Post Secondary Placement Student: Events Management

Canadian Mental Health Association- Peel Branch • Brampton, ON

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Canadian Mental Health Association – Peel Dufferin Branch is seeking a post-secondary Events Management student for an unpaid placement. This role involves assisting in event planning, delivery, and directing teams and vendors to ensure event agendas are met and to handle last-minute adjustments. Responsibilities include coordinating on-site meetings and events, managing space booking, detailing event agendas, communicating with vendors, handling food and beverage, set-ups, staffing, safety planning, and post-event reporting. The student will also contribute to fundraising efforts for programs aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and addictions.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a university/college program pursuing Events Management or equivalent.
• Relevant full-scope event planning experience which includes planning, executing, and delivering on large scale, high attendee events.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, able to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to approach, listen, build trust, and communicate across diverse cultures and intersectionality.
• Willingness to continually improve understanding around cultural competence.
• Openness to operate from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, 2SLGBTQ+ affirming and intersectional framework.
• Willingness to learn and apply practical understanding of different elements of diversity, such as gender identity/expression, race/cultural background, religion, sexual orientation, disability, immigration and precarious status, family status, etc.
• Ability to travel within and around Peel Region and Dufferin County.
• A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (Police Check) report.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with non-profits or social services agencies is an asset.
• Fundraising and donor relations experience is an asset.
• Fluency in a second language, including ASL (American Sign Language) is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the stages to plan, execute, and deliver on CMHA events including event agenda, site preparation, catering, registration, entertainment, and marketing materials.
• Consider potential risks to the successful execution of the event and proactively develop contingency plans when required.
• Assist with the annual United Way Greater Toronto campaign through the development of new ideas, planning, and execution.
• Investigate new ways to lower event costs.
• Assist in facilitating CMHA fundraising activities, including tracking and post-grant reporting.
• Facilitate plans for securing corporate sponsorships for ongoing activities and events.
• Help design and implement stewardship and recognition strategies to ensure all donors receive timely correspondence, reports, and updates.
• Help edit and coordinate submissions of fund development and grant writing initiatives, including assisting with conceptualizing, designing, and preparing new program proposals and related reports, and writing and submitting grant proposals and funding applications.
• Other duties, as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed