Pride & Events Manager

The Sacramento LGBT Community Center works to create a region where all LGBTQ+ people thrive; we support health and wellness, advocate for equity and justice, and work to uplift our diverse and culturally right LGBTQ+ community.

POSITION: Pride & Events Manager

REPORTS TO: Chief Development & External Affairs Officer

STATUS: Exempt, Full-Time, Regular

COMPENSATION: $70,304–$80,000 annually, depending on experience

BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance;
Employee Assistance Program; 403(b) Retirement Plan;
Paid Holidays, Sick, and Vacation

LOCATION: Sacramento, CA (this position is not eligible for full-time remote)

The Pride & Events Manager leads the planning and production of the Sacramento

LGBT Community Center's signature events, including the Sacramento Pride March & Festival, Mama's Makin' Bacon Drag Brunch Fundraiser, Q-Prom, Chosen Family Feast, World AIDS Day, advocacy events, and selected arts, cultural, fundraising, and community engagement events. This role supports the Center’s mission and work to uplift a diverse and culturally rich LGBTQ+ community.

This position implements the Center's annual events plan and serves as the primary operational lead for Sacramento Pride. The Pride & Events Manager oversees event production from planning through evaluation, ensuring events are delivered safely, inclusively, accessibly, on schedule, and within budget while advancing organizational goals and community impact.

The successful candidate will bring significant experience managing large-scale events, strong project and budget management skills, sound judgment, adaptability, and a commitment to creating welcoming and affirming experiences where LGBTQ+ people of all backgrounds can participate and thrive.

• Event planning, production, and operations
• Volunteer, partner, and stakeholder engagement
• Revenue generation and marketing support
• Financial, vendor, and operational management

• Implement the Center’s annual events plan in collaboration with and under the direction of the Chief Development & External Affairs Officer.
• Manage assigned events from concept through post-event evaluation, including planning, budgeting, timelines, registration and ticketing, accessibility, safety, logistics, vendor coordination, on-site operations, registration and sales performance monitoring, and corrective action as needed to achieve established goals.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve event-management systems, procedures, templates, inventories, production schedules, records, and archival documentation that support effective event delivery and organizational continuity.
• Provide event-planning tools and technical assistance support for program-led events as assigned based on capacity and organizational priorities.
• Manage the organized storage, maintenance, inventory, and distribution of event equipment and supplies.
• Lead year-round planning and production of the Sacramento Pride March & Festival and associated Center-sponsored Pride Month events.
• Develop and manage the Pride master work plan, production schedule, budget, site plan, and related operational documents.
• Coordinate all Pride-related infrastructure, vendors, contractors, performers, exhibitors, public agencies, permits, licenses, insurance, inspections, accessibility requirements, safety planning, and event operations.
• Develop and implement safety, emergency-response, and severe-weather plans in collaboration with organizational leadership, public agencies, contractors, and community partners.
• Directly coordinate and supervise event load-in, build-out, live operations, breakdown, and storage.
• Foster meaningful inclusion of historically underrepresented BIQTPOC communities,…