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

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

• 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)

• Valid Driver’s License

• 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

• 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 www.berea.edu.

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.


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 Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.

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.