Event Coordinator

Posting Date

09/29/25

Application Deadline

10/03/25

Pay Range

Anticipated Hiring Pay Range: $53,950 - $62,959 annually

Full Pay Range: $53,950 - $90,000 annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Animal Care and Control

About The Position

Does the idea of making a difference in underserved communities appeal to you? Do you thrive in a customer-facing position?

The Event Coordinator’s primary mission is to increase adoptions and strengthen community engagement by planning, organizing, and executing off-site adoption events and shelter special events.

The role also supports community wellness by coordinating licensing events as well as free spay/neuter and vaccine clinics, identifying ideal locations, and tracking outcomes to measure program effectiveness.

In addition to leading these efforts, the Event Coordinator manages all event logistics; site selection, setup, volunteer coordination, and post-event evaluations, ensuring each event runs smoothly and successfully connects pets with loving homes.

This position is fully on-site and customer-facing, requiring the employee to be present in the office or the community during all working hours

Please note that this position will require the ability to drive large vehicles measuring up to (29’ and 31’).

About Us

Maricopa County Animal Care & Control employees are committed to animal welfare and strengthening the human-animal bond in our community, and we are always looking to add talented individuals to our team, either at our West or East Valley Animal Care Centers. As one of the nation’s largest open-admission shelters, we work with our community to serve the animals and people of Maricopa County. Our adoptions, shelter, clinic, and animal services officer teams learn first-hand about proper care of homeless and stray animals and work hard to help find them new homes.

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits including access to our on-site center Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families exclusively
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
• Learn more at Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ
  
  

We Require

• Four years of experience planning and coordinating community events and/or outreach campaigns to raise awareness of specific programs
• High school diploma or GED
• Postsecondary education may substitute for two years of the required experience on a year-for-year basis
  
  

We Also Value

• Experience working in a veterinary clinic and a humane society
• Experience driving large vehicles (29’ and 31’)
• Bilingual in Spanish and English
  
  

Job Contributions

• Manages the full offsite event schedule, coordinates all logistics and activities for off-site adoption events, and staffs program-associated adoption events
• Coordinates with local schools, churches, and community centers to host vaccine and spay/neuter clinics and schedules needed services 
• Selects appropriate animals for program-associated events based on temperament and health and takes responsibility for their health and welfare at the event including humane animal handling and sanitation
• Develops, writes, and summarizes reports to track program success for management at regularly scheduled intervals
• Develops program materials for data collection and information distribution in the community 
• Contacts community members to determine their spay and neuter needs; compiles data results to assess needs for further outreach efforts 
• Maintains program inventory including collars, leashes, vaccines, microchips, chip scanner, treats, flea and tick medicine, etc.
• Conducts community assessments via data from Chameleon (shelter software) to determine “hot spots where most of the unsterilized stray pets originate for outreach efforts 
  
  

Working Conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk on all types of surfaces, sometimes slippery and/or uneven and rough. You must be able to lift and carry up to 50lb and perform duties that require lifting, bending, and stooping. Environmental factors can be indoors or outdoors, working in the extreme heat of the Arizona summers
• Candidates must be flexible and able to work all shifts, including starting as early as 5 am and finishing as late as 9 pm, working weekends and holidays. Employees can be assigned to any shift, with any combination of days off, determined by the Department's needs
• Candidates must be able to work independently at events
• Frequently handles and will be exposed to dogs and cats with unknown temperament or behavior
• Ability to obtain a valid Arizona driver’s license with the ability to drive a 29’ and 31’ vehicle upon hire
  
  

Selection Procedure

• Only the most qualified candidates will be considered
• Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications
• Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile
• Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive
  
  

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

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