Events Manager

Job Description

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Samaritan’s Purse is seeking an Events Manager to join our team at our International Headquarters location in Boone, N.C. You can be a part of a highly professional communications team. As an Events Manager, you will be responsible for oversight of internal and external events and conferences on behalf of the Communications Department, including administration of event preparation timelines, communication to departmental stakeholders, and evaluation of event attendee responses. The Events Manager is responsible for the coordination of event branding and marketing across multiple departments to ensure our efforts to raise awareness, generate new names, increase revenue, and meet goals and expectations set by organizational leadership. 18 to 30 days of annual domestic travel required. Come and use your gifts daily to advance the Gospel!

A day in the life of an Events Manager:

At Samaritan’s Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Events Manager you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Jesus Christ
• Manage various internal and external event marketing processes across multiple departments of Samaritan’s Purse on behalf of the Communications Department, including evaluation of event opportunities for ministry fit, creation of innovative marketing strategies for external events, and valuation of event audience responses
• Work with the director of communications and the creative director to determine effective branding, display, and marketing strategies for internal and external events
• Manage relationships with ministry departments including the President’s Office, Quality Assurance, Special Events, North American Ministries, International Projects, Human Resources, World Medical Mission and Donor Ministries to ensure consistency in branding and messaging for all events
• Oversee the decision-making of ministry departments in determining which events Samaritan’s Purse should participate in and how the ministry should be represented visually
• Manage vendor relationships and logistics for external events to ensure successful on-site execution
• Research and identify external event opportunities for possible ministry participation
• Manage event day logistics across ministry and vendor contacts for events that are targeted to Samaritan’s Purse’s external audiences
• Supervise and project manage collaborative process with creative and production teams to develop display, print, and digital materials for events
• Supervise support staff during event set-up and tear-down
• Travel to new concept and key events to monitor audience engagement and strategize for increased engagement at future events; provide supervision during event day; develop solutions for event day issues; encourage guest interaction; and supervise event set-up and take-down
• Track event key performance areas and supervise process to standardize event booth displays and materials across similar events for each season and department
• Maintain standardized event procedures and train staff to properly execute them
• Stay current on latest trends, technologies, tools, sites, applications, and analytics related to event marketing
• Stay informed about Samaritan’s Purse programs, projects, and activities
• Follow policies and procedures of Samaritan’s Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual
• Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, donors and volunteers
• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public
• All other duties as assigned

Check out why people love serving with Samaritan’s Purse: https://bit.ly/2F8Nom5

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA) in hospitality or marketing preferred from four-year college or university and at least five years of experience in event marketing; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong communications skills, including the ability to write clear, concise, compelling copy
• Ability to proofread text and make corrections in spelling, grammar, punctuation, style, factual accuracy, etc
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies preferred, not required

Job Location: Boone, N.C

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Benefits:

• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation days
• 10 sick/personal days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)
• We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)
• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)