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Operations Coordinator

Northeastern Illinois University

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Chicago, IL
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Job overview

The Operations Coordinator supports events across Northeastern Illinois University’s Student Union, Education Building, and other north-campus venues. The role coordinates event needs with university and external partners, oversees event setup and audiovisual operations, supervises event staff, maintains equipment and venue calendars, and provides production and rental-event support. It also participates in commencement, board meetings, and satellite events; participation at all commencement ceremonies is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Event OperationsEvent SetupAudiovisual TechnologyStaff SupervisionEquipment Maintenance

Full job description

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13821454 - Coordinates operations for all events in the Student Union, Education Building, and for other SUECS/PTS-supported events on the north campus. - Advances event needs with NEIU faculty, staff, and external partners, renters, and other event organizers. - Executes the following: setup and strike of tables, chairs, portable staging, lecterns, and other event equipment, the configuration and operation of conference room AV technology including live sound amplification, projections, AV recording, and remote conference technologies such as Zoom, and coordination of event equipment loans. - Supervises and provides direction for a staff of student workers, freelance employees, and contractors to meet the operations needs for events in the Student Union, Education Building, and other SUECS/PTS-supported events on the north campus. - Creates training and protocol documentation. - Suggests improvements to administrative systems in support of departmental responsibilities. - Enforces University policy, and assists the Production Manager with creating and revising policy for the Production Unit. - Maintains equipment and records, including repairing event equipment, verifying and updating inventory documentation, creating and updating room signage, and notifying the Operations Manager of any issues outside of this scope. Reports facilities maintenance requests to Facilities Management. - Administrates venue calendars via the University scheduling system. Ensures activities in venues are accurately reflected in the scheduling system. - Provides production support as needed in the Sasha Gerritson Theatre and Recital Hall. - Covers and assists with the duties of the Production Unit when necessary. - After the Operations Manager, serves as secondary liaison to faculty, staff, rental clients and others, and advises and educates on equipment operations and facilities use. - Serves as primary or secondary event liaison to Police and Building Service Workers during SUECS/PTS-supported events. - Provides administrative support and management for rental events, including meeting with prospective clients, attending pre-production meetings for contracted rentals, serving as primary day-of production point-of-contact for NEIU venues, and reporting on space and staff usage for accurate invoicing. - Participates in the planning and execution of commencement and board meetings, and other off-campus or satellite PTS-supported events. This includes but is not limited to: organizing equipment, loading trucks, driving trucks, moving furniture, setting up, configuring, and operating AV equipment and conference room technology, and other duties normally performed on-campus. Participation at all commencement ceremonies is required. - Performs other related duties as assigned, or as needed.

How this job compares

Set against the 531 open Operations Coordinator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$63–74K/yr71 salary ranges
  • US median$23–27/hr262 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 16 open Operations Coordinator jobs in Illinois and 531 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Operations Coordinator postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 3 years (330 postings).
Education
31 of the 531 open Operations Coordinator jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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