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Event Coordinator (The Aud)

Kitchener, Ontario
$23 - $24/hour
Mid Level
part_time

About the role

Description Event Coordinator (The Aud)

Job S tatus: Temporary Part-Time

Pay & Grade : $ 23. 17 to $ 24.09 Hourly Band : 5

Hours of Work : Up to 24 Hours per week

Initial location: The Aud

Posting period: July 31 , 2025 to August 7 , 2025 ( at 6:00pm)

Overview We are seeking a highly organized and customer-focused Event Coordinator to oversee front-of-house operations during events. This role serves as the first point of contact for casual event staff, ensuring smooth coordination, excellent patron service, and adherence to facility policies.

This is a temporary part time position to approximately August 7, 2026.

Responsibilities

  • Acts as coordinator and first point of contact for casual event staff including assigning work areas.
  • Checks facility prior to event; reports problems to appropriate staff and communicates information to supervisor.
  • Monitor staff during events.
  • Relieves casual event staff during scheduled breaks.
  • Resolves ticket issues and seating disputes.
  • Ensure staff provide assistance with pa trons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
  • Ensure staff enforce facility rules and regulations.
  • Awareness of Municipal Alcohol Policy, City policies, procedures, and documents in order to monitor patrons during performance or events.
  • Recognizes and takes action to correct and/or report customer service concerns, incidents, problems and emergencies; contacts supervisor, security, and emergency personnel as required.
  • Resolves effectively and diplomatically irate customer situations when possible or refers to supervisor as appropriate.
  • Acts as a liaison between front house staff, box office staff, and supervisor.
  • Collects facility event occurrences reports from staff and submits forms to supervisor.
  • Ensure staff guide patrons to exits or provide other instructions or assistance in case of emergency.
  • Answers event and facility questions; directing patrons to service areas.
  • Performs bag checks as required.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Grade 12 diploma .
  • 6 months of related experience.
  • Smart Serve Certification .
  • Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time. Some lifting, reaching and crouching is required.
  • Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.

Department/ Division : Community Services , Sport

Group: Non-Union/Management

Competition Number : 2025 - 276

Job Code: 9347

Number of positions : 1

Why work at the City of Kitchener

About City of Kitchener, ON

Government Administration
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Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is the regional seat. Kitchener is located about 100 km (62 mi) west of Toronto. Kitchener was previously known as Berlin until a 1916 referendum changing the name. The city covers an area of 136.86 km2, had a population of 233,222 at the time of the 2016 Census.