Limited Duration Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

October 27, 2026
Hammond, IN, US
$80,000/yr
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Req Id: 44519

Job Title: Limited Duration Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

City: Hammond

Overview of Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

This position is grant-funded and anticipated to last until August 31, 2028

The Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator leads participant recruitment and community engagement activities for the Entrepreneurship, Commercialization, and Innovation Academy (ECIA). The Academy will offer 16-week training on entrepreneurship and commercialization to the general public. Multiple cohorts will be trained over the next two years. The coordinator develops and implements outreach strategies, builds and maintains relationships with community organizations, business support organizations, and referral partners, promotes program opportunities, conducts recruitment and informational events, and manages participant enrollment to ensure broad participation among underserved and underrepresented populations for the purpose of building cohorts. This position is primarily located at the Hammond campus with travel to other PNW locations as needed.

Salary

  • $80,000

Schedule

  • Monday thru Friday plus an occasional weekend

Duties and Responsibilities of Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

  • Develop and implement outreach and recruitment strategies to identify and engage eligible entrepreneurs and small business owners.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with community organizations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, nonprofit organizations, business support organizations, and other referral partners.
  • Promote ECIA programs, services, workshops, and other opportunities through community outreach, presentations, networking events, social media, email, and other communication channels.
  • Conduct outreach presentations, information sessions, recruitment events, and community engagement activities.
  • Identify and recruit prospective participants, with particular attention to underserved and underrepresented entrepreneurs and businesses.
  • Assist prospective participants with the enrollment and onboarding process and maintain accurate participant records.
  • Coordinate with ECIA staff and program partners to ensure effective recruitment, participant engagement, and retention.
  • Track recruitment activities, participant enrollment, outreach contacts, and related program outcomes.
  • Assist with required documentation, reporting, and other grant-related activities associated with the MBDA program.
  • Perform other duties related to community outreach, recruitment, and program implementation as assigned.
  • Work with business partners to help mentor participants in the program.

Benefits of Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

  • Full benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Retirement, Life Insurance and moreFull benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Retirement, Life Insurance and more
  • Accrue 15 days’ vacation your first year, then 22 days’ vacation your 2nd year plus rollover
  • University contribution of 10% to retirement (3 year waiting period)
  • University contributions to Health Savings Account –
  • Plus, a chance to earn more through participating in University Wellness Initiatives
  • 10 paid holidays
  • Employee Wellness Programs
  • Paid Parental Leave after one year of service

Tuition remission for you, your spouse and dependent children at any Purdue campus

For more information on our excellent benefit package, please visit: https://www.pnw.edu/human-resources/benefits/

Education of Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

  • Requires a Bachelor's degree

Experience of Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

  • Preferably 3 years of experience in community outreach, participant recruitment, entrepreneurship, or related programs.

Core Competencies of Community Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

  • The individual must demonstrate strong communication and partnership-building skills
  • Experience engaging diverse and underserved populations, and the ability to coordinate outreach activities and recruitment campaigns.
  • Experience with federally funded programs, minority business development, or economic development initiatives is preferred.

Additional Information

Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position

Professional references will be verified prior to any offer of employment. Employment is contingent upon completion of successful background check along with a motor vehicle records check if applicable.

Purdue University Northwest is an equal opportunity/equal access university.

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a student-centered university that transforms lives through innovative education, impactful research and community engagement. Located in Northwest Indiana in the greater Chicago area and near the Indiana Dunes National Park, PNW serves approximately 9,000 students, including 6,000 core students, in a wide range of academic programs at the baccalaureate, master’s and applied doctoral levels.

Purdue Northwest employs more than 1,000 faculty and staff members for operations at its main campus in Hammond, Ind., and its branch campus in Westville, Ind., plus additional sites in Northwest Indiana including the Gabis Arboretum near Valparaiso, Ind. PNW’s values reflect the university’s commitment to respect, innovation, a student-centric university, and excellence.

PNW is consistently ranked among the best public regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges report and is recognized as a First Scholars institution as well an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. With its vision to cultivate leaders, inspire excellence, and impact our world, PNW advances the socioeconomic mobility of its students and positively impacts regional development.

FLSA Status

Exempt

Posting Start Date: 10/26/26