Communications Support Specialist A&S - 100050
- Dean's Office Arts & Sciences
- Staff, full-time (32+ hours per week)
Title: Communications Support Specialist A&S - 100050
Position Number: 100050
Unit/Department: Dean's Office Arts & Sciences
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Department Summary:
Drake University’s College of Arts & Sciences is a community of life-long learners engaged in creative use of knowledge, culture, and reflection to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Through its interdisciplinary programs, offerings in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and fine arts, the college prepares students for a productive career, active leadership and responsible citizenship in the global and diverse community of the future.
The College offers degrees programs in the full range of arts and sciences disciplines and interdisciplinary programs. We pride ourselves on providing big-school opportunities in a small-school environment.
For more information about the college, visit: https://www.drake.edu/artsci/about
Job Summary:
Drake University’s College of Arts and Sciences is excited to invite applications for a Communications Support Specialist position to manage and coordinate website and social media for the college while offering administrative support to our departments of English and Anthropology and Sociology, as well as Women and Gender Studies (WGS) program and the Humanities Center (HC).
Responsibilities will include maintaining external/internal website and social media accounts for the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as develop, write, and edit content for the A&S newsletter. The position also supports updates to programmatic brochures and recruitment materials.
Core duties include administrative support to faculty, class schedule building and classroom reservations, setting up student auditions, student recruitment and admission activities, monitoring of supplies and equipment, managing calendars, event and department facilities, maintaining databases, generating reports, maintaining websites, and other duties as assigned. Day-to-day clerical and public-facing duties will vary.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent previous work experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous work experience in higher education
Website design & maintenance
Social media and marketing experience
Job Duties:
- 60% - English and Anthropology & Sociology, WGS, and HC clerical duties and department support, including but not limited to schedule building, student registrations and evaluations, as well as budget. - (Essential)
- 40% - Maintaining website and social media accounts. Supporting updates to programmatic brochures and recruitment materials. Developing, writing, and editing content for the A&S newsletter. Serving as a liaison between A&S and UCM. - (Essential)
Special Instructions to Applicants:
For consideration, you must apply online. Please include a resume and cover letter.
Review of Applications Begins:
Salary and Benefits:
At Drake, we are proud to offer our employees, their spouses, and eligible dependents a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a wide range of core benefits, perks, and discounts. If you are exploring a job with Drake University, we invite you to spend a little time with our Drake Benefits Guide 2026. One of our popular policies provides a tuition waiver for Drake employees, their spouses, and eligible dependents. Drake also participates in not one, but two tuition exchange programs available to dependent children. Tuition BenefitsFor faculty positions, selection will depend on the receipt of recommendation confirming the candidate's scholarly achievements and teaching abilities and/or on the candidate's satisfactory passing of a teaching demonstration if selected for an on-campus interview. For staff positions, selection will depend upon careful review of each applicant’s references, education, and, if applicable, experience.
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