Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.  We work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in office.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

JOB SUMMARY

Plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates Division-presented Community Engagement events, programs, and activities both within and outside of Division venues. Develops and maintains community partnerships to optimize engagement with County demographics that are underrepresented in the Division’s patrons, clients, and collaborators.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Event Management, Business, Sociology, Public Planning and Policy, Broadcasting, Performing Arts, Technical Theater, Fine Arts (Acting, Musical Theater, Design & Production), Marketing, Hospitality Management, Public Relations, Communications, Psychology, or other closely related field, plus a minimum of three (3) years of directly related work experience in event planning and execution; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Plans, organizes, coordinates, and actualizes Division-presented events and activities both at Division venues and in the wider Salt Lake County community.
• Conceptualizes, develops, and implements multi-year strategic planning for community engagement events, activities.
• Develops and maintains strategic community partnerships with community organizations, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Researches and develop new relationships according to the needs of Division-presented or -led events, activities, and resources.
• Develops tactics to increase accessibility, awareness, inclusion, and diversity of Arts & Culture events and services.
• Oversees project evaluation and data collection; records, assesses, and presents programming metrics to improve future programming.
• Collaborates with Arts & Culture Marketing team to promote and publicize Division-presented events, activities, and resources, including copy, content, and design development.
• Conducts artist and community research to identify priority audience and client demographics.
• Coordinates, negotiates, and oversees artist, vendor, and partner contracting and payments related to Division-presented events and activities.
• Researches and assists Communications Manager in writing, developing, and submitting grant applications.
• Assists in developing budget projections, forecasts, and requests. Implements, tracks, and monitors event, activity, and resource expenditures within approved budget.
• May develop earned revenue streams such as food and beverage, commissions, sponsorships, etc, and in those cases performs ongoing assessment of revenue relationships to optimize.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Methods used to plan and coordinate various events
• Problems and issues associated with organizing community events
• Program, event, and activity evaluation
• Local artistic, cultural, and nonprofit community
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion best-practices in community and workplace

Skills and Abilities to:

• Establish priorities and balance complex tasks for several projects at once.
• Coordinate and organize activities and related staff.
• Communicate at a highly professional, timely, engaging level.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with diverse internal and external partners.
• Set, adhere to, and manage project deadlines and communicate them to multiple stakeholders.
• Work with computer software related to job-specific duties.
• Develop social media copy and content for promotional purposes.
• Communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Conduct data-driven program evaluation and reporting.
• Independently handle difficult situations tactfully and professionally.
• Work in a close-knit, collaborative work environment with many moving parts.
• Relate to individuals of diverse backgrounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work duties are typically performed indoors, with some exposure to outdoor environments as required by events or activities.  Requires ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, squat and lift up to 30 pounds.  May require significant standing and walking.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS TIME LIMITED POSITION

Time-limited appointed employees will perform work for a specified amount of time dependent on agency funding. They are exempted by law from the rights of a merit employee and work as an at will employee.

May be required to work evenings and weekends as needed.  Requires travel to locations throughout the County.