EVENT MANAGER AT WORLD VISION: 2021

admin July 21, 2021

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Join World Vision as an Event Manager AT WORLD VISION

DEADLINE: NOT SPECIFIED

Role: Event Manager

Must-HaveExperience: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (eight years). In addition to education or education equivalent, requires 6 years of work experience including successful large-scale event planning/management.

Location: HQ – Federal Way, WA

Travel: Domestic travel up to 30% of the time.

Salary Range:Your salary is important to you so it’s important to us. If you need the approximate range to inform your decision on whether to apply or not contact Grace using one of the ways below. We have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more.

Benefits OF ANEVENT MANAGER AT WORLD VISION :Yes. Click here to learn more.  

Company Size:900+ (World Vision USA) / 35,000 worldwide (World Vision International) 

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EVENT MANAGER AT WORLD VISION

01 The Job You’re an experienced event management professional aspiring to use your gifts and talents to make a positive impact on the world by eradicating poverty and transforming the lives of children, families and communities. Join World Vision USA as a Sr. Event Manager where you will create best-in-class in-person, virtual, and hybrid donor conferences and signature events for prospective and current donors by providing opportunities for personal experiences that educate, change hearts, promote long-term partnerships with World Vision, and result in increased revenue for the organization.

And your expertise added to our team will be a difference maker. Be an integral contributor on a team as well as oversee the work of project team(s) through the life-cycle of the event from planning through implementation of complex and brand-building signature events. Help carry out our Christian organization’s mission, vision, and strategies by witnessing to Christ and ministering to others through life, deed, word, and sign.

02 What success looks like (1) You effectively consult and collaborate with clients and internal partners to design highly specialized signature event experiences that are informed by segment insights that align with donor interests and designed to elevate the World Vision brand by targeting key donors and meeting critical fundraising goals.

(2) You seamlessly oversee multiple events simultaneously from design and planning to day-of production and post event reporting and follow-up. This includes leading stakeholder meetings, executive reviews, speaker selection, multi-media components, writing compelling scripts, coaching and guiding high-level speakers and delivering on an engaging event experience that will be impactful for the audience.

(3) Your work will also include things like facility selection, vendor contract negotiations, event registration, food and beverage selection, audio visual service, speaker/entertainment, transportation, event budgeting, volunteer management and tracking of key performance indicators.

(4) You strive towards continuous improvement by consistently bringing innovative ideas and concepts to your event management work that improves the donor experience and informs future event strategies. (5) And because of your knowledge and expertise you will be able to provide training and mentorship to other Event Managers on topics like program development and execution, new technologies for operating and producing virtual and hybrid events as well as new or updated event procedures.

03 Where this job could take your career World Vision USA is a part of the larger World Vision International partnership. Globally, we have nearly 35,000 staff working in nearly 100 countries. Just over 900 of us call World Vision USA home. You’ll have opportunities to advance within our robust and talented group of fundraisers as you continue to stretch and grow your career for the future.

04 About World Vision USA When you work at World Vision, 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. We are dangerously soft-hearted. But just the right kind of dangerous. That’s because we’re a global Christian 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. For real. For good. For nearly the last 70 years. Jesus’ love is at the center. Always. We’re Christian and follow Jesus’ example to show unconditional love to the poor and oppressed. Serving every child we can regardless of faith. Are you feeling called to explore joining us? We hope so.

05 You bring A Bachelor’s degree or 8 years of equivalent work experience. In addition to education or equivalent work experience, we need you to have 6 years of work experience that includes successful large-scale event planning or project management. It goes without saying, but the roots of success in this role will be in your ability to be highly relational and detail orientated. We know you can grow and flourish if you’re planted there.

06 Additional skills we’re interested inYour deep passion to serve children, families, and communities in greatest need around the world through designing, producing and orchestrating key signature events that contribute to generating both connection and lasting impact for our donors in order to promote transformation in their lives and connection to the work of World Vision. You are a confident, experienced, passionate leader with an extensive background in creating and producing these large-scale events.

You do this with ease because of your ability to balance the needs and interests of various stakeholders while prioritizing tasks in the middle of changing priorities. You are an analytical thinker and this allows you to have a logical approach when addressing issues or problems and manage them proactively to a good end. At the end of an event you immediately look for ways to improve processes that will allow us to be even more productive and efficient the next time. You can maintain a positive outlook in the middle of pressure and respond with grace and ease when challenges arise.

You look for ways to reach optimal outcomes that gain the acceptance of all parties, even if everyone has a different idea in mind. Your communication skills allow you to discern the best way forward no matter the level of the individual you are talking to and provide solutions that show you were listening to their thoughts and desires. You know events and how to manage them by breaking them down into phases and measurable milestones, determining what people and resources are needed and how much its going to cost and you understand what it takes to combine the right level of marketing and creativity that will appeal to the intended audience.

And you are always looking for ways to be better – so you are eager to learn and acquire the necessary technical knowledge to accomplish your client’s needs effectively and then share that knowledge with the team.

07 Let your work be your faith in action Every day, nearly 14,000 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 project, every shoot, every edit can help influence whether someone chooses to help today or not. If not you, then who? 

08 Salary Range & Benefits Your salary is important to you so it’s important to us. If you need the approximate range to inform your decision on whether to apply or not contact Grace using one of the ways below. We have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more.

09 To Apply See the Apply box in the lower left corner. Still not sure? I really want to hear from you, even if it’s just to ask some questions about the job in confidence. Contact Grace in Talent Acquisition at [email protected]. Connect with me on LinkedIn here.

10 What happens next? Glad you asked. We owe you that and strive to not leave you wondering. We review applications nearly every day assessing strength of fit for the role. Sometimes questions arise on our end so we message you to learn more. Short-listed candidates are contacted for an initial phone conversation with our recruiting staff. Moving deeper into our selection process you can expect to interview 1:1 with a hiring manager.

Finalists normally participate in a panel interview where the opportunity to meet additional members of our staff lends itself to more of a 360-view of the role. Our most valuable resource is our talented staff. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time, so we have all hands-on deck to move this important work forward. Job Location Federal Way, Washington, United States Position Type Full-Time/Regular Working Environment / Condition Hybrid office environment. When at events: Long periods of standing, setting up/tearing down event signage and spaces. Domestic travel required, up to 30%