Event Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of full-time experience with Lifeway Summer Camps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including producing customer-facing content and leading team and cross-departmental discussions.
• Team leadership and staff development skills, including the ability to recruit, train, and equip seasonal young adult staff each summer.
• Strong proficiency with standard business and database software, including MS Office, Google Docs, and online applications.
• Administrative skills, including travel logistics, budgeting, scheduling, and training-week coordination.
• Residence in Middle Tennessee within manageable driving distance of Lifeway HQ and the Events Warehouse.
• Ability to travel as needed, often overnight and more heavily from May through July.
• Active involvement in an evangelical Christian church.

Nice To Haves

• Five years of camp leadership experience.
• Experience volunteering or working in a local church’s Youth or Kids ministry.
• Experience training groups of people.

Responsibilities

• Live out Lifeway’s mission and values, showing commitment to Kingdom work.
• Lead Student Life Camp registration operations, including at-camp registration databases and supporting technology.
• Serve as the Student Life team’s FileMaker database lead, overseeing development, data accuracy, and staff training.
• Manage registration systems and integrations—including participant lists, child protection training, housing, and waivers—to ensure church information flows accurately into internal systems.
• Build and maintain the church communication timeline from registration through arrival, and manage the Student Life Prep Center website and its content.
• Lead the Master Event Checklist, coordinating tasks, deadlines, and owners across teams to ensure event readiness.
• Run customer account campaigns for deposits and outstanding balances, including the annual No Deposit Campaign, and coordinate follow-up and collection before camp.
• Recruit, interview, onboard, train, and supervise the seasonal Red Team supporting registration and customer accounts.
• Partner with Customer Service to resolve complex customer issues and keep policies, processes, and messaging consistent.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Vacation and sick time
• Holiday pay
• Care days
• 401(k) plan
• Maternity and parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Mission trip time
• Relocation assistance
• Work equipment and resources for a productive and ergonomic workspace
• Travel for key team gatherings for remote-based team members