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Are you a event planning whiz? Do you excel at seeing the end product before you even begin? Are you known for your projects coming in on-time and on-budget? Is your personality engaging and confident? If yes, The Chamber wants you NOW!
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Strong project management skills including pulling together resources to execute.
Strong leadership skills.
Highly organized and visionary must be able to own the position from end to end.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Excel in volunteer coordination.
Ability to work independently in a busy environment is paramount.
Ability to prioritize and to recognize when priorities need to be shifted to accommodate emerging issues or projects is a necessity.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
The ability to draw reasonable, logical conclusions or assumptions from limited information is essential.
Detail oriented.
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
- Professional associations
- Conference and meeting planning companies
- 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 social events and guest programs
- Plan schedules, goals and objectives
- Plan and arrange for accommodation and transportation services
- Plan and arrange for trade shows and exhibits
- Inspect and select sites
- Establish committees
- Develop sponsorship, partnership or fundraising programs
- 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
- Co-ordination
Number of Participants and Length of Activity
- 5 days
- 50-99 participants
- 100-199 participants
- 200-400 participants
- Over 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
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Meeting management software
- MacIntosh
- IBM and IBM compatible
- Data base software
- Computer terminal
- Audiovisual equipment
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