Summary

The Experiences and Events Manager is responsible for executing world-class, nationwide, events and fundraisers for Greenhouse Scholars.

Description

About Greenhouse Scholars
Greenhouse is a diverse community of leaders working together to ensure people of all backgrounds can live a life of their choosing. We are focused on sustainable, generational community change – especially in the lowest-resourced communities. We are creating results through the transformative power of higher education, by working with the most inspiring role models from these communities, and by launching hundreds of new companies and projects. We are seeking a high-performing, hard-working candidate to join us.

About this role
The Experiences and Events Manager is responsible for executing world-class, nationwide, events and fundraisers for Greenhouse Scholars. This position collaborates with the internal team and external partners to plan, manage, and execute exceptionally high-quality events that deliver on our program, build our community, and raise critical funds. These events include in-person and virtual live and silent auctions, dinner parties, celebrity chef events, house parties, speaking engagements, athletic events, and more. This position will manage all logistics including food and beverage, venue selection, staff, volunteers, decor, permitting, parking, rentals, and more.

This position is in our Boulder, Colorado office and is not virtual or remote. Travel to manage events in Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia, New York, and California and future expansion locations is required.

What your day-to-day might look like
Collaborate with the executive and fundraising teams to create an events experience plan based on established objectives and budgets. Coordinate and execute the outreach to potential vendors and in-kind sponsors. Research new venues and partners in all our states and present them to the executive team for final selection. Organize the final details of an all-community event on-site at the venue to ensure every element is in place before guests arrive—communicating effectively with staff, volunteers, and hired partners so everyone understands how to do their jobs perfectly throughout the event.

This job might be for you if…
You are detail-oriented and incredibly skilled at proactive planning, communicating clearly, and executing thoroughly down to every last detail—and ensuring people supporting your efforts are equipped to do the same. You thrive on to-do lists and pride yourself on being highly productive. You enjoy perfecting details and also know when to pull back to strategically align with agreed-upon goals. You embrace creating and working from a 12-15-month execution plan. You are a relationship-builder who enjoys creating lasting and mutually-beneficial partnerships with vendors, sponsors, volunteers, and more. You can manage high-stress moments with poise and bring a solutions-oriented approach to minor emergencies and last-minute changes because, hey, that’s life!

Responsibilities include:

Develop and implement 12-15-month event plans and checklists in collaboration with internal staff and external partners
Manage all primary communications with all events partners, vendors, volunteers, and more
Manage all event budgets, tracking actuals against planned spending and reconciling all financials with accounting colleagues
Collaborate and communicate with colleagues to ensure the accuracy of marketing and communications for events
Lead and execute all activities and personnel before, during, and after each event
Document all relevant information using Salesforce, Google Suite, and Alchemer
Track, analyze, and communicate event results to the team

Ideal candidate will:

Have an unrelenting positive attitude
Be detail-oriented and highly organized, with an efficient approach to managing events
Possess a strong, entrepreneurial work ethic
Be a strategic planner and thinker
Bring creativity and vision
Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication and follow-up skills
Have a collaborative mindset and approach
Be well versed in PowerPoint, Excel, Google Suite
Have 6+ years of work experience
Have a Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university is mandatory

Compensation
$55,000 – $75,000 depending on experience

Benefits
In addition to being part of a motivated and accomplished team, Greenhouse Scholars offers: