Event Management Lead

Position Summary

At Aikaarth, we have a loving and joyful culture; and our events – recruitment drives, training, meetings, etc. could all be opportunities for us to uphold and celebrate that culture. The event management lead plans and makes all our activities and events possible in the most thoughtful ways such that our stakeholders feel cared for. Aikaarth also hosts a celebration at the end of every academic year where all our children perform everything they learned and all our stakeholders attend it. The Lead creates and implements the plan to host the celebration in a better and a bigger way.

Key Responsibilities

Work with all the other leads such as recruitment, training, fund-raising, marketing, etc. and understand the activities and events that need to be hosted; understands the logistical requirements and work towards hosting the event.
Coordinate with fellows to understand what their students would do for the celebration.
Create and implement the plan to host the Aikaarth celebration.
Create and leverage an extensive network of supporters.
Build and manage partnerships with a wide range of external stakeholders.
Lead and coordinate all in kind support from different organizations.

Competencies and Abilities

Excellent project management.
Strong networking, people management and relationship building skills.
Ability to travel, strong time management skills and flexibility in order to accommodate multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred

Previous experience in event management.

Step 1 of 3

Name*
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Question #1: Please tell us about a time when you set an ambitious or challenging goal or took up an ambitious task and persevered through challenges in order to meet it.**
Your commitment must be of at least three months and should be from a professional or extracurricular context only. (Do not share personal examples or achievements such as preparing for an exam, trying to settle in a new city or committing to lose weight). It should also be a recent one (within the last 1-2 year). Please make sure you answer all the questions: What goal or commitment were you trying to achieve? How long did you have to achieve it? What challenges did you face when trying to achieve this goal? What did you do to overcome these challenges? What was the final outcome?
Question #2 : We believe nothing drives individual and collective impact like passion for and commitment to a shared vision. We’d like to understand: Why do you want to be a part of the leadership team at Aikaarth?*
We’d like to understand: Why do you want to be a part of the leadership team at Aikaarth? What is your understanding of a world of justice?
Question #3: What goals would you set as Event Management Lead, and how would you achieve these goals?*
We’d like to understand: The goals you would set as the Event Management Lead. The strategy to achieve the goals. The plan of action to implement the strategy.

Do you have any prior experience in this field?*
If Yes, we'd like to understand: What was your role/position? What was the goal you were trying to achieve, the responsibilities you had and how did you go about achieving it? What was the outcome?

Event Management Lead

Aikaarth requires an inspiring force and so, we call upon you tobe the force, may the force be with you

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