Events Coordinator

Title: Events Coordinator

State Role Title: PR & Mktg Spec III

Hiring Range: $45,000-$47,800

Pay Band:

Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Location: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Agency Website: jyfmuseums.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Foundation Overview-

The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia offering programs and resources about early American history through its museums – Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

Job Duties

Heighten the visibility of our museum facilities, by maximizing the use of indoor and outdoor spaces, providing special behind the scenes glimpses, and further leveraging evening hours to support memorable celebrations and events. This position will focus on internal and external communication aspects of museum events to ensure they meet the high standards of JYF Museums. This position will play a critical role in establishing a private events program that will provide a new and sustainable revenue stream for the agency in addition to extending world-class educational and cultural experiences to a wider audience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• Knowledge of the latest technological advances in communication and marketing.
• Excellent vendor relationship building and management skills.
• Knowledge of budgeting and procurement practices.
• Well organized with multitasking skills.
• Dynamic and creative
• Problem solving capabilities.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Comfortable with and ability to be flexible.
Ability to network effectively.

Additional Considerations

Experience in tourism and hospitality management, business administration, or related fields.
Experience in event planning and coordination.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Please continue to check your email boxes for updates after the position closes.

Contact Information

Name: Lee Shelhorse

Phone: 7572534553

Email: leeann.shelhorse@jyf.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.