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Love What You Do!
Start your career with Welcome Wagon today!
We have been visiting and serving Canadian communities for 85 years. We are committed to our communities and to our Representatives.
Job Requirements:
Sales oriented or willingness to learn sales
Access to car & computer
Self-motivated, can work independently and as part of a
Team
Community minded
If you are interested in more information or would like to apply, visit www.welcomewagon.ca
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Type Of Experience
- Special events
- Conferences / meetings
Work Experience
- University or college
- Trade associations
- Tourism associations
- Sports and entertainment facilities
- Self-employed
- Resort
- Professional associations
- Multi-purpose facilities
- Hotel
- Governments
- Convention centres
- Conference and meeting planning companies
- Conference centres
- Community organization
- Business
Planning and Management Skills
- Solicit event donors
- Review bids and negotiate costs
- Research and design special events programs
- Research and develop profiles on speakers and other participants
- Promote conference and meeting services or special events
- Prepare, present and manage budgets
- Prepare final financial and other reports
- Plan for required documentation and for pre- and post-distribution of documentation (itineraries, evaluations etc.)
- Plan for social events and guest programs
- Plan for special needs services
- Plan for translation and interpretation services
- Plan schedules, goals and objectives
- Plan and arrange for trade shows and exhibits
- Inspect and select sites
- Develop marketing and communication plans
- Develop policies and procedures and attend to other management responsibilities
- Develop registration systems and information materials
- Determine requirements for hospitality services, signage, multi-media equipment, printing and other technical services, and arrange for and manage contracts for these services
- Arrange and manage contracts for entertainment, activities and attractions for special events
Main Responsibility
- Planning and management
- Co-ordination
Number of Participants and Length of Activity
- 200-400 participants
Coordination Skills
- Administer revenues and expenditures and assist in preparing financial reports
- Set up and monitor, or arrange for the setting up and monitoring of multi-media equipment
- Implement registration systems
- Implement social programs, food and beverage, transportation, and other services
- Coordinate media services
- Coordinate set-ups, staging, seating, parking, communication systems and other details for special events
- Coordinate and monitor conference and meeting activities and attend to related details
- Confirm and co-ordinate speakers
- Assist in site selection and attend to related details
- Assist in budget preparation
- Arrange for translation and interpretation services
- Arrange for shipping, receiving and storage
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