Assistant Event Operations Manager at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee

Reporting to the University's Event Operations Manager, the Assistant Event Operations Manager assists with providing leadership, structure, operational management and support for the Event Operations division of Lipscomb University's Event Management Department. They are involved in the planning, set-up, execution and breakdown of events in a variety of on-and-off campus venues. From ensuring the proper set up of venues, to supervising staff, the Assistant Event Operations Manager takes a hands-on approach, while ensuring the Event Operations team is meeting all Lipscomb University Event Management service standards.

This position will work a more traditional second shift schedule (approx. 11:00am-7:30pm). Schedule flexibility is crucial as the event schedule creates the need to work later evenings and weekends, as needed.

* Thorough knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles and practices of event management, including event planning, execution and production

* Exceptionally strong organizational and time management skills

* Demonstrated competency in budget management, estimate and invoice creation and vendor contract relations

* Detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize and complete simultaneous projects

* Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with a diverse group of colleagues, vendors, students, volunteers and the public

* Exceptional customer service skills, with the ability to cultivate professional business partnerships

* Deep commitment to confidentiality: demonstrates the highest level of integrity and success in exercising sound independent judgment

* Ability to resolve complex problems through the use of creative reasoning and logic to analyze issues and provide resolutions

* Candidate should positively impact others, have a high energy level, be driven to complete tasks, be committed to high standards and intuitively anticipate the needs of others

* Basic understanding of OSHA and crowd safety protocols, security and emergency procedures

* Experience using, or aptitude to learn, computer scheduling software: EMS experience strongly preferred

* Must be able to work a flexible schedule that may include some evening and weekends based on the event schedule

* Able to push, pull and lift moderate to heavy weight consistently throughout the shift

Lipscomb University is a Christian institution committed to creating students whose academic excellence, faith and practice, and community service reflect our ideals of global citizenship. Our mission is to integrate Christian faith and practice with academic excellence, not only in the classroom but also by involvement in numerous services to the church and the larger community. It is a place that sees the city as our campus and the world as our classroom. This is what grounds us, and it is also what has grown us.

The institution includes both Lipscomb University and Lipscomb Academy. The University enrolls more than 4,600 students, has a 10-year growth rate from 2007-2017 of almost 70 percent and offers students an intellectually challenging academic program of study that includes eight bachelor's degrees with over 100 majors spanning the liberal arts to programs of study in pre-professional and professional disciplines, 24 master's degrees in 70 fields of study, four education specialist degrees and three doctoral degrees. Each year, Lipscomb students contribute an average of 60,000 hours of service to nonprofits and organizations. Classified as a national university by U.S. News & World Report, Lipscomb University is classified as a doctoral university by the Carnegie Foundation, placing it among 7 percent of schools nationwide.

Lipscomb Academy is a leader in PreK-12th schools in the Nashville area and enrolls over 1,200 students in academic programs from 2-year-olds to 12th grade where students are equipped to love to learn, learn to love, and live to serve. Lipscomb Academy's mission as a Christ-centered PreK-12th grade institution has been greater than shaping the minds of children; we guide children to discover their God-given gifts and passions, to develop as a whole person and to become a positive influence in their local and the greater global community. Throughout its existence, the Academy has benefitted from its unique association with Lipscomb University through access to its college-level professors, equipment and resources while delivering rigorous academic opportunities and offering compelling and competitive athletic programs all wrapped in an environment grounded in spiritual formation.

In addition to Lipscomb's residential campuses in the Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee, there are two satellite locations and numerous online programs. At the heart of Lipscomb University are more than 860 full-time faculty and staff at the University and 160 full-time faculty and staff at the Academy who are committed to creating a lasting impact beyond the campus, serving the good of humanity to the glory of God. As you learn more about Lipscomb, we hope you find it to be a place that is joyfully and energetically committed to God and a place where you truly want to share and invest your talents and skills.

Lipscomb University complies with all applicable federal and state nondiscrimination laws and does not engage in prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, color, national or ethnic origin, or disability in the administration of its educational policies, programs and activities.