EVENT COORDINATOR needed

EVENT COORDINATOR

The PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE INC. is seeking an Event Coordinator who will be responsible for the below activities. Please be sure to read the Eligibility Requirements to determine if you qualify for the Senior Community Service Trainee positions.

Send all replies to Larry Elle, President, Professional Development Collaborative, Inc. at: lelle@ix.netcom.com

EVENT COORDINATOR 
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
• Oversee all phases of planning, marketing and producing workshops
• Coordinate and plan with workshop presenter
• Ensure that required printed materials and technologies are available for presenter
• Coordinate with website staff all registration and website publicity
• Take initiative and contribute ideas which help the Professional Development Collaborative achieve its mission
• Some acquaintance with website maintenance and updating

SKILLS NECESSARY:
• Excellent communication skills, writing and oral
• Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite's Word, Excel and Power Point
• Takes initiative and ability to work independently
• Organized
• Ability to work with the public
• Help setup and staff the PDC Training Center
• Any other duties necessary for the smooth functioning of the center

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Ability to climb one flight of stairs to the Center
• Ability to lift 30 pounds to set-up and take down the tables and to carry boxes of resources.

DRIVER’S LICENSE AND CAR ARE REQUIRED: The Center is off any major public transportation routes.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: The Professional Development Collaborative, Inc. (PDC), a non-profit started by WIND members, has been approved as a site for a Federal program: the Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP). This program allows unemployed individuals, 55 and older, to receive $160 per week while working and receiving training in non-profit or government agencies. The idea is to help older workers who have been out of work to begin working again and grow their skills while they are collecting unemployment and/or Social Security. 

Applicants must be 55 years of age or older and willing to improve their job skills and learn new ones.

Applicants must be unemployed. PLEASE NOTE: YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) PAYMENTS DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS YOUR ANNUAL INCOME FOR THIS PROGRAM (see below). If UI benefits are your only income this program would consider you to have ZERO income in regards to qualifying for income eligibility. You can receive UI benefits and income from this program at the same time.

People retired and living on Social Security or other retirement income are also eligible. If you are receiving Social Security retirement payments, only 75% of that income is counted towards annual income. All SSDI recipients are considered income eligible.

Your current annual income cannot exceed $13,538.00 if you are single, $18, 213.00 if living as a couple, or $22,888.00 if you are in a household of three, with additional increases as members of your household grow. 

This program requires participants to look for work while working/training with the SCSEP. Your training stipend of $160.00 per week is considered income by Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance, and, if this amount is more than one-third of your UI benefits, your benefits may be reduced for any amount over this one-third level. 

The program requires a 20-hour a week commitment but there is flexibility in how the hours are worked. Your hours are worked out in collaboration with your agency supervisor and eight hours are devoted to skill building and job hunting. Your work with SCSEP ends when you find other paid employment or you quit or are let go from this position.

WORKSITE: The Professional Development Collaborative Center is located at 1 Blue Hill River Road, Canton MA, in Trinity Episcopal Church which is near the intersection of Routes 138 and I-93 (Exit 2B). Occasional travel to other work sites may be necessary.

Send all replies to Larry Elle, President, Professional Development Collaborative, Inc. at: lelle@ix.netcom.com