Special Events and Partnerships Manager; Caldera

Posted on February 05, 2020

At Caldera, we believe in the power of creativity. Caldera is a catalyst for the transformation of underserved youth through innovative, year round art and environmental programs. Our Youth Program provides students from Portland and Central Oregon with long-term mentoring that nurtures individual creativity, beginning in sixth grade and continuing into young adulthood. Caldera weaves the arts, nature, and personal expression into powerful work that ignites self-expression and allows young people to be creative changes agents in their lives and communities.

Position Title:

Special Events and Partnerships Manager

Supervisor:
Development & Communications Director

Full time (37.5 hrs/week) 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday–Friday

Location:

Portland office, 1227 NW Davis St, Portland, OR 97209

Compensation: $50,000–$60,000 annually, exempt. Benefits include: generous paid time off, health, dental, and vision insurance, 403(b) retirement matching, long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance.

We recognize that Caldera communities face many societal inequities. We recognize the history and ongoing impacts of racism in our country, state, and institutions. We acknowledge that we will always have room to grow as an organization and as individuals in our understanding of racism and oppression. We commit to continually examining our role in both perpetuating and combating institutional racism.

We also commit to ongoing alignment of our policies and practices to advance racial equity, inclusion, and freedom of expression.

We commit to integrating equity and inclusion into all areas of our work to better serve our mission; when we do, we get closer to the world that we want for our youth. To ensure our own accountability, we will
1) seek deeper relationships with and feedback from our larger community;
2) use our Equity Plan to guide ongoing work; and
3) apply our Equity Lens to decision-making. We will also seek inspiration from artistic and cultural traditions.

Caldera is an equal opportunity employer encouraging applicants of all backgrounds and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. We encourage people of color and Caldera community members to apply.

The Development & Communications team focuses our development efforts on partnering with the communities in which we work to build strong, meaningful investments in our mission. We seek to diversify our support and develop long-term relationships that will sustain our programming for years to come. As a creative organization, we believe in creative community organizing, grassroots campaigns, and partnerships and we are looking for people prepared to build new kinds of development programs to join the team.

As part of the Development & Communications team, the Special Events and Partnerships Manager is responsible for Caldera’s corporate and foundation giving programs and community partnerships, including public events, donor cultivation events/fundraisers, corporate sponsor ships, and in-kind giving. Reporting

to the Development & Communications Director, this position will support Caldera’s community partnership efforts, building a strong portfolio of reliable partnerships in corporations and foundations alike and managing fundraising and community engagement events.

As a collaborative and critical member of the Development & Communications team, this position works closely with the Development & Communications Manager and manages additional event contractors/vendors, and provides overall fundraising support for the Director and Executive Director, as needed.

Events and Engagement - 45%

• Organize, produce, and manage Caldera’s annual fundraising galas and other public events, including liaising with vendors and sponsors and managing the creation of event-specific communications pieces
• Manage, coordinate, and facilitate…