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The Director of Special Events leads Ali Forney Center’s signature, fundraising, and client-centered events, aligning them with organizational priorities, mission, and revenue goals. The role develops strategies to grow event revenue and improve event quality, assesses performance and financial results, and creates event concepts and partnerships to expand reach and strengthen the donor and supporter pipeline.
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VETERANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY RESPONSIBILITIES -Lead the vision, strategy, and execution of AFC's signature events, fundraising events, and client-centered events, ensuring each event aligns with organizational priorities, mission, and revenue goals. -Develop and implement a long-term strategy to grow event revenue, strengthen return on investment (ROI), and elevate the quality and overall experience of AFC's event portfolio. -Independently assess event performance, revenue, expenses, audience engagement, and pipeline potential to identify opportunities for optimization, cost management, and revenue growth. -Develop new event concepts, formats, and partnership opportunities that expand AFC's reach, diversify revenue opportunities, and strengthen the donor and supporter pipeline. QUALIFICATIONS -High school diploma or equivalent required -Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in special events, event production, sponsorships, partnerships, business development, fundraising, community engagement, hospitality, experiential marketing, or a related field. -Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex events and projects with minimal to no day-to-day supervision. -Demonstrated experience generating revenue, securing sponsorships, developing partnerships, increasing participation, or achieving measurable event or business objectives. -Proficiency in Microsoft Office, fundraising database experience, and other related computer skills SALARY $115,000- $125,000 Yearly TO APPLY AND TO VIEW A FULL DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION VISIT THE LINK BELOW https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/portal/0989C6247B7E2AF6641A4FA048A442F8/jobs/167047
How this job compares
Set against the 606 open Event Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–125K/yr
- New York median$90–103K/yr43 salary ranges
- US median$73–103K/yr338 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $120K, is 30% above the New York median midpoint ($93K) — in the middle half of Event Management salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 67 open Event Management jobs in New York and 606 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Compass Group, North America6 open
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- AlixPartners2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Event Management postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (397 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 130 of the 606 open Event Management jobs (21%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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