Event Manager (Part-Time/Remote)

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

Experience:

• Experience in organizing events (From 25 people through to 1000+) from beginning to pre-logistics through to managing the event itself and closing out the event
• Must have strong time management and planning skills. Must convey a co-operative team spirit as well as a 'can do' attitude with good people skills.
• This Position is client facing, you may be working with other team members or individually to manage and plan and execute
• 3-5 years of Event Management experience is required
• Please indicate the events you have worked on and the number of attendees in an event that you have managed and organized
• Is detail orientated with excellent analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to deal with situations where information is difficult to obtain, complex or ambiguous
• Is conversant in various tools for analysis, Event management, project planning, including Microsoft Office.
• Has a strong sensitivity for the customer perspective – this position includes communicating with end customers as well as suppliers on various business levels.
• Can be flexible and does not have a 9-5 attitude and is open to working abnormal hours should this be required.
• Be stress resistant; in a fast paced environment
• Is RESULT focused and has strong time management & planning skills

• As an Event Manager, you will use your strong organizational and communication skills to plan and manage the execution of projects from A to Z.
• Successfully manage a number of events simultaneously
• Manage risk and ensure risk management is implemented
• Onsite management at the event itself.
• Act as the primary liaison between all team members assigned to a project/event
• Coordinate all aspects of the events or events including defining scope, specifying deliverables, estimating cost, managing event budget, creating detailed event plans and managing change requests.
• Ensure project success by driving day-to-day operations through the application of sound project management principles and methodologies.
• Maintain a detailed status, activities and issues report on each event
• Works with 3rd parties/vendors

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.