President's Home Manager

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Description

Join Our Team as the President's Home Manager at Berea College!

Berea College is looking for a President's Home Manager. This position will serve as the point person for the maintenance, organization, and logistics coordination of the President’s Home. They will serve as the primary contact for events taking place at the Home, from large-scale receptions to social mixers with students to dinners with distinguished guests. As the Home’s event coordinator, they must oversee the annual event calendar, work with catering on food orders, bring a detail-oriented approach to event design, and organize the use and storage of supplies (ranging from dishware to gifts to cleaning supplies)--and must maintain a positive, welcoming attitude as a public representative of the President. The responsibilities include preparing the home for events, assisting the President and First Fellow as hosts, running errands in preparation for events, and assisting with hospitality and social occasions by setting tables, preparing food, p[bartending, and greeting guests. This individual will be responsible for tear-down of events, including cleaning up and resetting the spaces. This individual must be available and willing to work flexible hours to accommodate planning and execution of events at the President’s Home. This individual will liaise with other staff members, including, but not limited to, the Special Assistant to the President, the Director of Signature Events, the Catering Manger, and Facilities Management to ensure seamless event planning and coordination. As time allows, this individual will be asked to assist with Presidential events elsewhere on campus. This individual must be comfortable interacting with a range of guests, from current college students to trustees and dignitaries.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of President’s Home events, including set up, all necessary activities during the event, and clean up
• Manage calendar for President’s Home
• Run errands in preparation for events as needed
• Serve as guest-centered server during events, including serving food and alcohol
• Organize inventory and storage of event supplies (including dish/glassware, gifts, seasonal decorations, furniture, clearing supplies)
• Oversee maintenance and upkeep of President’s Home
• Support the President and First Fellow in serving as hosts
• Assist with other hospitality and social occasions/events as needed
• Serve as manager of the President’s home, under the direction of the Special Assistant to the President
  
  

What You'll Bring

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• High School Diploma or GED required
  
  

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

• At least two years of direct management experience in hospitality, event planning, or a related field.
  
  

Special skills, knowledge and abilities:

• Exceptional event coordination abilities with meticulous attention to detail
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to work collegially and collaboratively with a variety of constituents, including students, staff, faculty, and VIP guests
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Availability to work a flexible schedule, including frequent nights and weekends.
• Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook)
  
  

License, certification, or registration necessary:

• Valid Driver’s License
  
  

Physical requirements:

• Ability to navigate campus buildings and grounds
• Ability to carry moderate weight (i.e. moving furniture occasionally, food and beverage set up)
• Food and drink service
  
  

Environmental conditions:

• Mostly indoor;
• Outdoor occasionally;
• Exposure to household cleaning products
• Comfort serving alcohol
  
  

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal /College Pulse college rankings , 2023 . The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023 . Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Our Benefits

Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the

Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page at

Our Unique Culture

Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of

Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea

Labor Supervision

In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link