Events Manager

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience planning and coordinating professional events, conferences or meetings with over 50 attendees. Stanford University event management experience preferred.
• Superior project management skills, detail-oriented, and ability to manage multiple projects and complex timelines.
• Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) or Certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) is valuable for this job.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, time management, and customer service skills. Must be well organized and detailed oriented.
• Strong energy and passion for connecting people at large events as well as leading and motivating teams planning or working the event.
• Highly developed interpersonal communication skills including political acumen and social perceptiveness
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills keeping track of events, registrations, timelines, analyzing and sharing best practices.
• Ability to prioritize and quickly adapt to change with creative problem-solving skills.
• Team oriented individual with willingness to take initiative and get things done and share best practices with others, but also able to working independently.
• Must be comfortable with technology and advanced functions in programs like Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Smartsheet, Zoom, Slack, and other relevant web-based tools such as MailChimp, Paperless post and other event registration systems. 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

• Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Demonstrated success managing event teams and planning, developing budgets, and meeting budget goals.
• Excellent project management skills, and the ability to manage complex timelines and multiple projects.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, time management, and customer service skills. Must be well organized and detailed oriented.
• Exceptional customer service skills with the ability to cultivate partnerships.
• Demonstrated high level of confidence in making strategic decisions, good judgment, and innovative and creative problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and other online documents, such as Google Docs.
• Ability to interact with a broad spectrum of customers.

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:

• Valid Non-Commercial Class California Driver's License. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequently stand/walk, sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, use a telephone.
• Occasionally kneel/crawl, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, and grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 21-40 pounds.
• Drive vehicle day and/or night with non-commercial license.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May require some travel and working evenings and weekends.

WORKING STANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu/.

The expected pay range for this position is $71,000 to $97,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

Why Stanford is for You
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• Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak.
• A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
• A healthier you. Climb our rock wall, or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
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Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.