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Job Description
Job Summary
The purpose of this position is to permit, plan, market, and assist with a variety of special events on behalf of the City Manager’s Office and the City of Greenville. This will be done by assessing community needs, overseeing event details, establishing relationships with public and private partners, and overseeing marketing efforts.
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Examples of Duties- Assist in planning, organizing, and promoting a year-round calendar of special events, festivals, concerts, holiday celebrations, and celebrations for various age groups to meet the needs of the community;
- Review list of active vendors and provide support, including execution of contracts, vendor registration, and ensuring timely posting of payments;
- Review and draft permit applications for internal and external events;
- Track incoming permits and oversee the approval of permits;
- Promote events and serve as City liaison for media and public and private organizations and prepare and execute marketing efforts;
- Ensure all marketing tools are branded with the City of Greenville logo;
- Serve as a liaison for internal and external event coordinators to ensure that policies and ordinances are being followed;
- Assist with planning and marketing for various partner events (ECU Homecoming and Downtown Greenville Partnership Events);
- Assist in managing the filing retention system for paper and electronic files;
- Provide backup support to the Senior Administrative Assistant/Special Events Coordinator;
- Ensure the City's membership with the North Carolina Association of Festivals and Events and Municipal Special Events Group is up-to-date;
- Evaluate all events; incorporate new trends and community needs in event planning;
- Assist in the formulation and execution of special event rules and policies;
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience:- Associate's degree in event planning, public relations, marketing, communications, or a related field; and
- One to three years of experience in programs, events, and/or marketing.
- High school diploma supplemented with related college coursework; and
- Three to five years of experience in programs, events, and/or marketing.
R equired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
Knowledge of:- event planning and the operation of event spaces.
- entertainment performance contracts.
- creating and managing event budgets and expenses.
- office skills, recordkeeping, and planning and organization.
- engage with the general public, event volunteers, committees, and vendors.
- follow oral and written instructions.
- establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, other City employees, public officials, and other departments.
- work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
- meet the mental and physical demands of the job.
Special Requirements- Must currently possess a valid driver's license (Note: A valid driver's license is a current driver's license that is not revoked, suspended, or subject to limited restoration or conditional operation privileges).
- This position may require working nights, weekends, and holidays.
The City of Greenville offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular full-time employees including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and short-term disability insurance. Employees in designated part-time positions may participate in some of the benefit programs offered to regular full-time employees.
Visit the City of Greenville Human Resources Website for a more in depth summary of our benefits.
Closing Date/Time: 11/20/2024 11:59 PM Eastern -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Greenville
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Some places have what it takes to help write the story of your life, to help you create and live your life to the fullest: opportunities, people and experiences that open minds and doors; activities that enrich and entertain. Places so welcoming that you feel you’re in the presence of family and friends, and that everywhere you turn, you find yourself in good company.
As the hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is that place.
Here, life’s a graceful balance of front-porch friendly and business-world sharp, a balance lit up and alive with all the amenities of a metropolitan university town. Where we enjoy the company of our neighbors on summer nights, talking on the porch about the day’s news and sports scores from the latest Pirate’s game, until someone flips a coin to see who’ll run out for barbeque.
Walking through the streets of Greenville, you see it has its share of art galleries, museums and festivals that delight; or, close by, the campus of East Carolina University calls to art and culture lovers with its worldly offering of musical concerts, theatrical and dance productions, travel films and lectures. For students with the fire of the future shining in their eyes, ready to turn their dreams loose, the campus calls to them in another voice.
Yes, you’ll find what you’re looking for here. But in many cases (and maybe this is just as important) what you didn’t even know you were looking for. That’s the way it is in Greenville. What makes it tick is how it makes people tick. As the cultural, educational and economic hub of the region, it’s expansive; it rewards the curious imagination, the entrepreneurial mind.
If you’re a person with big ideas and big ambitions, Greenville is good company. The smart thinking, hard work and optimism that once made Greenville a leading marketer of tobacco are still prevalent, though now guiding the area’s technology focus with its many bioscience and robotics breakthroughs. No surprise, these victories are trumpeted with as much enthusiasm as the local sports team’s trophy season.
Located just inland off the North Carolina coast, East of I-95, over 20 parks grace the landscape of Greenville and Pitt County. So if you’re an outdoor enthusiast, you’ll find enough adventure and scenic beauty here to fill up the canvas of your days, and plenty of like-minded people who share your respect for the grandeur of nature, the intoxicating fragrance of our Magnolia trees, picnicking under the shade of oaks, fishing at sundown, or hiking down a path that leads you not to the trail’s end, but to the conclusion that this is where you belong.
True, in some parts of the world, when you say the word “hub” people think “crowded”, “faceless”, “too noisy to hear myself think”. But we’re different.
There are crowds … parades down Evans Street. An annual Halloween street party. Students streaming to classes. Participants at major meeting or conferences. Or onlookers gathered down at the Extreme Park or Five Points Plaza to watch BMX bike pros practicing for an event.
But they’re not faceless crowds.
There is noise … live music rising from the campus nightlife scene, the hub-bub around the Convention Center, or when the Pirates rally to make the winning score, nothing short of pandemonium.
But our noise makes your spirits soar.
In fact, you could say that the hustle and bustle of life in Greenville is conducive to a higher level of thinking and inspiration. One thing’s for sure, the first thought on your mind will be how glad you are to be in Greenville, North Carolina, smack dab in the middle of such good company.
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