Department Summary:

Drake University’s College of Arts & Sciences is a community of life-long learners engaged in creative use of knowledge, culture, and reflection to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Through its interdisciplinary programs, offerings in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and fine arts, the college prepares students for a productive career, active leadership and responsible citizenship in the global and diverse community of the future.

The College offers degrees programs in the full range of arts and sciences disciplines and interdisciplinary programs. We pride ourselves on providing big-school opportunities in a small-school environment.

For more information about the college, visit: https://www.drake.edu/artsci/about

Job Summary:

Drake University’s College of Arts and Sciences is excited to invite applications for a Communications Support Specialist position to manage and coordinate website and social media for the college while offering administrative support to our departments of English and Anthropology and Sociology, as well as Women and Gender Studies (WGS) program and the Humanities Center (HC).

Responsibilities will include maintaining external/internal website and social media accounts for the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as develop, write, and edit content for the A&S newsletter. The position also supports updates to programmatic brochures and recruitment materials.

Core duties include administrative support to faculty, class schedule building and classroom reservations, setting up student auditions, student recruitment and admission activities, monitoring of supplies and equipment, managing calendars, event and department facilities, maintaining databases, generating reports, maintaining websites, and other duties as assigned. Day-to-day clerical and public-facing duties will vary.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent previous work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous work experience in higher education

Website design & maintenance

Social media and marketing experience

Job Duties:

• 60% - English and Anthropology & Sociology, WGS, and HC clerical duties and department support, including but not limited to schedule building, student registrations and evaluations, as well as budget. - (Essential)
• 40% - Maintaining website and social media accounts. Supporting updates to programmatic brochures and recruitment materials. Developing, writing, and editing content for the A&S newsletter. Serving as a liaison between A&S and UCM. - (Essential)

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