{"id":4319,"date":"2026-01-28T14:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:30:37","slug":"special-events-coordinator-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/special-events-coordinator-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Events Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Job Title:&nbsp;Special Events Coordinator<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tasks and Responsibilities:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Special Events Coordinator will be placed strategically across the&nbsp;province&nbsp;to support the planning,&nbsp;preparation&nbsp;and execution of&nbsp;special events&nbsp;and&nbsp;in person competitions.&nbsp;This position&nbsp;will work with our Major Games staff and our local Games Management Team in North Bay helping with the planning and&nbsp;preparations&nbsp;for the 2027 Special Olympics Ontario Winter Provincial Games which will be taking place in February of 2027.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tasks and Responsibilities for this position may include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prepare technical packages, competition&nbsp;schedule&nbsp;and planning for the Provincial Games.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assist&nbsp;with ongoing administrative support and planning for upcoming events &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide&nbsp;logistics&nbsp;and administrative support to the&nbsp;Sport and Major Games&nbsp;teams &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide support and coordinate the execution of competitions with local communities and community partners.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide support for a variety of&nbsp;special events&nbsp;hosted throughout the year&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work with local GMT to develop community partnerships,&nbsp;source&nbsp;and organize event locations and&nbsp;logistics, and&nbsp;assist&nbsp;with&nbsp;early stages&nbsp;of the fundraising campaign for the games.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects will be assigned based on interests and strengths and through consultation with host programs and stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Title:&nbsp;Special Events Coordinator&nbsp; Tasks and Responsibilities:&nbsp; The Special Events Coordinator will be placed strategically across the&nbsp;province&nbsp;to support the planning,&nbsp;preparation&nbsp;and execution of&nbsp;special events&nbsp;and&nbsp;in person competitions.&nbsp;This position&nbsp;will work with our Major Games staff and our local Games Management Team in North Bay helping with the planning and&nbsp;preparations&nbsp;for the 2027 Special Olympics Ontario Winter Provincial Games which will be taking place in &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/special-events-coordinator-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www1.specialolympicsontario.com\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}