Training & Event Coordinator

BBOP Center; San Bernardino (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

BBOP Center in San Bernardino, California, seeks a Training & Event Coordinator to organize facilitators, workshops, networking events, and community convenings across all three pillars. This onsite role may require occasional offsite partner or event locations.

You will manage the event calendar, coordinate speakers, venues, vendors, registration, and post-event follow-up while ensuring professional delivery, brand consistency, and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong event coordination and logistics experience.
• Ability to manage calendars, vendors, and registrations.
• Facilities for events, conferences, and community programs.
• Professional communication and stakeholder management.
• Comfort supporting in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate organization-wide training and event calendar.
• Schedule facilitators, speakers, mentors, and volunteers.
• Manage logistics for trainings, workshops, and events.
• Coordinate registration, attendance, materials, and AV.
• Support branding, content capture, and post-event follow-up.
• Maintain facilitator and volunteer databases.
• Track attendance, outcomes, and referrals.

Skills

Event coordination

Training logistics

Calendar management

Vendor coordination

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Teams/Zoom

Registration platforms

Spreadsheets

Monday.com

CRM systems

AI productivity tools

Job description

Reports To: CEO / Workforce Program Director / Director of Business Development

Strategic Pillar Alignment: All three pillars

Position Type: Full-time, non-exempt role with occasional evening/weekend event support as needed

Location: Onsite at BBOP Center, San Bernardino, California; occasional offsite partner/event locations may be required.

Recruitment Focus: Strong candidates must help BBOP build capacity, revenue, measurable outcomes, compliance discipline, brand visibility, and long-term institutional value.

Position Summary

The Training & Event Coordinator organizes BBOP Center’s facilitators, trainers, workshops, networking events, business events, workforce trainings, financial empowerment sessions, pitch competitions, and community convenings across all three pillars.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate the organization-wide training and event calendar across entrepreneurship, workforce development, economic empowerment, and Kinetic AI activities.
• Schedule facilitators, trainers, speakers, panelists, mentors, judges, volunteers, vendors, and event partners.
• Manage logistics for trainings, workshops, networking events, pitch competitions, community events, funder-facing events, and partner convenings.
• Coordinate registration, attendance tracking, reminders, materials, room setup, AV, food, signage, volunteers, surveys, and post-event follow-up.
• Support all three pillars with high-quality event execution and consistent participant experience.
• Maintain facilitator, trainer, speaker, mentor, and volunteer databases.
• Track event attendance, satisfaction, outcomes, follow-up needs, referrals, and conversion opportunities.
• Work with marketing staff to promote events, capture content, and ensure brand consistency.
• Support virtual and hybrid event logistics as BBOP expands its national digital delivery model.

Required Qualifications and Competencies

• Strong event coordination, training logistics, calendar management, vendor coordination, and customer service experience.
• Ability to manage details under pressure and execute events that look professional, run on time, and produce usable follow-up data.
• Experience coordinating workshops, trainings, conferences, community events, pitch competitions, or nonprofit events preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams/Zoom, registration platforms, spreadsheets, Monday.com or similar tools, CRM systems, and AI productivity tools.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfort supporting in-person, virtual, and hybrid events and occasionally working outside standard business hours.

Education

Associate degree required; bachelor’s degree in event management, communications, business, hospitality, nonprofit management, education, workforce development, or related field preferred. Relevant experience may substitute for degree requirements.

Experience

Minimum 3 years of event coordination, training coordination, program support, hospitality, nonprofit events, community engagement, or administrative logistics experience.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Execution-oriented: can move from conversation to deliverable without constant prompting.
• Technology-forward: comfortable using AI tools, dashboards, CRM systems, Microsoft 365, and project management platforms.
• Outcome-driven: understands that BBOP’s work must connect to revenue, participant outcomes, compliance, brand growth, or economic mobility.
• Mission-aligned: respects community-centered innovation while maintaining professional standards, accountability, and measurable results.
• Growth-ready: can help BBOP move from local execution to regional strength and national relevance.

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Availability

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Desired Employment Type Full-time Part-time Contract Internship

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