Committee Member - State Conference

Utah SHRM is in need of a volunteer to assist the Chair Director in running the annual WECon Utah state conference event. HR professionals are needed to manage all activities related to Utah SHRM’s biggest event! We are excited to announce the conference will take place at Thanksgiving Point this year on August 30th-31st (August 29th will be a set up day) so mark your calendar!

There are several areas of management for the conference, to name a few:

• Vendor Relationships, helping with Sponsorships (we already have many companies that want to participate so this is more of helping to coordinate what packages they want)
• Speaker Relationships/Helping with Finding/Contacting speakers
• Attendees
• Student Volunteers
  
• Speaker Gift Ideas
  
• Speaker Lounge
• Social Media Committee - getting the word out!
• Logistics

Title:

State Conference Chair Committee Member

Function:

Serves as a committee member of the state council responsible for managing all activities related to running an annual state conference.

Responsible To:

• The State Conference Chair Director

Responsibilities:

1. Appointed by the Conference Director to manage specific functions related to the state conference with the objective of managing functions of the state conference to create a successful event for HR professionals throughout the state.
2. Provides leadership and direction to state conference committee chairs and members. Monitors all activities related to their role within the conference.

Requirements:

1. Must be an SHRM member in good standing. SHRM Certification highly desirable.
2. Appointment is made by the State Conference Chair Director in conjunction with the State Council Director
3. Serves a one-year term beginning the first day of January and ending the last day of December.

Hours:

This role is typically 3-5 hours per month

Conference hours may be up to 10-20 hours of work to help with all logistics as it relates to the annual WECon conference in September of each year