Events Manager

OUR MISSION

The Family Place empowers survivors of family violence by providing safe housing, counseling, and skills that create independence while building community engagement and advocating for social change to stop family violence.

In this position as Events Manager, you will advance The Family Place's fundraising and community engagement goals by planning and executing high-quality events and donor experiences that deepen relationships, attract new supporters, and strengthen awareness of our mission and impact.

• Provide leadership and implementation support for assigned fundraising, stewardship, and cultivation events from concept through post-event follow-up. (Signature events include Partners Card, Reu Night, Community Advisory Council events, and other engagement opportunities to be defined.)
• Manage event timelines, project plans, production schedules, run-of-show documents, and internal coordination across teams.
• Oversee logistics, including venues, catering, rentals, décor, audiovisual, entertainment, signage, registration, seating, transportation, and event staffing.
• Ensure a seamless, high-quality guest experience that reflects The Family Place’s mission, brand, and donor engagement goals.
• Support on‑site event management, troubleshooting, and execution before, during, and after events.

• Partner with the rest of the Development team to ensure events are strategically used to cultivate, steward, and retain donors and sponsors.
• Help create thoughtful donor experiences before, during, and after events, including invitation strategy, follow‑up, recognition, and hospitality.
• Coordinate sponsor benefits and fulfillment, ensuring commitments are delivered accurately and professionally.
• Support relationship‑building efforts with committee members, sponsors, vendors, and community partners.
• Assist in developing event‑related touchpoints that move guests from attendees to deeper supporters of the organization.

• Serve as a central project manager for event‑related workflows, ensuring deadlines, approvals, and deliverables stay on track.
• Collaborate closely with Development, Marketing & Communications, Programs, Finance, and Executive leadership to align event strategy and execution.
• Manage event budgets, invoices, contracts, and expense tracking in partnership with department leadership.
• Maintain organized event records, timelines, sponsor assets, guest lists, and post‑event reporting.
• Evaluate event outcomes and recommend improvements to increase efficiency, donor engagement, and fundraising performance.

• Support event committees, advisory groups, and volunteers by coordinating meetings, materials, assignments, and follow‑up.
• Help equip volunteer leaders and ambassadors to effectively represent and support The Family Place.
• Foster strong relationships with volunteers and community stakeholders who contribute to event success.

Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.