Porto Lead
General Info
- Sits in the Exec cluster of Festcomm
- Included in the festcomm@fireflyartscollective.org mailing list with all of Exec cluster and all cluster leads
Porto Lead Responsibilities
- Attend biweekly Festcomm meetings January-July (can be remote)
- Oversees vendor management for sanitation for the event and work weekends
- Working with historical data and the plan for the upcoming event, identifies sanitation requirements for upcoming event
- Identifies a sanitation vendor in the area with the capability to meet the needs of the event by soliciting quotes
- Gets budgetary approval for contract, and establish written contract with vendor
- Serves as primary point of contact for the vendor throughout the planning season and event
- Maintains on-the-ground oversight during the event to coordinate real-time issue resolution with the vendor and adjacent volunteer crews
Who makes a good Porto Lead?
Location
Most of the role can be done from anywhere, mostly phone calls and remote meetings.
At least one co-lead needs to be on-site during the event to keep on top of any in the moment issues.
Schedule
Biweekly meetings throughout Planning Season (January-July).
Other responsibilities are mostly asynchronous communication that can be done whenever you want, as long as you hit deadlines.
Aligning with vendors and getting contracts in place is a major part, but it can be tricky if the outlook of the event is shifting around the time of planning. Vendors like to book these dates months in advance.
Experience
Business relationship management is a plus. Some knowledge of the event would also be a plus, but if a volunteer is coming with knowledge of a different burn that would be transferable.