Program Coordinator, Strategic Support – CPE4H | Penn Engineering

About the role

Penn Engineering’s world-acclaimed faculty, state-of-the-art research laboratories, and highly interdisciplinary curricula offer an experience that is unparalleled. Innovation and technology drive every program and transform the fundamentals of what future engineers are learning. The Program Coordinator for Strategic Support is a member of Penn Engineering's Strategic Support Team, which provides administrative and operational support to assigned research centers and strategic initiatives across the School. This position is assigned to the Center for Precision Engineering for Health (CPE4H), providing administrative and operational support to its Director, Principal Investigators, core faculty, and research personnel by coordinating the administrative and operational activities of the Center.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and operational support to the Director, Principal Investigators, core faculty, and research personnel in support of the activities and operations of the assigned Center (CPE4H)
• Coordinate the planning and execution of meetings, seminars, workshops, symposia, site visits, and other events in support of the assigned Center, including scheduling, venue reservations, speaker invitations, event communications, registrations, catering, visitor logistics, travel arrangements, and reimbursement processing
• Manage communications, website content, social media, announcements, newsletters, marketing materials, and other outreach activities in support of the assigned Center
• Coordinate Center office operations by managing room reservations, office space logistics, facilities service requests, supplies and deliveries, greeting Center visitors, supervising student workers (including scheduling, assigning work, and approving timesheets), and coordinating the day-to-day administrative and logistical needs of the Center's facilities
• Provide administrative support for proposal development by preparing documents, coordinating administrative materials, maintaining proposal files, and communicating with investigators and Penn Engineering Research Services
• Monitor expenditures and coordinate with Penn Engineering Financial Services on Center-related financial matters
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned in support of the Strategic Support Team and Penn Engineering research centers and strategic initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of two years of related administrative experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, along with proficiency in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and other computer applications
• A degree in a science-related field is helpful but not required
• Background checks may be required after a conditional job offer is made; consideration will be tailored to the requirements of the job

Pay

Hourly rate: $24.21 – $32.00. Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, and in alignment with salary ranges based on external market data for the job’s level. Internal organization and peer data at