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Event Planner

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office2days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unlessaccommodationis granted as required by law.

TheEvent Plannerwill be responsible for planning events for senior management, marketing, and sales. This role is ideal for an organized, proactive individual with strong communication, learning agility, and problem-solving skills who is interested in growing event planning, stakeholder management, and project coordination capabilities.
How you will make an impact:

• Travels to worksite and other locations as necessary 25-30%.

• Meets with customers to identify parameters of events.

• Recommends appropriate format.

• Coordinates promotion of event to target audience.

• Identifies and recruits presenters, speakers, and event volunteers.

• Assists in the preparation of presentations when requested (includes developing, writing, editing, and reviewing presentations and serving as a desktop publishing expert).

• Negotiates with vendors to make event arrangements (e.g., hotels, travel agency, special venues, restaurants, etc.).

• Serves as the onsite host/hostess for client.

• Communicates event status.

• Conducts follow-up to assess effectiveness of events.

• Develops and tracks meeting budgets.

• Seeks feedback after events and applies lessons learned to improve future planning and execution.

• Builds effective working relationships with internal partners, vendors, presenters, volunteers, and attendees.

• Uses sound judgment to identify issues, escalate risks, and recommend practical solutions during event planning and execution.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a BA/BS degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background. Travels to worksite and other locations as necessary.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Demonstrates learning agility, curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn new event planning tools, processes, business areas, and stakeholder expectations.

• Demonstrates professionalism, customer-service orientation, and ability to support senior leaders, clients, and business partners.

• Skills in event planning, stakeholder coordination, vendor management, budget tracking, and project coordination.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.