Festival Operations Coordinator (City Permits & Safety)

Keeping a festival safe, legal, and smooth in a busy city isn’t magic; it’s meticulous coordination. You’ll be the hub for permits, safety plans, sanitation, and traffic control, making sure every moving part fits without slowing the music or the energy. This role is about precision, patience, and stamina.

Expect your calendar to be packed with meetings, calls, and site walks. You’ll liaise with county teams, police, EMS, and utilities, translating regulations into actionable plans. Every fence line, toilet block, and power feed needs your attention before the gates open. Documentation is your best friend. Safety plans, medical protocols, evacuation routes, and traffic maps must be clear, distributed, and rehearsed. You’ll lead briefings and control-room oversight, capturing incidents, resolutions, and all the minute details that keep auditors and stakeholders satisfied.

On the day, you’re both a problem-solver and a diplomat. Coordinating vendors, multi-agency teams, and last-minute challenges requires calm under pressure and the ability to make decisions that keep the crowd safe and the event rolling. Every successful festival reflects your organizational prowess.

Our client values operators who can scale their impact. Career growth moves from Senior Ops to Event Operations Manager and eventually Director of Live Ops. Those who master the chaos and create predictable, repeatable success will shape the live-event landscape in Nairobi for years to come.