounds. We are a collaborative environment that thrives on innovation and continuous improvement. At Stanford, we seek talent committed to excellence, driven to impact the future of our legacy and improve lives on a global sphere. We provide competitive salaries, excellent health care and retirement plans, and a generous vacation policy, including additional time off during our winter closure. Our generous perks align with what matters to you:
- Freedom to grow. Take advantage of career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or course audits. Join a TedTalk, or film screening, or listen to a renowned author or leader discuss global issues.
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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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