Position Summary
The Logistics and Event Coordinator plans and executes the meetings, trainings, convenings, and site visits through which the team delivers technical assistance and marriage-awareness programming to TANF agencies and stakeholders. This role owns the end-to-end operational details—scheduling, venues and virtual platforms, materials, travel, registration, and follow-up—so that every event is professional, accessible, and mission-aligned.
Key Responsibilities
• Plan and coordinate logistics for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, including peer-learning convenings, trainings, webinars, and TANF agency site visits.
• Manage venues, virtual-meeting platforms, catering, audiovisual needs, registration, and attendee communications.
• Coordinate travel arrangements and reimbursements for staff, federal partners, and invited participants in compliance with federal travel rules.
• Prepare, assemble, and distribute event materials, agendas, name badges, and participant packets in coordination with the communications and graphics staff.
• Maintain event calendars, invitation lists, RSVPs, and post-event evaluations and reporting.
• Ensure all events meet accessibility (ADA/Section 508), language-access, and federal meeting requirements.
• Track event budgets and vendor contracts, and reconcile expenses with the Project Manager.
• Provide on-site and virtual event support, troubleshooting issues in real time.
Required Qualifications
• Demonstrated experience coordinating professional events, trainings, or convenings, including virtual and hybrid formats.
• Familiarity with the TANF program and the government and grantee audiences served by this project.
• Awareness of the marriage and family-strengthening subject matter sufficient to prepare accurate, on-message materials.
• Strong organizational, vendor-management, and multitasking skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Knowledge of federal travel, meeting, and accessibility requirements.
• Proficiency with registration, survey, and virtual-event platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting federally funded conferences, TA convenings, or grantee events.
• Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) or equivalent credential.
• Experience coordinating multi-site or multi-state logistics.
Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in event management, hospitality, communications, business administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Minimum of four years of event and logistics coordination experience, preferably in a government, nonprofit, or human-services setting.