Senior Events, Training & Partnerships, Coordinator

Winnipeg, MB

TERM: Full time

REPORTS TO: Sr. Manager of Member Engagement Services

LOCATION: Winnipeg, Hybrid

TRAVEL: Travel as required in support of offsite events

POSITION SUMMARY: Do you thrive on combining your corporate sponsorship skills with producing and managing events? As our Events & Partnerships Coordinator, you will be responsible for executing virtual and in-person Ontario events, training and activities with members, partners, and governments to further the mission and objectives of the association. In addition, you will service our existing corporate sponsors and secure new sponsorship opportunities for the association.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Connect Members and non members to services and activities.
• Drive events and activities that drive revenue and membership
• Develop member leads and drive membership and revenue.
• Collaborate with leaders to provide member care and event best practice and templates.
• Event coordination, from preparing budgets, agendas, invitations, and invitee lists, sourcing speakers, and coordinating all logistics leading up to and on event day to post-event wrap-up. These events will be both in person and webinars, receptions, forums and conferences.

• Coordinate training events, working with trainers and facilitators to fill programs within training

• Services across the Prairies.

• Responsible for generating sponsorship, training and event invoices and collections.

• Work collaboratively with finance to ensure training revenue tracking is accurate to actual operations.

• Enter all event and partner details into CRM database (Zoho)

• Liaise directly with sponsors, manufacturers, government offices and other stakeholders on behalf of the organization.

• Track and report on training and event statistics.

• Maintain an event and training calendar for the Prairies.

• Continually improve processes while continually identifying opportunities to automate administrative processes.

• Other duties as assigned

COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Post-secondary education in a related field or equivalent experience
• Proven track record securing sponsorship revenue and executing events
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passionate about providing superior customer service
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite; including MS Project, PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of and experience dealing with industry associations and the non-profit industry
• A strong ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to build rapport and work collaboratively with inter-departmental teams and external stakeholders
• Self-starter with an ability to work both independently and as part of a team