Administrative Skills, Communication Skills, Community Support, Data Collection, Documentation, Establish Priorities, Interpersonal Skills, Material Moving, Needs Assessment, Nonprofit, Organizational Skills, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Relationship Management, Sales Management, Time Management, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
Position Details
Posting Summary
College VP Gov't Relations-DIV Executive Area VP Gov't Relations Department Office of Government Relations
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number S1634P Job Type Full Time, Regular Pay Type Exempt/Salaried Pay Grade D Campus Location WMU-Kalamazoo - Main Campus Salary Range Pay is commensurate with qualifications and experience, combined with an excellent benefits package. Number of Vacancies 1 General Summary
Serves as a central coordinator for community focused engagement by connecting the University with nonprofit, community, and regional partners. Coordinates, prioritizes, and advances partnership requests across academic units. Supports structured engagement frameworks and advances strategic goals related to community impact, transparency, and the University's role as an anchor institution.
Major Duties
- Serves as a primary operational point of contact for community and nonprofit partners by coordinating and triaging partnership requests.
- Routes requests to appropriate academic units, staff, or administrators and supports consistent, responsive communication to reduce duplicative or uncoordinated outreach.
- Supports structured engagement processes for community facing academic units by assisting with coordination, follow up, and documentation of community engagement activities.
- Ensures timely and accurate documentation of community partnerships and engagement activities in institutional data systems to support transparency, reporting, and data informed decision making.
- Supports data collection and reporting efforts related to the University's community engagement activities.
- Assists in coordinating experience driven learning opportunities by connecting faculty, students, and community partners.
- Supports alignment between community identified needs and appropriate academic or co curricular programs.
- Provides coordination support for community coalitions and regional initiatives aligned with the University's anchor institution role.
- Performs additional coordination and administrative duties as assigned to support external engagement initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Two years' relevant experience.
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong relationship management skills.
- Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including evenings and weekends
- Ability to travel.
Desired Qualifications
Special Instructions to Applicants
- Internal applicants should use the WMU - Internal Application.
- External applicants should use the WMU - Application.
Additional Position Information
Physical requirements and working conditions
- Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.
- Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- Do you have a bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution, or equivalent combination of education and experience?
Yes
No
- Do you have two years' relevant experience?
Yes.
No.
- Do you have strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills?
Yes
No
- Do you have strong organizational skills?
Yes
No
- Do you have strong relationship management skills?
Yes.
No.
- Are you able to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including evenings and weekends?
Yes
No
- Do you have the ability to travel?
Yes
No
Documents Needed To Apply
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- List of References
Optional Documents
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Western Michigan University