Special Events Coordinator

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage*

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Training

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Job summary

Storytime Village in Wichita, Kansas, seeks an AmeriCorps VISTA to build sustainable event systems. You will create toolkits, timelines, run-of-show templates, vendor and venue databases, plus volunteer recruitment and training processes.

As a Special Events Coordinator, you’ll pilot new tools at events, document results, and refine procedures to improve accessibility, safety and guest experience for community literacy initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating with diverse communities.
• Ability to organize events and manage volunteers.
• Background in coordinating programs and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Develop event toolkits, timelines, run-of-show templates and checklists.
• Create vendor, venue and equipment databases and training systems.
• Establish inventory, purchasing, and supply-tracking procedures.
• Pilot new systems at events and document results for improvement.

Skills

Communications

Community Organization

Leadership

Public Speaking

General Skills

Team Work

Education

Some college

Job description

Storytime Village’s mission is to inspire a lifelong love of reading for underserved Kansas children from birth to age eight. The organization uses engaging literary arts, family programs and community events to connect children with books, celebrate young readers and authors, engage families and build support for equitable access to literacy resources. Storytime Village produces signature initiatives including the Kansas Literacy Festival, Read & Rise Breakfast Gala, Shine Awards, Storytime in the Park, LEAP young-author activities, Read It Wichita events and programs connected to Wichita’s new Literacy Center. As the organization expands, it needs consistent systems that make events well-designed, welcoming, safe, accessible, efficient and sustainable. The Special Events Design and Coordination Systems VISTA will build the infrastructure needed to plan and evaluate successful events across the organization. The VISTA will assess current practices; develop event-planning toolkits, timelines, floor-plan templates, production schedules and checklists; create vendor, venue and equipment databases; design volunteer recruitment and training systems; establish inventory and supply procedures; create accessibility, safety and contingency planning tools; and develop evaluation and documentation processes. The member may help pilot newly created systems during selected events and use feedback to improve them. This is a capacity-building assignment. The VISTA will create reusable tools, standards and procedures for staff and volunteers to implement.

Member Duties

The VISTA will assess Storytime Village’s event practices and build sustainable systems for planning and evaluation. Activities include developing event toolkits, timelines, run-of-show templates, floor-plan standards, checklists and production schedules; creating vendor, venue, entertainer and equipment databases; building volunteer recruitment, training and assignment systems; establishing inventory, purchasing and supply-tracking procedures; developing accessibility, safety, weather and contingency-planning tools; creating event branding and guest-experience standards; strengthening systems for in-kind support and community partnerships; and designing attendance, feedback, budget and outcome-tracking tools. The VISTA may pilot these systems during selected events, document results and refine the tools for future use.

Program Benefits

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance
• Relocation Allowance
• Training

For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/.

Terms

• Car recommended
• Permits attendance at school during off hours
• Permits working at another job during off hours

Service Areas

Education

Skills

• Communications
• Community Organization
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• General Skills
• Team Work

Program Type

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

Special Events Coordinator

Program Start/End Date

10/19/2026 - 10/18/2027

Work Schedule

Full Time

Education level

Some college

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations

KANSAS

Languages

English

Accepting Applications

From 09/22/2026 To 10/15/2026

Contact

Prisca Barnes
4108 Charron Ln
Wichita KS 67220
3163504511
[e-mail]
storytimevillage.org