City of Durham

Coordinate and manage community events, oversee budgets, supervise part-time staff and volunteers, and collaborate with community partners. | Requires a bachelor's degree in recreation or related field, two years of experience in special events, and valid North Carolina driver's license. | Salary $63,516.00 - $98,439.00 Annually Location Durham, NC Job Type Full time with benefits Remote Employment Flexible/Hybrid Job Number 26-05816 Department Parks and Recreation Opening Date 02/02/2026 Closing Date 2/23/2026 11:59 PM Eastern Position Description Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve. A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at Durham Parks and Recreation is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation; rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity. Hiring Range: $63,516 - $79,395 /Annually Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm with some evenings, weekends, and holidays required This position is responsible for coordinating special events for the City of Durham which includes implementing and managing special events, overseeing special event budget, supervising part-time personnel, and working with volunteers. Employee will also work with community organizations; create community partnerships; secure equipment; contract vendors; and serve on community-based committees. Decision-making includes providing input on special event objectives, establishing work goals and objectives of a unit to carry out management direction, and selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction. Duties/Responsibilities • Plans, organizes, and implements events such as Bimbe Cultural Festival, Latino Festival, the Durham Holiday Parade within approved budget. • Coordinates planning meetings with staff and other involved parties to ensure that all aspects of an event are fulfilled in a timely and efficient manner. • Administers to logistics, operations, transportation, waste management, and other essential functions of an event. • Supervises part-time staff, including planning, assigning, and evaluating work, training and coaching; and ensures safety, operational efficiency, and compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures. • Books and contracts performers and ensures that marketing materials can be prepared and distributed well in advance of the event. • Submits all check requests and vendor payments, ensuring that paperwork is accurate and submitted prior to the event date. • Assists with sponsorship solicitation for events. • Assists in recruiting and coordinating staff and volunteers to ensure sufficient coverage for the event. • Ensures that the required facility agreements and internal equipment reservations are completed by deadlines. • Secures and submits external rentals and equipment needs in time for the event. • Ensures that on-site evaluations are conducted at the event and evaluations are submitted to the departmental data coordinator within seven days of the completion of the event. • Completes event reports within ten days of the completion of the event. Develops and makes recommendations; and reviews work to ensure accuracy and completeness. • Manages all contractual and rental agreements, ensuring that payments are prepared and processed according to the requirements set therein. • Managing event budgets and procurement processes; marketing; and community engagement. • Monitors expenditures; prepares cost estimates; researches and analyzes financial and related data; and makes budget recommendations. • Provides customer service; collaborates with community organizations, residents, volunteers, vendors, and City departments or external agencies; serves on community committees; establishes partnerships; investigates complaints and resolves escalated customer services issues; collaborates on execution of marketing plans and promotion of special events. • All other duties as assigned. KNOWLEDGE OF: • Planning and provision of general and specialized event programs and services. • Methods for sourcing contractors and service providers. • Supervisory principles, practices and techniques (based on assignment). • Techniques and methods for organizing, prioritizing, assigning and monitoring work (based on assignment). • Principles and practices of program administration and management. • Principles and applications of critical thinking and analysis. • Project management principles. • Principles and practices of budget development and administration. SKILL IN: • Supervising and evaluating part-time staff performance. • Training and coaching staff. • Supervising and leading volunteers. • Logistics, safety, and security for special events. • Overseeing the implementation and adherence to quality assurance and standards. • Developing policies and procedures. • Contract negotiation. • Clear and concise written and verbal communication. • Decision making. • Exercising initiative and good judgment. • Report writing and record keeping. • Reading, analyzing, evaluating, interpreting and summarizing written materials and statistical data. • Ability to provide excellent customer service. Minimum Qualifications & Experience • Bachelor’s degree in recreation or related field. • Two years of professional experience related to special events or related area. • Valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another states driver's license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire • First Aid/CPR/AED is required within the first six months of employment. Additional Preferred Skills • Experience developing, executing, or assisting in the coordination of large festivals or events.? • Experience managing multi-step processes and communication with various stakeholders.? • Experience producing or assisting with a special event or project that required collaboration with?multiple City departments.? • Organizing tasks, meeting deadlines and prioritizing competing demands. • Reviewing and resolving issues or providing appropriate resource referral information. • Scheduling meetings and events, determining logistics and making required arrangements. • Direct supervision responsibilities over event contractors. • Direct supervision responsibilities for event volunteers. Benefits – General Full-Time Employees • 12-13 paid holidays per year • 13 standard work days of vacation per year • 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement • 2 weeks paid military leave per year • Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans • State and City retirement plans • Short and long term disability plans • Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions • City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System • Paid funeral leave • Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling • Paid life insurance equal to annual salary • 48 hours for volunteer work each year* • 4 hours parental leave each year • Workman's Compensation Insurance • 457 Deferred Compensation Plans Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year) • 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary) • State retirement plan Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period) • 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary) • State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire • Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire • Dental and life insurance, after one year of service • Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service Employer City of Durham Address 101 City Hall Plaza Durham, North Carolina, 27701 Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/durhamnc

Manage and deliver large, complex IT projects from initiation to closure, coordinating resources, vendors, budgets, and stakeholders while ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. | Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, 5+ years IT experience, 5+ years project management including 2 years in IT, PMP certification, proficiency in project management tools, vendor and budget management experience. | Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve. Hiring Range: $85,654.44 - 132,766.40 Work Day/Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm M-F The City of Durham’s nationally recognized, award-winning Technology Solutions Department builds and aligns the City’s information technology infrastructure so that departments can deliver a superior level of public service. Our team is recognized nationally by the Public Technology Institute, ICMA Center for Performance Measurement and Digital Cities Survey. If you can offer the skills to innovate and the passion to serve, bring your talent to Durham. The Technology Manager – IT Project Management role exists within the IT PMO Services division of Technology Solutions. This role reports to the PMO Manager and is responsible for providing administrative, project management, and solution support to ensure satisfactory customer service. IT Project Managers assigned to the IT Project Management Office deliver all assigned projects from initiation to closure, ensuring the solution meets the strategic objectives of the project and that the project scope is delivered according to the approved business case. The Technology Manager – IT Project Management helps establish support priorities, coordinates between various departments and stakeholders, and assists in overseeing and maintaining a portfolio of IT projects. Additional duties include managing large and complex technical projects, attending meetings, providing executive status reports, and supporting other PMO staff to accomplish project deliverables. Manage daily project activities for large, complex IT projects by ensuring use of project management best practices as outlined in the PMBOK; develops a detailed project schedule to monitor progress and completion of tasks assigned to various project staff, both internal and external to the City; functionally supervise all project team members. Assists in defining the project scope and objectives and ensuring technical feasibility. Provide direct project management by communicating with various stakeholders and project teams via telephone, email and project team meetings; resolve project issues when identified; adjust project plans when necessary. Ensure resource availability and allocation. Provide accurate reporting to the Technology Solutions PMO Manager and Technology Solutions Senior Leadership. Ensure the maintenance of key dashboards for internal and external reporting. Provide recommendations to ensure projects stay on track according to established project schedules. • Serves as Project Manager over complex enterprise software, hardware, network, and technically difficult projects; supports other PMO staff as a subject matter expert; validates deliverables associated with the approved business case; provides recommendations to improve division policies and procedures; identifies and mitigates project risk; and performs quality assurance duties. • Secures internal and external resources for the project; coordinates the Request for Proposals (RFP) process, including vendor selection; negotiates contracts with vendors, as assigned; and develops project schedules and manages to achieve deadlines. • Prepares, reviews, and maintains reports, plans, presentations, and other documentation; researches, analyzes, reviews and approves information; develops and implements recommendations; and ensures compliance with project contracts and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures. • Manages expectations, facilitates change requests, monitors and controls deliverables, and keeps project stakeholders informed through regular project status reports and other communication channels (e.g., stand up meetings, weekly newsletters, quarterly summary reports). • Coordinates with vendors, City departments, and/or external agencies; attends and facilitates meetings; provides user support and training, as assigned; assists with developing operational policies and procedures; and assesses client or department needs. • Manages an assigned budget; monitors and approves expenditure; evaluates needs and allocates/requests resources; prepares cost estimates; researches and analyzes data and reviews the work of others; and makes and approves budget-related recommendations in area of assignment. • Archives project deliverables and other documents; validates end user acceptance of the solution; and ensures that the expected business value is achieved for the City. • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science or a directly related field • Five years of professional information technology experience in area of assignment • Two years project management experience • PMP certification • 5 or more years of project management experience • Master’s degree in business administration or other related business field • Proficiency in Project Management Tools (MS Project, MS Planner, Excel) • Other relevant IT Certifications • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Experience with vendor management • Experience with procurement • Experience with budget management • Experience in business case development preferred