Events Specialist

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston is seeking an Event Specialist to help plan and execute community fundraising events that maximize net revenue while ensuring strong donor engagement. You will coordinate planning, marketing, and logistics, working closely with donors, chairs, volunteers, and partners.

The role emphasizes creating impactful experiences, managing budgets, and collaborating with the Philanthropy team to support priority events and strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Preferred: three years of fundraising, event planning, business, project management, and/or healthcare experience.
• Hybrid work arrangement: in-office two days per week.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate community fundraising events from planning through execution, with a focus on maximizing funds raised.
• Serve as the primary contact for event donors, chairs, and volunteers.
• Conduct outreach to secure sponsorships, table purchases, and event participation.
• Build relationships with businesses, schools, and community partners to expand fundraising opportunities.
• Coordinate vendors, event logistics, marketing, and timelines.
• Identify creative ways to reduce costs and secure in‑kind donations.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with donors, sponsors, and volunteers.
• Identify opportunities to engage donors in additional philanthropic giving.
• Collaborate with philanthropy colleagues on fundraising strategies, communications, and priority events.
• Maintain accurate donor records, event details, and fundraising activity in the fundraising database.
• Monitor event budgets, track expenses, and identify opportunities to maximize net revenue.
• Evaluate event results and recommend improvements for future fundraising efforts.

Skills

Event coordination

Donor relations

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

We’re looking for an Event Specialist to join our Philanthropy team at Texas Children’s Hospital! We’re seeking someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is highly organized, and enjoys building relationships.

In this role, you’ll coordinate community fundraising events from planning through execution, helping maximize funds raised while ensuring events are well-planned, effectively marketed, and supported. If you’re a creative problem-solver with strong communication skills and a passion for bringing people together for a meaningful cause, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

Community Event Planning & Fundraising

• Coordinate community fundraising events from planning through execution, with a focus on maximizing funds raised.


• Serve as the primary contact for event donors, chairs, and volunteers.


• Conduct outreach to secure sponsorships, table purchases, and event participation.


• Build relationships with businesses, schools, and community partners to expand fundraising opportunities.


• Coordinate vendors, event logistics, marketing, and timelines.


• Identify creative ways to reduce costs and secure in‑kind donations.

Donor Relations & Collaboration

• Cultivate and steward relationships with donors, sponsors, and volunteers.


• Identify opportunities to engage donors in additional philanthropic giving.


• Collaborate with philanthropy colleagues on fundraising strategies, communications, and priority events.

Documentation & Budget Management

• Maintain accurate donor records, event details, and fundraising activity in the fundraising database.


• Monitor event budgets, track expenses, and identify opportunities to maximize net revenue.


• Evaluate event results and recommend improvements for future fundraising efforts.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree


• Preferred: Three years of experience in fundraising, event planning, business, project management, and/or healthcare.


• Hybrid work arrangement, with an expectation of working in the office two days per week.


• Travel to Austin and potentially The Woodlands to support community events, meet with donors and partners, and assist with event execution as needed.

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high‑risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state‑of‑the‑art facility providing world‑class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after‑hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.