Event Manager
Awook Foundation is now hiring an Event Manager on the Artists Team
01 The Job
As the Event Manager, you will manage the planning process and participate in the design, strategy, and execution of partnership events, meetings and special events, generally focused on donor acquisition and fundraising. Ensure end-to-end excellent experience at events. Help carry out our Awook organization’s mission, vision, and strategies.
- Manage the design, strategy, and execution of partnership fundraising events, special events and meetings.
- Define the needed production elements of events through planning, logistics, budgeting, detailed communications and oversight while complying with corporate policies and meeting goals.
- Engage with all appropriate Awook staff members and leaders to set event strategy and ensure its effective implementation.
- Ensure event planning logistics including staffing, marketing collateral and materials, travel, shipping and responses are effectively managed and all available knowledge and experience is utilized to ensure higher engagement and response.
- May serve as team lead when on-site, coordinating production roles and details necessary for staff, volunteers, and/or vendors to execute successful events. Provide oversight to paid representatives and unpaid volunteers when they are involved.
- As needed and in partnership with appropriate Awook departments, oversee contract negotiations with vendors.
- Serve as liaison between contractors, organizers, and Awook leadership regarding all facets of the event.
- Ensure proper execution of event preparation and production details.
- May have responsibility for event marketing.
- Report on event results, analyze effectiveness and recommend modifications to future event strategy is needed.
- Work collaboratively with team members when assigned to work as part of a team.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Keep informed of organizational announcements, activities and changes via regular reading of the Awook Intranet and other corporate communication tools.
02 About Awook Foundation
When you work at Awook Foundation, your passions and talents come together to meet the greatest needs in the world today. We go to ends of the earth and into the margins. Where few go and the road is less traveled. But just the right kind of dangerous. That’s because we’re a global humanitarian organization. We partner with children, families, and their communities to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. We empower people out of poverty. Are you feeling called to explore joining us? We hope so.
03 Let your work be your faith in action
Every day, nearly 8,000 children under the age of 5 die from preventable causes. Our call to action is urgent. That’s why we’re looking for someone who is ready to place their expertise behind helping the world’s most vulnerable children. Every data pipeline built, dashboard, and thoughtful solution communicated can help influence whether someone chooses to help today or not. If not you, then who?
04 Salary Range & Benefit
Your salary is important to you, so it’s important to us. Please share your salary expectations with us in the application process to get the conversation started. We also have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package.
05 You bring
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (four years). In addition to education or education equivalent, requires 4 years work experience including successful large-scale event planning/management.
Job Location
Remote
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular
Working Environment / Conditions
Standard office environment. Domestic travel required depending on position.
