Supervisor, Events

Supervisor Of Events

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As the Supervisor of Events, you will be a member of the Commencement Team, which is included under the larger University Events Team. The Commencement Team produces multiple large-scale commencement ceremonies and alumni celebration events across the country that reach tens of thousands of graduates and guests. These events celebrate the successes of our graduates, serve as a gathering place for hundreds of our staff, and bring attention to WGU as a whole. You will be part of a highly collaborative team as you lead the team's event specialists and coordinators. Your success will be measured by your ability to lead a team to execute events that are on time and on budget while meeting event objectives and maintaining high participant satisfaction scores.

This position requires you to work in office four days per week at the WGU headquarters 4001 South 700 East Salt Lake City, UT 84107.

What you'll do :

• Supervises day-to-day duties of the event specialists and coordinators to ensure that planning and execution of assigned duties is being completed in a timely and effective manner.
• Work closely with the department leadership to monitor and manage the events budget and initiatives to ensure they align with the strategic plan.
• Provide direction and oversight for event planning and execution, including contract review, relationship management, strategy and overall communication.
• Guide and train event specialists and coordinators as they manage the vendor relationship process, including sourcing, contracting, payment, and communication.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and feedback to direct reports.
• In coordination with the manager, oversee pre-event set ups and post-event evaluations
• Work with the Procurement and Legal teams to negotiate vendor contracts to minimize liability and risk.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

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