Cordova Center Coordinator

Feb 20, 2025Job Opportunities

The Cordova Center Coordinator is responsible for full scope of Cordova Center events, activities, and meetings. This includes scheduling, managing, and coordinating events; implementing programming goals and objectives; and performing a variety of administrative and professional tasks in support of assigned area of responsibility.

CLASSIFICATION: FULL-TIME, OVERTIME EXEMPT, SALARIED

SALARY: $63,856.12 – $79,238.12 DOE

HOURS: MON-FRI, Occasional evening and weekends are required.

QUALIFICATIONS: Four years of increasingly responsible community service, recreational, or social activity experience; including one year of administrative/supervisory responsibility.

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS: (A) Bachelor’s degree in hospitality; Event Management, Event Planner, Hospitality administration, Tourism, Hotel Management, or Restaurant Management. (B) Two years’ experience managing the use of a facility to include scheduling, billing/invoicing, maintenance, and marketing.

DUTIES:

  • Schedule, manage, and coordinate Cordova Center activities and events. Identifies the proper resources and temporary staffing needs for events.
  • Provides information and assistance to all inquiries and users of the facility.
  • Responsible for supervising and scheduling Cordova Center temporary staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; ensuring temp staff is trained.
  • Completes and manages administrative tasks to carry out facility use, which includes developing and providing quotes to users; tracking applications and Conditions of Use forms; invoicing for facility use; and receiving payments.
  • Communicates and collaborates on all scheduled events and needs with staff, which may include Superintendent of Facilities, City Clerk, Museum and Library Director, Public Works Director and City Manager.
  • Ensure events are compliant with any City, State or Federal policies or regulations that would apply to the type of event being held.
  • Support facility users with events by conducting walk through in advance of event, coordinate set up of needed equipment, furniture, and items; and schedule walk through upon event completion.
  • Assists and supports general audio/video needs throughout the Cordova Center.
  • Maintains proper record of the use of the facility to create quarterly reports to submit to the City Clerk for council packets.
  • Responsible for the development and administration of assigned budget; submits budget recommendations; and monitors expenditures.
  • Develops, maintains and updates memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with community partners and users of the Cordova Center.
  • Collaborates Cordova Center conference marketing and logistics with the Chamber of Commerce.
  • Serves in the role of a customer service agent, assisting with meeting and conference logistics while addressing any concerns or complaints with their event.
  • With the assistance of the Superintendent of Facilities, oversees the maintenance of equipment, furnishings, and basic needs/repairs, including the use and security of the Cordova Center.

TO APPLY: Download a City application and complete job description, which includes necessary knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions. Interested individuals should submit a City application to Human Resources, humanresources@cityofcordova.net. Applications accepted until position filled.

THE CITY OF CORDOVA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER