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SalaryPay Range: $53,143 - $66,428 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Monday, April 1, 2024
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Events Coordinator is available with the City of Fort Worth, in thePublic EventsDepartment. The Event Coordinator will report to the Operations Manager at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
We are seeking individuals that reflect our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
Candidate must be able to deliver an outstanding customer service, have highly developed organization and communication skills and a capacity to work as part of a cohesive and motived team along with the ability to adapt to ever changing daily priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
The Public Events Department oversees both the Fort Worth Convention Center and the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Both facilities are a 24-hour operation, so a flexible schedule is required. The potential candidate must be able to work nights, weekends and holidays to coincide with events held at the facility. The Department employees are subject to reassignment based on work load and/or the needs of the City or the Department. This reassignment may involve relocation to Will Rogers Memorial Center or another City facility.
The position assignment will be at the Fort Worth Convention Center. The Fort Worth Convention Center is a 714,000 square foot facility that occupies 14 city blocks in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It is a tourist attraction that welcomes over 1.1 million visitors and dignitaries annually. The arena seats up to 13,500 and at full capacity, 22,500 people are housed within its walls.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Marketing, Business Management, Business Administration or a related field
- At least four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in working with various organizations and groups on the operation and scheduling of Public Events
- Including one (1) year of administrative responsibility which includes creating written reports, preparing initial invoices and constant communication with clients and vendors
- Possession of a Valid Texas driver's license
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience working in a facility or hospitality venue
- Degree in hospitality or event management
- Ungerboeck/Momentus Software experience or similar event booking software
- Meeting Matrix/iPlan or similar facility design/room diagramming software
- Four or more years of experience in working with various groups in facility and event design, room setup arrangement capabilities including fire and safety codes
- Knowledge of the requirements for events of various sizes
- Skilled in time management, strong computer skills, multitasking and prioritizing work activities
The Events Coordinator job responsibilities include:
- Works with external client sources (e.g., meeting planners, city officials) to evaluate overall event specifications in order to develop written event manifest and work orders that effectively communicate to operational staff and contractual vendors how to adequately service the event.
- Manages vendor and operational services to prepare for, support and monitor Public Events, including correspondences with audio visual, emergency management personnel, transportation, caterers, decorators, parking and electrical.
- Plan the layout and assembly arrangement of Public Events. Conducts inspections of facilities to ensure proper event arrangement and assembly.
- Evaluates event set up arrangements, staging locations, utility and sound specifications and locations, and catering service areas
- Additional assigned tasks related to the Public Events Department and event coordination.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
