Special Projects and Events Coordinator

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION VACANCY

Special Projects and Events Coordinator

ABOUT THIS POSITION

Summary :

The Water Center is hiring a temporary part-time special projects and events coordinator for 2025.

The Water Center's mission is to perform and facilitate interdisciplinary and collaborative research, education, outreach, and dialogue to provide CMU students, citizens, scholars, and policy makers with the information they need to address water issues facing Western Colorado and the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Colorado Mesa University sits at the confluence of two great rivers central to water management challenges in Colorado and the West. For more than a decade, the Water Center has worked on partnerships to address these challenges, creating the social fabric within the Western Slope and Grand Valley water community and building a pipeline for tomorrow's water leaders. The Water Center's focus is on education and the promotion of open, respectful, well-informed, and factual discussion among diverse stakeholders to promote creative thinking and fact-based analysis to address the region's water resource challenges.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Organize the following Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB)-funded events and projects between March and December 2025. Special Projects and Events Coordinator will report directly to the Faculty Director.

1) Educators' workshop on environmental justice and water equity - a one-day workshop for college and high school educators to learn how to better integrate the topic of environmental justice and water equity into their curriculum.

• Expected time commitment : no more than 150 hours

2) Spring Water Course Seminar. This seminar is a spring five-week course series that meets once a week for approximately three hours in the evenings and is open to the public. Students taking the course for credit meet on the first and final evenings to discuss regional water issues, while speakers are invited to discuss fundamental water topics in the other evenings.

Responsibilities for events #1 and #2 above : select and invite speakers from the water community and relevant organizations for events, following approval by Faculty Director and / or Water Center's Advisory Council (mainly for Event #1); develop, plan, and administer event program, agenda, and logistics; marketing; register and provide learning credits for attendees; create, collect, and analyze attendees' surveys; participate in event; write and submit progress reports to CWCB.

3) Water workforce assessment follow up study. This study uses results from the 2021 Water Center's workforce needs assessment to improve CMU curriculum and Water Center programming to better prepare students for the water workforce.

Responsibilities for Project #3 : review 2021 study to identify the biggest areas of needs; work with faculty and Advisory Council members to review and assess alignment of current CMU curriculum and Water Center programming with 2021 gaps; share findings with faculty, department heads, and Advisory Council; work with faculty, department heads, and Advisor Council to develop and incorporate solutions into CMU curriculum and Water Center programming; write and submit progress report to CWCB.

Minimum Qualifications Required :

Preferred Qualifications :

Hourly Rate : $33.00-$55.00 per hour based on experience, not exceeding $12,870.00 total for the duration of assignment.

Department : Colorado Mesa University

Employment Type : Administrative Part-Time

HOW TO APPLY

Application Deadline : To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be received by 3 / 9 / 2025.

How to Apply : Applicants will be asked to complete an online application by creating a profile and then providing personal and demographic information. In addition, please be prepared to upload a :

Direct Inquiries Contact : Freddy Witarsa, fwitarsa@coloradomesa.edu

ABOUT COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY

A comprehensive university in Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa University provides exceptional educational opportunities on a state-of-the-art campus. As western Colorado's largest university, CMU serves students on its main campus in Grand Junction, its satellite campus in Montrose, its technical college, CMU Tech, and via online offerings.

Colorado Mesa University serves as the primary intellectual and cultural center of western Colorado and promotes the exchange of ideas that are of regional, national, and international importance. Founded in 1925, it is a dynamic university enrolling 10,000 students at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate levels.

At the heart of the CMU experience is an integrative and experiential approach to higher education that encourages students to think differently and empowers them to challenge assumptions. CMU brings students together with expert scholars and thinkers from different disciplines to make connections between ideas and gain the skills to solve the unstructured, complex problems they will encounter in life. Our focus is on providing quality academic programs, built on a strong liberal arts core that supports students' interests and regional employment needs, as well as technical programs that respond to vocational workforce demands.

The Grand Valley is home to some of the best outdoor recreation in the state of Colorado and you will not have to fight traffic and crowds to enjoy it. CMU is surrounded by the Grand Mesa, Book Cliffs, and the Colorado National Monument. We have world-class mountain biking, rock climbing, hiking, rafting, and a mountain resort that's less than 45 minutes from campus for skiing, snowboarding, and cross-country skiing. Living and working in Grand Junction, you will be able to explore one of Colorado's best kept secrets.

Colorado Mesa University is particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and who have a demonstrated commitment to improving the levels of access and success for underrepresented students within higher education.

Colorado Mesa University is committed to providing a safe and productive learning and living community. To achieve that goal, we conduct background investigations for all final applicants being considered for employment. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check, and when appropriate, a financial and / or motor vehicle history. Applicant must be able to verify U.S. employment eligibility. Colorado Mesa University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a culturally diverse faculty, staff and student body. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Any person with a disability as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) may be provided reasonable accommodation upon request to enable the person to complete an employment assessment. To request an accommodation, please contact the CMU Human Resources Office by phone or email. You may be asked to provide additional information, including medical documentation, regarding functional limitations and the type of accommodation needed.

Salary : $33 - $55