Intermediate Events Manager

About the Role:

Coherent Solutions is seeking an intermediate event manager to join our growing, busy team. At Coherent solutions, we strive to help great organizations do good things. And do them well; really well. 

We have high standards of ourselves, and love meeting high expectations of our clients and attendees. We also believe in creating systems and strategies that make our business sustainable and stable for ourselves and our clients.

Term: 1 Year contract, with possibility of extension 

Salary: 50,000 CAD / year 

Hours: 37 hours a week, flexible around core hours of 9:30-2:30 Monday-Friday  

Location: Primarily virtual; however, will involve monthly or bi-weekly work out of Ottawa co-working space, so ideally candidate will be located in proximity to Ottawa 

Other terms: Will involve travel within Canada 

This role will involve managing a portfolio of client events from start to end. We do it all and we will need our Intermediate Event Manager to jump right in and do it all too. This will include:

• Site Selection and contracting
• Venue Management
• Accommodation Management
• Registration Management
• AV Management
• Sponsor/Exhibitor Management
• Speaker Management
• Program Development
• Onsite Delivery
• Materials Preparation

Core requirements:

1. University or college-level education in relevant field
2. 5 years experience in the event management industry
3. Strong technical skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and PPT tips should be among your party-tricks)
4. Excellent communication skills
5. Solution-focused mindset

Ideal candidate will also:

1. Be bilingual
2. Have experience with Adobe Acrobat Pro and InDesign and/or Illustrator

To Apply, send your resume and a short cover-email  letting us know why you think you’d be a fit to [email protected]
Deadline: August  31st, 2023; Download PDF