Interim Marketplace Coordinator - Toronto, Canada - Harbourfront centre

Harbourfront centre

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Application Deadline:
March 9, 2023

Harbourfront Centre is a leader in providing internationally renowned artistic, educational and recreational programming across a beautiful 10-acre campus at the heart of Toronto's waterfront.

For more than 45 years, Harbourfront Centre has celebrated the best in Canadian culture and the rich mosaic of cultures from around the world, presenting thousands of events annually from music festivals to contemporary dance, to craft and design, to visual arts and more.

Welcoming visitors year-round, there is something for everyone at Harbourfront Centre

Currently, we are seeking an
Interim Marketplace Coordinator with enthusiasm, imagination, and creativity who can work with the Cultural Engagement team to coordinate and curate vendors that complement Harbourfront's festival programming, from the Junior Festival in May to the Hot & Spicy Festival over Labor Day Weekend.

These activities shall include but not be limited to budget management, presentation logistics, production details, accounts payable, and hospitality.

Position Title:
Interim Marketplace Coordinator

Department:
Cultural Engagement

Reporting to:
Director, Cultural Engagement

Direct reports:
Assistant Vendor Coordinator

Type of Employment: 6- month Contract, 35 hours per week

Location:
Toronto

Summary of Function:

Duties:

Liaise with marketplace and food vendors, providing vendors with information and access to Harbourfront Centre services
Reach out to potential vendors to curate a balanced marketplace and a variety of food offerings.
Create vendor contracts, followup with payments and documentation required to run the market and world café
Closely work with Security, Operations, and grounds Departments to ensure the smooth operation of the world café and markets
Ensure Harbourfront Centre and City of Toronto rules and regulations are adhered to by vendors
Ensure vendor issues are quickly resolved
Works within the budget provided by the Director of CE to produce the program, considering both revenue generating projects as well as expenditures as per the approval of the Director of CE.
Reconciles actual event expenditures to contracts to ensure accuracy of final payments to and from Harbourfront Centre
Works towards realizing a revenue target as set mutually with the Director of Cultural Engagement
Working at the site involves some heavy lifting while standing and walking

Requirements:

Experience with Office 365 suite of products
This is a position that requires constant travel around the site.
To be both proactive to potential challenges and diplomatic with a variety of stakeholders
Weekend and evening work beginning in May.
This role is based in Toronto. A hybrid model of workfromhome and workonlocation could be considered.
Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. Non-Canadian applicants must have a valid employment Visa and proper documentation. authorizing their ability to work in Canada on a fulltime basis.
Harbourfront Centre recognizes its heightened duty to protect employees from health and safety risks associated with COVID19. As such, an offer of employment shall be conditional on proof of full vaccination with a vaccine series approved by Health Canada or the World Health Organization.

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Our Values:

Open
We're friendly, welcoming and inclusive, with an experimental attitude that thrives on collaboration.

Brave

To achieve our bold ambition we empower and support imaginative risk and we always try to learn from our mistakes.

Rigorous
We are committed to excellence in all we do, ensuring every visitor encounter is safe, memorable and enriching.

Kind
We value and respect each other and all our visitors, celebrating difference and striving to realise potential.

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We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. If required, suitable accommodations will be available upon request during the hiring process.