Pride & Events Manager

POSITION:Pride & Events Manager

REPORTSTO:Chief Development & External Affairs Officer

STATUS:Exempt, Full-Time, Regular

COMPENSATION:$70,304–$80,000 annually, depending on experience

BENEFITS:Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Employee Assistance Program; 403(b) Retirement Plan; Paid Holidays, Sick, and Vacation

LOCATION:Sacramento, CA (this position is not eligible for full-time remote)

JOB SUMMARY:

The Pride & Events Manager leads the planning and production of the Sacramento

LGBT Community Center's signature events, including the Sacramento Pride March & Festival, Mama's Makin' Bacon Drag Brunch Fundraiser, Q-Prom, Chosen Family Feast, World AIDS Day, advocacy events, and selected arts, cultural, fundraising, and community engagement events.This rolesupports the Center’s mission and work touplift a diverse and culturally rich LGBTQ+ community.

Thisposition implements the Center's annual events plan and serves as the primary operational lead for Sacramento Pride. The Pride & Events Manager oversees event production from planning through evaluation, ensuring events are delivered safely, inclusively, accessibly, on schedule, and within budget while advancing organizational goals and community impact.

The successful candidate will bringsignificant experiencemanaging large-scale events, strong project and budget management skills, sound judgment, adaptability, and a commitment to creating welcoming and affirming experiences where LGBTQ+ people of all backgrounds canparticipateand thrive.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Eventplanning, production, and operations

1. Sacramento Prideprogramleadership

1. Volunteer, partner, and stakeholder engagement

1. Revenue generation and marketing support

1. Financial,vendor, andoperationalmanagement

Event Planning and Production

1. Implement the Center’s annual events plan in collaboration with and under the direction of the Chief Development & External Affairs Officer.

1. Manage assigned events from concept through post-event evaluation, including planning, budgeting, timelines, registration and ticketing, accessibility, safety,logistics, vendor coordination, on-site operations,registration and salesperformance monitoring, and corrective action as needed to achieve established goals.

1. Develop,maintain, and continuously improve event-management systems, procedures, templates, inventories, production schedules, records, and archival documentation that support effective event delivery and organizational continuity.

1. Provide event-planning tools andtechnicalassistancesupportfor program-led eventsas assignedbased on capacity and organizational priorities.

1. Manage the organized storage, maintenance, inventory, and distribution of event equipment and supplies.

Sacramento PrideProgramLeadership

1. Lead year-round planning and production of the Sacramento Pride March & Festival and associated Center-sponsored Pride Month events.

1. Develop and manage the Pride master work plan, production schedule, budget, site plan, and related operational documents.

1. Coordinate all Pride-related infrastructure, vendors, contractors, performers, exhibitors, public agencies, permits, licenses,insurance,inspections, accessibility requirements, safety planning, and event operations.

1. Develop and implement safety,emergency-response, and severe-weather plans in collaboration with organizational leadership, public agencies, contractors, and community partners.

1. Directlycoordinate andsupervise eventload-in, build-out, live operations,breakdown, and storage.

1. Foster meaningful inclusion of historically underrepresentedBIQTPOC communities, transgender and nonbinary people, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+eldersand youth.Maintain collaborative relationships with regional Pride organizations, community partners, and public agencies.

Volunteer, Partner, and Stakeholder Engagement:

1. Recruit, coordinate, train,schedule,and support event committees,volunteers,interns, temporary staff, contractors, andcross-functional event teams,establishingclear roles, de