Even Co-ordinator at U-Connect Human Resources Consulting

Key Responsibilities

• Programming & Event Coordination, including researching types of events, possible speakers, event planning and creating and maintaining the events calendar.
• Brainstorming and implementing event plans and concepts.
• Understand requirements and details of each event
• Plan and organize events with attention to budgets and timing
• Identify and Schedule appropriate speakers, musicians, poets, fashion designers etc for events
• Identify and compare different vendors (catering, decorators, photographers etc.)
• Liaise and negotiate with vendors to obtain the most favourable terms
• Seek and identify possible partners and discuss with BD Manager
• Carefully oversee the event & offer solutions to resolve problems in a timely manner
• Handle post-event reports.
• Develop event feedback surveys.
• Cultivate positive relationships with key members of the community, local business leaders, and companies doing business with the Club or newly signed members, and local and international media.
• Assist with content from events for the Monthly newsletter.
• Perform any other tasks requested by management.

Required Skills & Qualities:

• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Multi-tasker
• Self-motivated
• Ability to provide effective written and verbal instructions,
• Problem solver
• Innovative thinker

Educational and Work-Related Experience:

• 1st Degree (1st Class or 2nd Class) in Social Sciences or any relevant courses.
• knowledge of general business administration practices.
• 5 years of similar experience in progressively responsible positions.
• Must possess basic office computer skills (i.e. – Word, excel, power point, adobe, outlook, etc.) for business communication.
• Portfolio of successful events
• Sense of ownership and pride in job performance and impact on company’s success
• Basic accounting skills to track spending and stick to a budget
• Knowledge of risk management to identify potential legal liabilities and take steps to mitigate them
•  Good networking skills to build relationships with vendors and suppliers and attract new customers

Salary & Benefits:

Salary is competitive for the right candidate.