Job Overview:
As an Events Directoryou'll be responsible for providing direction and focus to all Events and activities calendar for a resort style community - This includes programming and oversight of all fitness, aquatics, one day & extended travel, special events, classes, workshops, and charter club operations.
Your Responsibilities:
- Provides staff support and guidance to the Community Manager, to the Association Board of Directors and other team departments as necessary.
- Plan, coordinate and implement programs, classes and special community-wide events.
- Hire, supervise, educate, motivate, schedule and evaluate events staff
- Provide staff direction on mission development and its relation to program development, delivery, and Board directed budget goals.
- Develop and manage events budget providing recommendations to the Association Finance Committee.
- Acts as liaison to related committees as needed
- Working with events team coordinators to develop processes to ensure the consistent delivery of high quality programs.
- Monitor trends in events programming to help motivate team coordinators to create diversity in program offerings
- Working with the resident committees to review room usage to mainstream and maximize program space availability
Skills & Qualifications:
- An undergraduate degree in one or a combination of the following fields: business, hospitality, parks and recreation, real estate/service operations
- Proficient level of computer skills including Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and use of graphics.
- Experience in undertaking market and competitive research
- A strong desire to work in self-motivating, passionately driven customer service organization
- Experience delivering effective presentations and educational material to a variety of audiences
- Ability to travel approximately up to 25%
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Broad-based leadership/management experience
- Critical thinking, problem solving, judgement and decision-making abilities are necessary.
- Proficiency in computer programs like Microsoft Office, Outlook and Windows required.
- Ability to work with sensitive and/or confidential information.