Events Manager

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $92k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🎪 Events

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Worth Rises

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1 - 10 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

Worth Rises is a non-profit organization focused on dismantling the prison industry and ending the exploitation of incarcerated individuals and their families. The organization works to stop corporate profiteering from the carceral system and aims to make prison communication free, advocating legislative changes and public education. Through campaigns like #EndTheException, Worth Rises seeks to amend the 13th Amendment and eliminate slavery used as criminal punishment. The group's efforts extend to exposing corporations that profit from incarceration and influencing policy reforms for justice.

📋 Description

• Plan and execute the organization’s 10-year gala, coordinating with our event management and creative design firms to deliver a high-quality event experience for approximately 500 guests and development staff to meet our fundraising goals. • Plan and execute 12 book talk events with a minimum of 50 attendees each to specifically support curriculum placement, including outreach to academic and institutional partners. • Plan and execute three film screenings of The Alabama Solution with high-value targets in finance and policy, driving key decisions. • Plan and execute our annual staff and board retreat and three department retreats. • Plan and execute three direct actions to support the organization’s advocacy goals. • Work with the Chief Narrative Officer to develop and execute a plan, from start-to-finish, for the organization’s calendar of events. • Own end-to-end planning and execution of all Worth Rises events, including galas, retreats, book talks, film screenings, webinars, press conferences, direct actions, and other organizational events. • Develop and manage event timelines, budgets, vendor relationships, run-of-show, and participant engagement. • Liaise with and manage venues, vendors, and others in the event planning process. • Coordinate cross-functionally with other organizational teams on event promotion and logistics, including permitting, materials, and partner and press coordination. • Proactively identify and pitch new event and conference opportunities, thinking creatively about how Worth Rises can shows up across formats, audiences, and moments. • Build and maintain the organization's events infrastructure, including a database of past and prospective venues, vendors, speakers, and best practices. • Track event performance and produce post-event reports with learnings and recommendations.

🎯 Requirements

• At least five years of event planning and management experience, spanning large-scale events (i.e., galas, conferences), public-facing activations (i.e., press conferences, direct actions), and virtual formats (i.e., webinars, panels). • Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously across different timelines. • Experience managing vendors, venues, and budgets. • Comfort working in fast-moving environments where plans change quickly. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Demonstrated ability to engage with dignity and care with directly impacted people and communities, and fluency navigating sensitive topics with discretion and respect. • Willingness to travel as necessary for event management. • Genuine commitment to our organizational values: act with integrity, focus on impact, deliver excellence, get it done, and operate with intellectual curiosity.

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare: 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental coverage, plus a one-time reimbursement of up to $5,000 for family planning expenses. • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation, 10 days of personal/sick leave, 3 days of bereavement leave, 11 paid holidays, and winter break. • Retirement: Mission-aligned 401(k) plan divested from the prison industry with a 4% employer match. • Professional Development: Annual budget for professional development. • Wellness: Monthly reimbursement of up to $50 for personal wellness expenses. • Workplace: Annual stipend for remote work or community office space, plus a $75 monthly technology stipend.