Jobs at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Supports HR operations for university faculty and staff, including recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, benefits administration, employee relations, conflict mediation, performance processes, compliance, training, records management, reporting, engagement initiatives, and HR policy or process improvements. The role requires maintaining confidentiality, advising employees and managers, and promoting an inclusive workplace aligned with the university’s mission.

Manages university grant-seeking and reporting activities, including researching funding opportunities, developing compliant proposals, coordinating submissions, tracking awards, and maintaining grant calendars and records in Raiser's Edge NXT. Supports donor relations and advancement communications through writing, editing, gift agreements, and reporting materials. Collaborates with faculty, staff, consultants, and advancement teams while ensuring funding policies, deadlines, and organizational priorities are met.

Creates and manages internal and external communications for the university, including stories, social media content, video and audio scripts, announcements, press releases, newsletters, and other materials. Develops communication plans, maintains editorial calendars and communication platforms, supports media and public relations, tracks coverage, and assists with issue and reputation management. The role requires strong writing, editing, proofreading, planning, fact-checking, collaboration, and deadline-management skills.

Operates and maintains healthcare simulation equipment, task trainers, audiovisual systems, and computers. Troubleshoots repairs, configures simulation rooms, coordinates vendor maintenance and software updates, manages equipment inventory, and supports budgeting. Collaborates with nursing faculty to develop and evaluate simulation scenarios, guides students, researches emerging technologies, maintains a safe learning environment, and provides technical assistance, tours, demonstrations, and customer service to students, faculty, vendors, and visitors.

Provides part-time support for nursing skills labs and simulations by preparing, operating, cleaning, and restocking equipment and supplies. Assists faculty, demonstrates nursing skills, supports students, operates simulation technology, and may act as a standardized patient or simulation actor. Requires healthcare experience, medical knowledge, familiarity with supplies, strong communication and organization, teamwork, safety awareness, and the ability to troubleshoot simulation equipment.

Serves as the university’s chief legal officer and strategic advisor to the President, Board of Trustees, and senior leadership. Oversees governance, regulatory compliance, employment and student affairs matters, contracts, transactions, litigation, risk management, crisis response, and outside counsel. Develops policies, supports institutional decision-making, manages legal resources, and advances the university’s Catholic mission through ethical, practical legal guidance.

Provides administrative and academic program support to directors, faculty, and students. Duties include scheduling, meeting minutes, document management, student and faculty assistance, course scheduling, communications, policy documentation, textbook coordination, Canvas course setup, syllabus tracking, technical support, and event coordination.

Administer Salesforce and TargetX CRM systems, providing user support, troubleshooting, permissions management, routine configuration, automation, data imports, reporting, form maintenance, and communication campaign support. The role maintains data quality, documentation, system health, and application-cycle readiness while collaborating with admissions, marketing, communications, and other university offices.

Manages the university’s organic social media presence across multiple platforms, including content calendars, posting, community engagement, storytelling, and stakeholder coordination. Researches and writes social content, adapts editorial stories into platform-specific formats, tracks performance metrics, and optimizes content strategies. Monitors channels for reputational issues and supports public relations responses. The role also contributes to brand voice, audience growth, and universitywide communications goals.

Develops and optimizes enrollment marketing and institutional storytelling content across websites, email, print, social media, and admissions communications. Writes, edits, repurposes, and maintains program materials for diverse student audiences; applies SEO and performance analytics to improve engagement. Collaborates with marketing, admissions, and academic teams, while potentially managing a student content network through recruitment, onboarding, editorial guidance, content review, and follow-up.

Processes daily university donations in Raiser's Edge NXT, including gift analysis, batch entry, receipts, acknowledgment letters, matching gifts, constituent updates, and reconciliation. Produces fundraising and financial reports, coordinates with Advancement and Business Office teams, answers benefactor questions, maintains procedures and filing systems, and may supervise student staff. Requires accuracy, confidentiality, strong computer skills, and the ability to meet 24–48-hour processing deadlines.