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Event Manager

Location Boston

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The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBank Boston) is a leading provider of wholesale funding for housing and community finance in New England serving more than 420 financial institutions across the region. FHLBank Boston is committed to making New England a better place to live and do business, and our employees are integral to our success. As a cooperative, we are owned by more than 420 banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions that access tens of billions of dollars of our reliable, wholesale funding each year. Our funds are a vital resource that helps our members succeed, provide families with safe, decent affordable housing, and generate economic development that creates jobs in communities throughout our region.

Our highly skilled team of 200 is innovative, collaborative, and passionate about the work we do. We seek other professionals excited to share their knowledge, talent, and passion for our mission to join our team. We offer opportunities for career development, robust benefits, and a work-life balance.

Position Summary

Events play a crucial role in strengthening FHLBank Boston’s brand identity and corporate culture. We’re looking for an experienced Event Manager to help drive new business and foster employee, board, and stakeholder engagement by planning and executing engaging in-person and virtual events for members, employees, board members, and other stakeholders. This is an individual contributor role. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, creative, and works well under pressure. Above all, the Event Manager will demonstrate a strong customer-service orientation to and a sense of ownership of their work. Some regional travel required, mostly in New England (5-8 overnight trips per year).

This role will have a hybrid work schedule in our Boston office in accordance with the Bank’s Hybrid Work Program. More time will be expected in the office to support onboarding initially, up to 90 days.

Travel within the six New England states expected to be 15% annually, with occasional overnight stays required. Reliable access to a vehicle and a valid driver's license is strongly encouraged for success in this role.

Specific Responsibilities

· Conducts short- and long-term planning and management for in-person, virtual, or hybrid meetings and events for internal and external audiences. Events may include conferences, Board of Director events, workshops, webinars and other internal or external public relations events.

· Develops and recommends event budgets, plans, and objectives and executes against those elements.

· Creates and maintains a comprehensive annual events calendar for the Bank.

· Manages event logistics including site selection, speakers, transportation, and catering, including vendor negotiation and contract execution.

· Creates a detailed run of show for each event and prepares colleagues, presenters, vendors, and event staff to execute their roles and responsibilities in a timely manner.

· Manages on-site staffing duties, serving as the main point of contact for attendees, colleagues, presenters, and vendors. Ensures client and attendee satisfaction.

· Reviews event invoices for accuracy and prepares them for payment.

· Works with colleagues from Marketing and Communications and those identified as the event owners/sponsors to plan and execute effective event marketing campaigns that meet or exceed attendance goals.

· Researches, recommends, purchases, and manages the inventory of promotional items for internal and external meetings and events.

· Support other Bank marketing events and campaigns as needed.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

  Knowledge/Skills

  · Demonstrated success in managing event venues, vendor relationships, and staff

  · Experience managing event budgets and negotiating vendor contracts

  · Familiarity with trends and developments impacting event management

  · Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders and deadlines

  · Ability to communicate effectively across the organization, including senior management and board of directors

  · Experience using event technology, such as Cvent, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GoToWebinar & GoToMeeting, strongly preferred

  · Self-starter, equally adept at working independently and as a member of a team

  · The ability to lift/carry/move items up to 40 pounds is required for this role.

  Experience

  · 5-7 years of experience in event management (in person, hybrid and virtual events) or marketing required

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage applicants from every ethnicity, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, veteran or parental status and sexual orientation.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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