Coordinator, Events, Global People Support

Who We Are

International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1,200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable.

We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve. 

The Need

For over 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. 9 out of 9 times in the last decade, IJM’s Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50 and 85% for very large populations of people in poverty. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence, we are seeking a Coordinator, Events, Global People Support.

The Coordinator, Events, Global People Support (GPS) is responsible for the ongoing planning and execution of key culture-making events for North America and Global Functions staff at IJM. The successful candidate will be organized and detail-oriented while also maintaining agility as a proactive member of the GPS team. This role will support larger GPS objectives in the Arlington Office and embody GPS values in support of our people. Working on the Experience Team and closely with the Spiritual Formation team, this role will plan, execute, and support events for the GPS team including Quarterly Prayer Retreats, Global Mission Week, new staff Orientation, and Arlington Office events. This role helps ensure consistent excellence in all events for North America and Global Functions employees and may serve on other IJM event planning teams as needed.

This position is based in the Washington, DC area and is available to be hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays). It reports to the Global Sr. Director, Employee Experience and is only available for candidates with the right to work in the US.

Responsibilities:

Professionalism & Partnership: This position will collaborate with the full Global People Support Experience team, Global Advisor for Spiritual Formation, CEO’s Office, North America Leadership Team, Regional Coordinators, and country offices to ensure that event planning and culture formation needs are being met.

• Schedule and administrate event planning and debrief cycles that include all necessary constituents.

• Work with vendors to execute contracts, communicate needs and expectations, and ensure excellent service provision.

Travel: This position will coordinate venue contracts and travel arrangements for events that are led by the Experience Team. This role will also provide all necessary travel-related information and documentation for international staff attending those events.

Communication: This position works closely with IJM’s internal communications function to ensure that participating staff receive all the information they need in a timely, clear, and compelling manner.

• Develop and maintain necessary communication timelines with Internal Communications or other project leads.

• Communicate clearly and in a timely manner with attendees and service providers.

Documentation, Reporting & Data Management: The successful candidate will gather data and report on each event as well as maintain organized files for each planning team.

• Create, distribute, and synthesize survey findings for each event.

• Create regular opportunities for feedback loops, host lessons-learned sessions, complete project debriefs, provide budget reports, and continually incorporate learnings into new planning cycles.

• Become familiar with Workday, Planner, and Teams in order to plan, track task progress, and report on outcomes.

Budget Management: This position will monitor budgets allotted to Experience events.

• Approve qualified expenses in Workday.

• Contract and pay vendors.

• Provide monthly budget report to relevant budget owners.

General Tasks: Because this position resides on a dynamic team within a growing organization, there will be other tasks that arise in the midst of the day-to-day work. 

Qualifications:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of study preferred.

• 3+ years of experience planning and executing in-person, virtual, and hybrid events for groups of 30 to 1,000.

• Project management experience preferred.

Technical Competencies

• Requirements which may include specialized knowledge or skills necessary to perform a specific role.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• High proficiency with Microsoft Suite.

• Exceptional detail orientation.

Critical Qualities:

• Eager commitment to IJM's Core Values: Christian, Professional and Bridge-Building;

• Highly relational with a history of trust building and alignment across teams;

• Self-starting independent worker;

• Ability to work flexibly in changing environments;

• Strong time management skills;

• Motivated problem solver; and

• Embodies IJM’s culture.

Application Process:

Upload Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith* in one PDF document.

*What is a statement of faith?
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.

What does IJM have to offer?

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

• Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area

• Retirement benefit options

• Paid leave starting at 23 days

• 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior)

• Daily, quarterly, and annual community spiritual formation

• Robust staff care resources

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy, Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy, and Code of Ethics. Candidate selection is based on technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidates value congruence and thorough background, police clearance, and reference check processes.

At IJM, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. IJM encourages people of any race, color, age, sex, marital status or political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work, we truly believe that the work we are doing is God’s work, not our own, and practice spiritual disciplines together daily. That’s why we legally require under SEC. 2000e-1 [Section702] of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostles’ Creed.

IJM requires a background check, police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.

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