Monitor event readiness and resolve operational issues.
Coordinate event-day operations and decision support.
Ensure contingency and emergency plans are in place.
Planning Methodology & Standards
- Implement and maintain Trinity College's Institutional
Experiences and Event Management Framework.
- Develop and continuously improve planning templates, project
documentation, and operational standards.
- Maintain planning calendars and project management tools.
- Promote consistent planning practices across institutional
events.
- Support organizational learning and planning excellence
Assessment & Continuous Improvement
- Lead structured post-event assessments.
- Measure operational performance and institutional
outcomes.
- Capture lessons learned and best practices.
- Maintain institutional planning documentation.
- Recommend improvements to planning processes and participant
experiences.
- Prepare executive reports and recommendations.
Executive Support
- Prepare planning briefings and executive updates.
- Support senior leadership with planning analysis and
recommendations.
- Coordinate materials for Executive Sponsors and College
leadership.
- Assist with strategic decision-making throughout the planning
process.
Institutional Planning Areas
Coordinate planning across the College's Institutional Planning
Areas, including:
- Academic & Ceremony Operations
- Student Experience & Engagement
- Operations & Logistics
- Facilities & Infrastructure
Safety & Emergency Management
- Communications & Marketing
- Information Technology & Event Production
- Hospitality & Guest Experience
- Advancement & Constituent Engagement
- Trinity Traditions & Institutional Heritage
- Presidential & Executive Engagement
Perform other related duties as assigned and based on
departmental need.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's Degree, required
- Five to seven years of progressively responsible experience in
project management, institutional operations, higher education
administration, event management, or related fields.
- Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional
projects.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Experience facilitating collaborative planning processes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain
confidentiality.
Preferred
- Master's Degree, preferred
- Experience in higher education.
- Experience managing major institutional events, commencements,
convocations, or presidential events.
- Knowledge of project management methodologies.
- Experience with enterprise scheduling or event management
systems (EMS or similar).
- Familiarity with higher education governance and academic
protocol.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strategic planning
- Project management
- Operational integration
- Facilitation and consensus building
- Organizational leadership
- Executive communication
- Risk management
- Budget awareness
- Process improvement
- Data analysis and reporting
- Customer service and hospitality
- Continuous improvement
About Us
Trinity is a highly selective, independent, nonsectarian liberal
arts institution located in the capital city of Hartford,
Connecticut. The college maintains a rigorous academic profile
complemented by a vibrant co-curricular program. With more than
2,100 full-time undergraduate students, representing forty-three
states and ninety-one countries, we consider our location in a
culturally and socioeconomically diverse capital city to be among
Trinity’s most distinctive assets; and we cultivate strong
connections with our surrounding neighbors and with institutions
and organizations throughout Hartford and the region. As a
preeminent liberal arts college in an urban setting, Trinity
College prepares students to be bold, independent thinkers who lead
transformative lives.
Trinity College is an independent, nonsectarian liberal arts
college for men and women, with approximately 2,200 undergraduate
students and 200 faculty members, located in Hartford, Connecticut.
Our Mission is “Engage. Connect. Transform.” As the preeminent
liberal arts college in an urban setting, Trinity College prepares
students to be bold, independent thinkers who lead transformative
lives. Trinity is an actively engaged community of students,
faculty and staff who work together to develop and sustain the
intellectual and creative opportunities central to a first-class
liberal arts education. Hartford, the state capital, provides many
opportunities for cultural and social engagement.
The College is committed to building a representative and diverse
faculty, administrative staff, and student body. Trinity is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities
are encouraged to apply. Applicants with disabilities should
request, in advance, any needed accommodation in order to
participate in the application process.
For all faculty positions, completion of the Ph.D. or appropriate
equivalent is expected. Candidates should have a strong commitment
to undergraduate and interdisciplinary teaching in a liberal arts
context, and a well-articulated plan for sustained research.
Trinity is especially interested in candidates who can contribute
to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through
their research, teaching, and service.
