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Menominee County Fair Manager

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Purpose of position: Coordinate, prepare and supervise the Menominee County Fair

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
  • Attend all fair board & committee meetings and answer any questions members or media may have in reference to the County Fair.
  • Coordinate the Fair marketing plans, designs flyers, brochures posters and signs, plan Fair budget and writes grant applications to obtain funding, hires entertainers, judges & concession providers.
  • Maintains and updates files and databases, materials, files, data and pamphlets for fair.
  • Can perform, in coordination with Fair Board Treasurer, bookkeeping functions, receives and records payments and issues receipts; prepares bank deposits.
  • Edits and coordinates printing of newsletters, writes articles for Fair premium book. Designs forms, letterheads, invoices, contracts or logs as needed.
  • Performs other related functions as assigned or required.
Minimum Training and Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent and two years of fair experience or related management experience or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities. Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel preferred.
Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication
  • Requires the ability to perform basic level of data analysis including the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize and/or reference data, statues, and/or guidelines and/or group, rank, investigate and diagnose. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to establish standards to recognize interactive effects and relationships.
  • Requires the ability to persuade, convince, influence, train and monitor, in favor of a desired outcome.
  • Requires the ability to act as a lead person.
  • Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive and or advisory data and information such as reports, brochures, press releases, invoices, receipts, handbooks, databases, procedures, guidelines and non-routine correspondence.
  • Requires the ability to communicate orally and in writing with the County Administrator and all extension personnel, clients, vendors, fair personnel and the public.
Mathematical Ability
  • Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and to calculate percentages and decimals.
Physical Requirements
  • Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing skilled movements such as rapid keyboard use.
  • Tasks involving the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects weighing five to twenty pounds.
  • Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job related objects, materials and tasks.
Environmental Adaptability
  • Ability to work under safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors is minimal and poses a very limited risk of injury.
Menominee County, Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with /Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourage both prospective and current employees to discuss accommodations with the employer.

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION: complete a Menominee County Employment Application and email to: Men.Co.Fair@outlook.com
Applications can also be returned in-person or via mail to:

Menominee County Annex
Attn: Menominee County Fair
S904 US HWY 41
Stephenson, MI  49887

* A  cover letter and/or resume is not required for this position, but is recommended. 
 

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