Advisor, Events

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**About the Role**:
In this 12-month opportunity, the Advisor, Events, plays an important role leading, assisting, and supporting the implementation of internal and external corporate events for ATCO. The Advisor will contribute to the success of corporate, community, employee and customer special events and programs.

**What You Get to Do**:
Event Management
- Develop creative ideas, concepts, and strategies to deliver innovative and inspirational events that support the ATCO brand
- Ensure that overall project targets are met and contribute to business objectives and strategic priorities of ATCO
- Engage senior management and key clients in the event planning process including production of guest lists, hosting duties and overall event goals and strategy
- Liaise with ATCO management at various levels and a wide variety of internal and external clients
- Coordinate venue management, caterers, contractors, and equipment hire
- Handle client queries and troubleshoot on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly
- Liaise with clients and creative services to create event collateral, branding and décor
- Directly and indirectly ensure post-event evaluation and budgeting (including tracking and compiling event statistics relevant to future decision making
- Access, support and update departmental Salesforce as required
- Procure and manage volunteers for events onsite
- Support the Senior Advisor and/or Lead with the technical aspects of events to help strengthen relationships with our AV providers, ATCO’s internal IT Department, and their subcontractors
- Assist the team in creating new Cvent invitations and providing reports to Team Leads on various registration details

Strategic Planning
- Ensure rigorous and competitive pricing from agencies and vendors
- Plan and manage project budgets within the given targets
- Produce and facilitate detailed work plans for events which includes Executive briefs, timelines, guest lists, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing and budgets
- Ensure insurance, legal, health and safety obligations are adhered to
- Ensure events align with ATCO’s strategic initiatives, goals and brand

Consultation and Best Practices
- Work with all levels of ATCO employees to achieve a consistency of events throughout the business
- Consult on events, gatherings, etc. throughout the business
- Develop and provide templates, planning guides, vendor lists and best practices to ensure all events showcase the ATCO brand in accordance with its guidelines
- Assist business units throughout the ATCO companies with event planning basics and guidance in a timely and efficient manner
- Continue to work with executive levels to determine event preferences and best practices that can then be provided to additional levels of the company

**What You Bring**:

- Post-secondary education in a related field
- 3-5 years of related experience
- Well-developed project management skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple projects with multiple deadlines
- Ability for continuous quality and process improvement
- Flexibility to accommodate special event requirements outside of normal working hours
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Business acumen, strategic planning, negotiation skills, leadership, innovation and cultural sensitivity
- Strong relationship management with internal/external stakeholders and partners
- Superior relationship building and networking skills
- Experience with Cvent or similar program is a strong preference
- Event Management Certificate would be considered an asset

**What We Offer**:

- A culture based on caring, integrity, agility, collaboration, and striving for excellence
- Competitive compensation
- Flex benefits
- Training and mentorship programs
- Charitable donation matching

**Please note this is a 12-month term position.**

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the traditional territories and homelands on which many of our ATCO operations and facilities are located. We honour and respect the diverse history, languages, ceremonies, and culture of the Indigenous Peoples who call these areas home.