Parent Engagement and Advancement Event Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Reports to: Director of Development

Job Summary:

BB&N seeks a highly organized Parent Engagement and Advancement Event Manager with demonstrated experience in volunteer management and multifaceted event execution to oversee the BB&N Parents’ Association (PA) initiatives including several multi-neighborhood parent socials in late summer and on-campus PA events and initiatives throughout the school year. This role serves as the primary liaison to the BB&N Parent Association Executive Board and its volunteers and plays a critical role in fostering community, connection, and engagement among BB&N families.

The Parent Engagement and Advancement Event Manager collaborates with Advancement and school partners in the execution of several of BB&N’s signature events designed to cultivate meaningful community connections, deepen engagement, and strengthen philanthropic support across all campuses and constituents.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Parent Engagement

  • Collaborating with the PA Executive Board to develop and execute a yearlong calendar of community-building events and programs highlighting Affinity Group engagement and overall Parents’ Association initiatives.

  • Providing leadership and operational support for all on-campus PA-sponsored events, including all planning logistics, database guest registration/management, school/vendor cross-team coordination, communications, and day-of execution.

  • Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, mission-driven events that meet the goal and objective of Parents’ Association and Affinity Group sponsored events.

  • Comprehensive Database Event Management – Leverage BB&N’s existing CRM system to plan and execute all aspects of Parents’ Association events, including building custom online registration forms, managing guest lists and communications, and generating reports to support data-driven event planning and follow-up.
    

• Advancement Events:

  • Planning and executing key Advancement events.

  • Collaborating with Advancement colleagues, School leadership, faculty, and staff to ensure events align with BB&N's mission and strategic goals.

  • Managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring events are executed within budget and on schedule.

  • Comprehensive Database Event Management – Leverage BB&N’s existing CRM system to plan and execute all aspects of key Advancement events, including building custom online registration forms, managing guest lists, collaborating with Advancement partners for event communications, and generating reports to support data-driven event planning and follow-up.

Skills and Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have 4 or more years experience coordinating special events with a focus on creative and strategic project management in non-profit settings. A Bachelor's degree is preferred. In addition, the ideal candidate will have the following skills, competencies, and experience:

• Demonstrated experience in event planning and building a core of volunteers

• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage volunteers effectively

• Highly organized and adept at managing multiple priorities

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to articulate the School's mission and priorities

• Creative problem solver with strong attention to detail

• Aptitude for computer technology and software including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite, Google Sheets and Workbook, and the ability to learn new technologies

• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

• Demonstrates professional and positive interpersonal skills

Compensation for full-time employees includes a 403(b) plan with up to a 10% match of salary and other competitive benefits offerings. Benefits offered to eligible employees include health & dental insurance; commuter benefits; long-term disability insurance, and more.

To Apply:

Please visit the Careers at BB&N page to complete your online application. Please upload your Cover Letter, Resume, Personal Statement, and/or Teaching Philosophy and Reference List.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any non-job related physical or mental disability. We welcome candidates who will increase our diversity; we encourage candidates of color and all diverse candidates to apply.

About Buckingham Browne & Nichols:

Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Buckingham Browne & Nichols is a day school that engages students in grades Pre-K through 12 in a rich and invigorating educational experience of the highest quality. The school excels at helping students discover their unique talents and passions and develop those strengths to the fullest. The curriculum is challenging, forward-thinking, innovative, and flexible, designed to help qualified students, from a range of backgrounds and with a wide spectrum of talents and interests, reach new levels of accomplishment. Co-curricular opportunities in athletics, the arts, community service, and other areas add important dimensions to students’ learning. Students learn on three age and developmentally-appropriate campuses. At every grade, BB&N takes full advantage of the range of opportunities its locations afford.

BB&N is committed to becoming an anti-racist institution. This commitment is integral to the mission and vision of the School. BB&N is an academically excellent, diverse, and inclusive community where students develop into lifelong learners who lead with kindness, curiosity, and integrity. We prepare students to be responsible and open-minded as they engage with the world around them. Our school is guided by the core values of:

• Inquiry, in which we promote curiosity and critical thinking to inspire a lifelong love of learning. Integrity, in which we strive to be honest, conscientious, and accountable in our actions even when no one is watching.

• Belonging, in which we foster a culture of respect, well-being, and connection that values all individuals and empowers them to discover and be their authentic selves, and

• Kindness, in which we strengthen our communities by recognizing our common humanity and treating ourselves and others with respect and compassion.

The vibrancy and vitality we feel in the classrooms, hallways, stages, and playing fields of BB&N derive from the people who are here. At its root are the varied interests and experiences, the different backgrounds, cultures, religions, views, and perspectives that our students and faculty bring to their classes and families bring to myriad activities. Each of us adds to the richness of another’s experience. Working and playing together teaches us lifelong lessons about appreciating, knowing and understanding, and learning from each other.