Event Planner

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

Event Planning Framework

• Work with locations’ leaders to schedule staff training for events and packages
• Assist Manager with training documents and presentations
• Work with location staff to ensure sufficient inventory of event items and products
• Maintain list of local and online vendors to accommodate personalized service needs

Event Coordination    

• Retrieve and maintain personalized order forms for celebration packages
• Maintain a sense of empathy and support when communicating with families
• Create checklists of contents, items and music needed for services
• With Manager approval, purchase recommended decor for services
• May be required to retrieve inventory displays and other items needed from storage
• Communicate with location staff scheduling for set up of events and breakdowns
• In compliance with company policies and guidelines, manage and file all pre and post forms and documentation in a timely manner
• This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the essential functions or duties related to this job

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Associate Degree in hospitality preferred but not required

Certifications/Licenses

• Valid state driver’s license in good standing

Experience

• Two years of hospitality or event planning work experience including assisting with souring, revenue and expenditure tracking
• One year funeral industry experience preferred but not required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Exemplary organizational skills
• Ability for a high level of creativity and design techniques
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral
• Intermediate Excel and other MS Office Suite skills
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to adapt to competing deadlines
• Effective and empathetic communication skills

Work CONDITIONS

Work Environment

• Work mostly indoors during all seasons and weather conditions
• Limited amount of local and/or multiple location traveling required
• Comply with Field dress code policy

Work Postures

• Sitting continuously for many hours per day, up to 6 hours per day
• Climbing stairs to access buildings when needed

Physical Demands

• Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage
• Lifting up to 25 pounds
• Occasional walking, kneeling and reaching

Work Hours

• May be required to work beyond “standard” business hours
• Limited travel