The Director, Financial Aid Events Planning is a strategic leader responsible for designing and executing high impact convenings that elevate College Board’s financial aid mission. This role blends strategic oversight with hands-on event delivery, ensuring an exceptional experience for members, partners, and stakeholders.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of related experience working in the fields of event planning, event data management, education management, and membership association management.
- Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
- Ability to use data and analytics to drive decision-making.
- Strong organization, project management and prioritization skills and the proven ability to move forward multiple projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the team.
- Adaptable and open to feedback with the desire to learn and grow.
- Able to attend to numerous time sensitive activities at once, i.e., multitask.
- Experience managing team workflows and projects via Monday.com, MS Project or similar tools
- Understands the complexity of large-scale conferences.
- Understanding of the school and college environments and those of educational systems
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to educators and other constituents at a variety of levels.
- Can answer to numerous internal and external audiences with accuracy and grace.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills -- including proofreading and editing skills.
- Ability to design and deliver effective presentations and training resources.
- Proficient in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, CVent and skilled with web content management systems.
- The ability to travel 3-6 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
