Forsyth Technical Community College seeks a proactive, driven, and highly detail-oriented Hospitality & Events Coordinator to oversee all events across the college. This includes conferences, meetings, receptions, graduations, and other special events.
This role calls for someone who takes real pride in their work and approaches every task with care, precision, and follow-through. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable presenting in a boardroom as they are handling the physical demands of event setup—someone who will step in wherever needed, whether that means leading a high-level planning meeting or carrying an A-frame sign up a flight of stairs to ensure everything is in place.
The Coordinator will play a central role in planning and executing successful events, managing event staff, delivering a high level of service, and supporting revenue growth through thoughtful sales and marketing efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate Degree in Hospitality or a related field
- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in event planning, management, sales or marketing, preferably across a wide range of event types.
- Demonstrated ability to support revenue growth through sales and marketing efforts.
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple events and complex logistics without missing key elements.
- A strong work ethic and a clear sense of ownership over outcomes, from early planning through final breakdown.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with a systems-oriented mindset.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management or a related field.
- Experience working in a college or conference center environment.
- Experience managing both internal and external clients.
Essential Duties
- Coordinate and oversee the planning, execution, and evaluation of all events across campus venues, ensuring each event is well-organized and thoughtfully delivered.
- Maintain a high standard of customer service, with close attention to client needs and expectations.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and college policies throughout the event process.
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners and vendors.
- Create, manage, and adjust event budgets, tracking expenses and outcomes.
- Work closely with internal teams such as catering, audio/visual, security, and IT to support event needs.
- Conduct post-event evaluations to gather feedback and identify ways to improve.
- Stay current with industry trends and apply new ideas where appropriate.
- Develop and implement sales and marketing strategies to increase event bookings and support revenue through the on-campus conference center.
Step in as needed to support event setup, execution, and breakdown, including hands-on tasks that ensure events run smoothly.
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The Hospitality & Events Coordinator plays a key role in supporting the visibility and success of Forsyth Tech through well-executed events. This position is suited for someone who works hard, pays attention to the small details, and takes pride in seeing every event through from start to finish.
- All roles include additional duties not captured in the job description, and responsibilities may evolve in response to future innovations, including emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and new models of work
At Forsyth Tech, we cultivate a culture of belonging where every member—students, staff, and faculty—is valued, respected, accepted, and encouraged to be their true and authentic self and to share the voice of their unique characteristics and experiences.
Physical Demands
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee will need to regularly operate and use computers, phones, and other electronic equipment.
- The employee will frequently communicate and must be able to exchange accurate information with others.
- The employee may need to move around their office and/or campus to attend meetings/ classes and to access files, machinery, or other job-related tools.
- The employee may need to lift and/or move equipment, tools, or paperwork up to 25 pounds.
- The employee may need to position themselves by reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching in order to adjust or collect equipment and/or supplies.
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
Workplace Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Encounters low to moderate noise levels in the work environment.
Posting Detail Information
Special Instructions to Applicants
If you have trouble, please call HR at 336-734-7302. AA/EOE.
