Event Curator

About Found Village:

Many systems meant to support individuals fall short in meeting the holistic needs of youth.  At Found Village, we step in to Bridge the gaps, empowering young people ages 13-25 from hard circumstances.  These young people often face labels, misdiagnoses, and insufficient support.  We partner with family's, communities, and systems to provide the guidance, care, and opportunities that every young person deserves, fostering self-sufficiency and wellbeing.  Together, we amplify their voices and help them navigate toward brighter futures.

“For many of our youth, their village isn’t handed to them...it is Found.” 

Katie Nzekwu, Co-Founder & Co- CEO 

If you have the passion to make a real difference in the lives of young people age 13-25, taking a critical role in creating in innovative opportunities for greater self-sufficiency and wellbeing, then we want to talk to you about being a leader on our team. If you are looking for a dynamic, impact driven organization that values exceptional interpersonal skills and a passion for trans-formative change and provides the opportunity to use your strengths with a team of like-minded individuals –
let's talk!

As our Event Curator you'll play a pivotal role in creating vibrant opportunities and experiences that uplift youth skills and confidence and strengthens connections between them and the wider community. You won't just plan events; you'll build meaningful moments that empower youth,activate supporters and inspire lasting change.

The Event Curator will provide the following:

Concept Development: Creating a vision for events, including themes, goals, and overall experience. This includes youth events, donor engagement, and employee engagement events.

Planning and Coordination: Managing logistics such as venue selection, scheduling, and vendor coordination for multiple events simultaneously.

Content Creation: Recommend performers and exhibits that fit the events theme and audience to programming staff and team leadership and collaborate with them on speaker selection.

Audience Engagement: Ensuring the event resonates with attendees through interactive elements or tailored engagement activities. Events will have varying audiences from young people aged 13-25 to employee and donor engagement events. Events will vary from small to up to 150 and growing as we grow.

Budget Management: Responsible for overseeing financial aspects to ensure events stay within approved budget.

Collaborating with Resource Partners: Building and maintaining relationships with top 5 external resource partners and organizations to enhance resource availability and efficiency.

Volunteer Support: Recruiting, training, and coordinating event volunteers, ensuring their contributions align with organizational goals and event needs.

Post-Event Analysis: Evaluating the event's success and gathering feedback for future improvements.

Here's your impact journey...

During the first 30 days you will....

• Learn Found Village’s core values, purpose and points of view that will guide messaging,outreach, fundraising and communication with stakeholders and the community.

• Understand your personal strengths and how they contribute to effective collaboration with team members to achieve optimal outcomes.

• Understand breakdown of current events and goals to increase member engagement.

• Get acquainted with the tools, software, and systems used for event planning and management.

• Review budgets, timelines, and resources for upcoming events and understand the venues, suppliers, and contracts involved in the event process.

• Be proactive in seeking feedback and adjusting your approach as needed.

During the first 60 days, you will:

• Work with the Chief Operating Officer to develop goals and design department growth strategy.
• Establish trusting contact with young people, internal collaborators, community members and key stakeholders.
• Plan and execute your first 6-8 events.
• Introduce fresh ideas for themes, activities, or audience engagement.
• Collaborate with the team to innovate and elevate the event experience.

On an ongoing basis, the Event Curator will:
• Ensure all events remain in compliance with legal, ethical and high-performance standards.
• Consistently identify and facilitate opportunities to increase engagement and participation.
• Provide event experiences for all stakeholders of Found Village.
• Build partnerships with the community and collaborate with colleagues.
• Maintain accurate, records of event engagement activities and membership attendance data.
• Plan and execute at minimum three to six events monthly
• Other duties as assigned

In this role, your core accountabilities will be:

•Lead Found Village Event curation and experiences for youth, donors, and staff.

•Plan and coordinate youth experience ensuring consistency and engagement across all event offerings.

•Create spaces where team members and volunteers are activated to engage our young people, to truly create a village around them.

•Collaborate with the coaching team and stakeholders to assess impact, improve events, and experiences being offered, and grow overall participation.

•Communicate and analyze data outcomes and impact of Found Village Event Experiences with internal collaborators and external partners to make improvements.

•Involve young people in the development of events and activities ensuring their voices areheard, while learning and growing with a passionate team.

•Develop community contacts to provide additonal event experiences for Found Village community members.

Competencies and Skills

•Compassion – Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems; is available and ready to help; is sympathetic to the plight of others; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others.

•Composure – is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together in tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn’t show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis.

•Dealing with Ambiguity – Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

•Approachability - Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant and gracious; builds rapport well, is an early knower.•Decision Quality - Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience and judgement; most of your solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

•Directing Others – Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the work appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator.

•Integrity and Trust – Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent themselves for personal gain.

Listening – Practices attentive and active listening; has the patience to hear people out; canaccurately restate the opinions of others even when they disagree.

Required Qualifications
•3-5 Years Experience Planning & Executing Events

•Project Management Experience

•Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Desired Qualifications
•Proficiency in Microsoft suite

•Personal knowledge of foster care systems or relevant experience

•Youth Event Experience Curation Preferred

Benefits Offered:
● Medical Insurance
● Dental & Vision Insurance
● Generous Paid Time off (PTO)
● Built in Self Care Days
● 401K Match
● Other benefits include access to an employee hardship fund, professional development
dollars, short and long -term disability, Life insurance, potential HSA contribution, discounted
gym membership and flexible working environment.

Application Process
This is a full time, exempt position that is available immediately and will remain open until
filled. Interested candidates should apply online and submit a cover letter and resume.  

 INDUSTRY

Non-Profit Organization Management