Manager - Corporate Events (81653)

Truthfulness | Fairness | Value | Loyalty

As one of Canada's largest insurance providers, Western has more than 180 locations across Canada. With over 2,100 team members, our actions are anchored in our Guiding Principles, Truthfulness, Fairness, Value, and Loyalty. We take care to deliver the right insurance solution every time so our customers can live confidently.

Manager – Corporate Events

The Manager – Corporate Events is responsible for developing, managing, and successfully executing results-focused event planning and management for all corporate events including but not limited to internal conferences, tradeshows, and career fairs.

Here is what a typical day looks like

1. Developing, managing, implementing, and evaluating internal meetings and events for stakeholders.
2. Collaborating within the Marketing and Omni-Channel Growth team to develop effective communications and design materials as well as promoting and supporting logistics and brand of meetings and events.
3. Providing consultation to senior and executive leaders for presentation content and effectiveness.
4. Consulting with senior and executive leaders for current events appetite, making recommendations for best practices based on expertise.
5. Managing relationships with vendors, organizers, and attendees.
6. Leading and ensuring the success of all aspects of event execution.
7. Creating programs and events to maximize participation and engagement.
8. Negotiating contracts with external vendors to ensure the best pricing, facilitation, and attendee experience.
9. Constructing and executing virtual meetings and events environments using web-based events platforms including organizing, collaborating, facilitating, troubleshooting, and emceeing.
10. Delegating and managing the outsourcing of event project tasks to internal team members.
11. Conducting and analyzing a post-mortem on all meetings and events, gathering feedback on event outcomes and effectiveness for future considerations to share with stakeholders and executives.
12. Analyzing historical budgets and performance to create accurate forecasting for an elevated and inclusive experience to meet the growing and changing needs of the organization.
13. Creating and getting approval for an annual budget exceeding $1 million and ensuring cost accountability, approval, and reporting to relevant stakeholders.
14. Creating communications plans to effectively manage and delegate/outsource the requirements of each event, internally or externally as appropriate.

The value you bring

1. Proven experience planning large scale events across multiple provinces.
2. Professional experience engaging with all levels of the business.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite.
5. Proven experience executing large scale presentations.
6. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, Illustrator, and Acrobat.
7. Attention to detail, budgets, business awareness, decision making.

Hours: Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

Location: High River, Alberta

Requisition: 81653

Salary Range: $60,000 - $85,000 per year

What if I don’t meet every requirement?

If you’re excited about the role but your experience doesn’t check every box – we still encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this role – or we might have another that suits you even better!

At Western, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace in the communities we work and live in. If you have questions or require accommodation, please reach out to us.

Health and Wellness

We take pride in providing programs that add value to our people’s lives – after all, they are our greatest asset. Eligible employees receive a competitive compensation package consisting of 3 weeks’ vacation, 14 wellness days, company matching investment and savings programs, and 100% employer-paid group benefits, including a health care spending account.

For over 20 years, supporting our local communities has been a part of everything we do – it’s engrained in our culture through the Western Financial Group Communities Foundation.