Events Coordinator

About Las Vegans for Better Transit

We advocate for world-class public transportation and the land use that makes it work through public education, community outreach, and coalition building. We're working toward a Las Vegas Valley where a family doesn't have to drive to get groceries, where a kid can get home from an after-school club without waiting on a parent, where households aren't sinking thousands a year into gas and insurance, and where the preventable crashes that hurt and kill people every year stop happening. Transit as part of everyday life for a real share of the valley, not something only some people use.

Our goal is to become the brand for transit advocacy and better urbanism in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area. We're a relatively new organization, but we're growing and building LVBT to last.

About the role

Transit fights are won by the cities that can put organized people in the room — 30 of them at a county commission meeting can change a vote, and a legislator counts the constituents behind you before they weigh your argument. Events are how LVBT turns supporters into that constituency. You’ll organize and own them, and help dream up what they should even be.

Transit doesn’t have to be a dry policy topic, and part of this job is finding fresh, sometimes unexpected ways to get people excited about it: a commission turnout, a community walk audit of a dangerous intersection, the awards night for our Viva Vegas contest — and whatever you invent that we haven’t thought of yet. These events are smaller and higher-stakes than most, and the format is wide open.

This is a strong fit for students and early-career folks looking to build real civic organizing experience. You’ll work with organization leadership, with room to take the lead on your own ideas as you find your footing.

What you’ll do

You’ll take events from idea to follow-up, across a mix of settings:

• Dream up new ways to get people excited about transit, and try them — not every idea has to work the first time
• Plan and run events end to end — community meetings, hearing turnouts, walk audits, socials, and one-offs like the Viva Vegas awards night
• Own the logistics: venue, setup, RSVPs, and day-of execution
• Write the invites, reminders, and follow-ups that actually get people to show up
• Capture photos and short video at events to document and promote LVBT’s work
• Debrief after each event so the next one runs better

What we’re looking for

Some experience planning or running events helps — neighborhood gatherings, school or church events, club meetups, and community fundraisers all count. This is more than a logistics gig: the role needs someone who can take initiative, own a project start to finish, keep a few events in different stages moving at once, and write the kind of invite that actually gets people to show up. Openness to trying new formats matters — our events don’t have a fixed playbook. Since our events are inherently public, willingness to appear on camera is a plus. Figure on about 3–5 hours a week, more around a big event. If you’re not sure you qualify, apply anyway.

What you’ll get

A strong first role in organizing. You’ll learn how a nonprofit runs from the inside, put on real events with your name on them, build a network in the local community, and pick up practical skills in writing and communications along the way.

This is a volunteer position.