National Events Manager

Position: National Events Manager

Department: Development

Office

Location:

The ideal candidate is located in Los Angeles, CA, though we are also open to candidates in other Western Region cities where we host events, including San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, and Palm Springs.

Work Type Designation: Hybrid or Work from Home

• This position is Hybrid for candidates located in the Los Angeles area, and Work from Home if located in the other mentioned cities.
• This role will require you to work evenings and weekends for events.
• If based in Los Angeles, CA, in-office presence will be expected when there is a need for event coordination and support.
• Work from Office and Hybrid employees must be able to commute to the Regional Office as their schedule demands.

Reports to: Director of National Events

Union Salary Grade: D3. This is a union position.

Annual Salary Range: $73,. The salary for this role will be determined by a candidate's years of relevant experience related to the position, as well as their geographic region. Our salary scale starts at 1 year and goes up to 30+ years of experience.

Travel: Requires regional travel up to 20%.

FLSA Status: Exempt/Full-time

Supervisory Responsibilities: Limited to managing volunteer committees, event volunteers, and event consultants, if applicable. This team member may be asked to train development interns and new development staff in Raiser’s Edge and Luminate event procedures. This position has no direct reports.

Lambda Legal is a national advocacy organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work. Since 1973, Lambda Legal has used impact litigation and other advocacy tools to decriminalize same-sex relationships; challenge discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV in the workplace, in the home, in schools, in health care, and in the military;

and protect LGBTQ+ families, including by winning and defending marriage equality. Our clients are not charged for legal representation or advocacy and Lambda Legal receives no government funding. Headquartered in New York City, Lambda Legal also has regional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, DC.

We believe that serving the full breadth of the LGBTQ+ and HIV communities requires cultural competency and enthusiasm for diversity of all kinds. To be successful, we must approach our work with an understanding that discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status is not the only obstacle to achieving full formal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV;

rather, we recognize the intersectional nature of discrimination, specifically including biases based on race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, education, and class. Considering this reality, we prioritize a proactive commitment to counteracting these biases and their compounding effects in the work we do, but also in how we work together as an organization.

The National Events Manager is a key member of the National Events Team and is responsible for planning, managing, executing and assisting on a wide range of special events, from large fundraising events to mid-size cocktail receptions and select non-ticketed events. The National Events Manager serves as the events and logistics project lead for their assigned region by managing and executing event development, with key stakeholders and volunteer leadership committees.

This position is responsible for managing the processing and recording of events-related donations within their portfolio by working with staff across the Development and Finance Departments. This position reports directly to the Director of National Events.

• Duties include managing all tasks required for a successful event: developing budgets and timelines; devising solicitation strategies; negotiating vendor contracts; organizing site visits; volunteer coordination; design and production of event promotional materials including invitations, and other relevant collateral; maintaining guest lists, ticketing and seating; etc.
• Anticipate and resolve operational challenges with speed and efficiency, keeping events on schedule and within budget.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 3-4 ticketed events and support an anticipated amount of 5 non-ticketed events in their region.
• Work in partnership with Major Gifts Officers (MGOs), volunteer committees, volunteer leadership, and all corporate, institutional and individual sponsors of assigned events.
• Manage all online event materials, email correspondence for events in their assigned portfolio.
• Ensure backend operations for events within their portfolio are properly tracked and maintained which includes setting up and managing events in Raiser’s Edge, publishing events on the website, processing invoices and income, revenue reconciliation,…