Description
The Events Coordinator works closely with the Manager of Business Partnership and Chief Strategy Officer to help coordinate internal events at the City Center campus and fundraising events for the Development Team at various locations. This position’s main focus is the administrative efforts in assisting with both small and large events for the Fresno Mission. As a member of the Development Team, this position may also work with the development staff on several fundraising efforts and special projects.
Who you are:
- Organized, attentive, and on time.
- Someone who treats people with compassion, grace, mercy and dignity.
- Detail-oriented with a knack for seeing the big picture.
- Confident with email, Microsoft 365, and using a database.
- Dependable and trustworthy with confidential and personal information.
- Able to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
What you’ll do (just the basics):
- Schedule, organize, and communicate with staff and renters on potential events, timelines, details, and payments.
- Work with Development Team to plan and execute large scale events that range from a dozen to thousands of people.
- Work with external vendors to coordinate various aspects of events.
- Coordinate meetings, special dinners, events, internal and external
- Work with Development Team on communicating with donor’s options of giving and volunteering.
- Be a team player
Bonus Points:
- You are flexible and able to adapt to changes and take on new responsibilities as needed.
- During movie wedding scenes you pause the film to examine table settings in the background.
- Able to periodically work evenings and weekends.
- Drinking coffee is your superpower.
Requirements
A mature walk with Jesus Christ and able to articulate Biblical beliefs and their application within the context of the Fresno Mission. All employees of Fresno Mission are an integral part of the outreach ministry of a non-denominational, evangelical ministry sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ through transformational programs that provide food, shelter, clothing, education, job training and renewal of families to the poor and addicted. Due to the nature of these types of ministries, it is a necessity that each employee possesses and maintain a Christian testimony of their faith and experience in Jesus.
Skills Required
- Confident with email communication
- Proficient with Microsoft 365
- Experience using a database
- Ability to schedule, organize, and communicate event details and payments
- Experience coordinating vendors and large-scale events
- Dependable and trustworthy handling confidential and personal information
- Organized, detail-oriented, attentive, and punctual
- Able to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
- Team player who collaborates with Development staff on fundraising activities
- Mature Christian testimony and ability to articulate Biblical beliefs in the context of Fresno Mission
- Flexible and able to periodically work evenings and weekends
- Willingness to adapt to new responsibilities and changing needs
What We Do
The Fresno Mission is a faith-based non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing, restoring, and empowering homeless and at-risk individuals through Christ-centered communities of transformation. Since 1949, it has provided physical needs such as food, clothing, and shelter, along with spiritual support, and has developed the City Center, a premiere facility for families and youth experiencing crisis.
