NewBoCo Careers

About NewBoCo

The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo) is a 501c3 non-profit located in the heart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The organization is dedicated to making the state of Iowa more resilient to a changing economy by supporting entrepreneurship, innovation and tech education.

NewBoCo values diversity in entrepreneurship, innovation, and tech education within and connected to our ecosystem. We are committed to promoting and enhancing equity and inclusion in all of our programs and events. We believe the shared commitment to building a resilient ecosystem within a diverse environment fosters creativity and advances our community as a whole. Our ultimate goal is that diversity and inclusion, like innovation, is an unwavering, incontestable part of the DNA of our organization.

We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that includes partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that enables us to better meet our mission and values while serving customers throughout our global communities. Black, Indigenous, People of color, Women, LGBTQIA+, Veterans, and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

NewBoCo holds the below core values and is looking for new team members who share those same values to join our organization.

Driven, Talented Problem-Solving Trail-Blazers

• Seek opportunities, initiate action(s), and capitalize on new ideas

• Take pride in diversely experienced team members

• Fearless of the unknown, and willing to take risks for positive results

• Agile mindset, customer discovery motivated, and researched decisions

Collaboration

• Rally around and embrace the diverse backgrounds of others

• Willingly seek input from, and work with others towards shared goals and outcomes

• A sustainable collaborative success is greater than a short-term competitive victory

• Willing to collaborate is part of our brand – do it better than others

• Celebrate accomplishments – large and small for one and all

Unconditional Regard for Others

• Practice and live the “Golden Rule” [“Do unto others… “]

• Respectful, polite, trustworthy, confidential, and empathetic

• Provide forthright, candid, and professional feedback

• Take ownership for our individual actions, be open to feedback, and willing to grow

• Credit, recognition, and results are unselfishly shared

High Standards

• Dedicated to our Mission: community and individual education; life-long learning; entrepreneurship; and economic success

• Don’t settle for status quo – 80% may be good enough to proceed, but 110% is the goal – always

• Deliver substance and quality with style and intention – every day

Position Summary

NewBoCo is looking to hire an Events Coordinator who is excited to build world-class experiences for attendees, sponsors and partners that will lead to explosive growth of entrepreneurship and computer science education in Iowa. This individual will work with members of our education and entrepreneurship teams to develop, lead and implement the organization’s events. This includes leadership of EntreFEST, our two day entrepreneurship conference, and Computer Science Professional Development Week. Both events are multi day, high visibility, statewide events. This position is accountable for ensuring that all of our events are well-run, high quality experiences for our attendees. This position requires a person who is organized, detail oriented, results-driven, and accountable. Who is able to and enjoys collaborating with a number of NewBoCo team members, community partners, and stake-holders.

Responsibilities:

• Work with NewBoCo staff to create a yearly event calendar of missionally aligned events

• Provide the vision and leadership for all NewBoCo events

• Help extend the NewBoCo brand by periodically attending local, regional, and national events to represent NewBoCo and identify best practices.

• Accountable for execution of regular weekly events held in the NewBoCo building (ex. 1 Million Cups, CoderDojo, Business Growth Series) as well as statewide annual events and NewBoCo’s largest event, EntreFEST (a two day annual conference).

• Coordinate efforts with Marketing and Development teams for communication and sponsor support.

• Every other aspect of producing the event: logistics, venues, building the schedule, technology, supplies, communication, marketing, media inquiries.

• Assist in the recruiting of speakers, presenters, and keynotes.

• Attend and support the event operations, including registration, wayfinding, and onsite problem solving.

• Post-event teardown: clean up after events, putting supplies away, identifying supplies that need to be restocked;

• Ensure that registration and other data is correctly captured and managed.

• Identify, recruit, and coordinate volunteers

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience building and leading similar, community-based events, ideally from startup to scale-up

• A portfolio of world-class programs and events that showcase your creativity and program management talents

• You relish creating bar-raising, trailblazing, surprisingly delightful programs and events

• Experience building and maintaining event budgets

• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships, lead coalitions, raise money, manage sponsorships

• A curiosity to experience other community events and regularly seek out fresh event formats and excellent speakers to integrate them into existing work.

• Detail-oriented person with strong problem solving skills

• A self-starter with a flexible personality to work with a variety of people in sometimes ambiguous situations

• Highly organized individual able to keep multiple projects and tasks on track at once

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Knowledge & Skills:

• An appreciation for the mission of NewBoCo and shared core values

• Experience working in a mid-range, fast-paced, nonprofit environment

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent training/experience

• Knowledge in current and evolving trends in the events

• Understanding of best practices in events

• Reasonable expertise in using social media (Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, Google for Business

• Expertise in CRM systems

Some details to know:

• This is a full-time, salaried role commensurate with experience

• Requires flexibility to work limited evening and weekend hours (occasional, but may occur throughout the year) as needed for meetings, projects and events

• You’ll be required to pass a background check, and enter an agreement to safeguard proprietary information of NewBoCo and our clients, as a part of the on-boarding process

• Benefits include Open PTO Policy, company contributions to health/vision/dental insurance plans and a SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with company match

If interested, send an email to jobs@newbo.co and include:

• A resume

• A summary of why you are interested in this position and what previous related experience you have.

• Answers to our Equal Opportunity questions (optional)