Savca Events and Membership Manager

SAVCA is looking for an energetic, experienced and service-orientated Events and Membership Manager to join its small and close-knit team to support the association’s work in promoting and growing the private equity and venture capital industry in Southern Africa.

This role will be filled by a skilled individual with solid experience in events management who has the necessary skills, personality profile and demonstrated experience to handle the following core functions:

- Manage SAVCA events from concept, design to implementation;
- Manage the SAVCA membership and value proposition; and
- Manage SAVCA’s governance function.

It is essential that this person has the capacity to function professionally, efficiently and accurately in a fast-paced and sophisticated financial-services environment.

Let us know if you are the right person for this position.
- Your CV
- At least three traceable references
- A motivation on why you believe you are the right person for this position
- Your salary expectations

The motivation should be in Word format and no longer than 450 words, and should cover some or all of the following points:

- Demonstration, of your ability to communicate well; manage events and manage a database of stakeholders;
- Evidence of your detail orientation, planning and problem-solving skills;
- The skills and experience that you would bring to the team to enable the organisation to serve its stakeholders and achieve its strategic objectives; and
- Your career aspirations and how this position will fit in with your plans.

**About SAVCA**

The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) is the industry association and public policy advocate for private equity and venture capital in Southern Africa, representing in excess of R185 billion in assets under management, through 170 members. SAVCA promotes Southern Africa private equity and venture capital by engaging with regulators and legislators on a range of matters affecting the industry, providing relevant and insightful research and thought leadership on aspects that impact the industry, offering training on private equity and venture capital, creating meaningful networking opportunities for industry players and embarking on strategic projects that will benefit the growth of the industry.

**SAVCA’s Vision**: To be the voice of private equity and venture capital in Southern Africa.

**About the role**

**1. Responsibilities**

Key activities include: Event planning and management of all SAVCA events, SAVCA membership management and co-ordination and administrative duties related to SAVCA board meetings and the annual AGM.

**_ A. Manage SAVCA Events_**
- Co-develop and execute the events plans with the SAVCA CEO/Head of Operations based on strategic objectives identified by the
- Oversee and manage service providers supporting
- Manage all events and projects using project management principles i.e., planning, milestones, budget management, execution,
- Events may include, but are not limited to the following:

- SAVCA Annual Conference,
- Women in Private Equity events,
- Networking events,
- Survey Launch events,
- Regulatory events,
- Webinars,
- AGM,
- Board Meetings, and
- Ad-Hoc Partnership
- Perform a leading role in the preparation for the annual conference, including consultations with the conference interest group, agenda development, communication with speakers, interaction with logistics service providers, support on the day of the
- Originate creative ideas for member events and potential partners and sponsorship prospects.
- Take a leading role in marketing member
- Event management to ensure that projects and events are delivered on time and within budget.

**_B. Manage SAVCA Membership (database and experience) and the Application Process_**
- Perform a leading role in the updating of the online SAVCA Members’ Directory, including liaison with service providers, liaison with members, editing of member pages, and ensuring accuracy of
- With the support of the administrator, manage member accounts by providing administrative, professional and technical guidance on matters related to membership, the membership database, events and
- Update content on the website and member portal, where membership information or data is
- Set-up and attend member
- Encourage regulatory compliance among members by circulating relevant
- Continuously review and ensure SAVCA offers a compelling membership value proposition. Recommend and implement additions to the membership value proposition in line with SAVCAs mission, vision and strategic
- Onboard new members and regularly engage with existing SAVCA
- Identify and pro-actively approach organisations that could potentially become SAVCA members.
- Keep member records up-to-date to ensure the rest of the team are able to engage with the correct member

**_C. Content development_**
- Create the SAVCA events
- Manage the SAVCA events page on the SAVCA website (conten