Join our Team: Events & Member Engagement Manager
Do you have a passion for meeting new people, and building relationships? Are you collaborative, and enjoy being a part of a small team? Are you highly organized? Do you want exposure to some of Delta’s best and brightest entrepreneurs? Do you enjoy curating flawless experiences for others with an eye for detail? If so, read on. This could be the career you have been looking for.
At the Delta Chamber of Commerce, we are the Voice of Business in Delta. Our mission is to promote growth and prosperity through advocacy on behalf of Delta businesses.
Your Role:
To develop, market, and manage Delta Chamber of Commerce events and membership programs; build relationships with existing and future members and our valued sponsors.
Challenges to Be Met:
- Design and deliver Chamber events and education seminars for in person and virtual attendance, from ideation to post-event evaluations;
- Collaborate on, implement and execute membership recruitment and retention plans;
- Recruit and engage event sponsors. Ensure all sponsor obligations are met, and contracts are fulfilled;
- Act as vendor liaison for events including negotiating contracts, booking space, arranging food, beverage, supplies and audiovisual equipment, preparing signage and appropriate décor;
- Recruit, train and manage event volunteers and summer students;
- Manage all deliverables and receivables onsite at events for sponsors and vendors;
- Write high quality external communications documents and create presentations, including sponsorship marketing materials and final reports that summarize & reconicle reveues and expenses of events;
- Take initiative, manage multiple priorities, juggle complex tasks and meet overlapping deadlines under pressure;
- Have flexibility to work additional hours during special events (ex. Business Excellence Awards, Golf Tournament, After 5s)
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication, presentation (public speaking), interpersonal, problem solving, and organizational skills combined with strong administrative, marketing and public relations skills;
- Demonstrate proficiency with a wide range of technical systems and tools as a regular function of work, including content management systems, databases, word processing and spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft 365 suite and Canva;
- Support and contribute to ongoing Delta Chamber initiatives including Visitor Centre operations;
- Extensive knowledge of the City of Delta is an asset.
What We Are Looking For:
If you can answer YES to the following questions, you may be just the person we are looking for:
- Do have at least 2 years of formal education in an event related field (event management, marketing, business administration) and 2 years equivalent job-related experience?
- Do you have experience in event planning, preferably small (20 people) to large (500 people) events?
- Do you have a “get things done” attitude needed to achieve the organizational goals of the Chamber?
- Do you consider yourself to have excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills?
- Do you work well with overlapping and frequent deadlines?
- Do you like working as a member of a small highly collaborative team?
- Do you have experience with the full Microsoft suite?
- Do you have experience on all major social media platforms?
- Do you love to learn? And bring energy to your daily activities?
- Do you hold a valid BC Driver’s License and have means to reliable transportation?
Reports to: Executive Director (direct report)
Salary Range: $55,000 to $65,000 annually
Benefits: Competitve medical and dental benefits package, annual vacation
Location: in office (6201 60 Avenue, Delta) and event sites
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Due to the nature of the role, flexibility is required based on deliverables.
Apply to: execdir@deltachamber.ca using Events & Member Engagement in subject line.
About the Delta Chamber of Commerce: the “DCC” is a federally registered, not-for-profit corporation of businesses and community organizations. Established in 1910, its goal remains to create and maintain a prosperous environment for business in Delta. The Chamber is the “voice of business” in Delta, advocating for local business issues to local, regional, provincial, and federal governments. It also organizes networking and offers numerous member benefits. We take pride in ensuring that members’ needs are met, and exceeded, by providing advocacy, resources, and support for the success of all businesses in Delta.