Second Haven is seeking Event Hosts to help lead and support community build events and other shared activities in our Minecraft-based community. Event Hosts help create experiences that feel welcoming, organized, relaxed, and socially comfortable from the moment players arrive.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys helping people settle in, feel included, and engage with others in a low-pressure way. Event Hosts are not expected to run every aspect of an event alone. Rather, they help hold the social center of the experience by welcoming participants, guiding the flow of the event, assisting with practical logistics, and helping create an atmosphere where players can participate with ease.
Role Summary
Event Hosts help community activities feel warm, smooth, and easy to join. They are often the first point of contact when players arrive, and they help set the tone for the event. They may greet participants, help orient new arrivals, support teleporting or gathering players, introduce simple icebreakers, answer basic questions, and help maintain a positive and respectful environment throughout the activity.
During community build events, Event Hosts help keep things moving without making the experience feel rigid or over-managed. They help people understand what is happening, where to go, how to get involved, and how to stay connected to the group. They also help notice when someone seems uncertain, overlooked, or left out, and they respond in a friendly and supportive way.
What Event Hosts Do
Event Hosts may:
- Welcome players as they join an event and help them feel comfortable
- Help orient participants to the activity, including what the event is, how it works, and how they can take part
- Assist with practical event coordination, such as gathering players, helping with teleporting, and guiding movement between locations
- Support the overall flow of community build events and other shared activities
- Use simple icebreakers or conversational prompts to help people engage with one another
- Help new or hesitant players ease into participation
- Answer basic questions or help direct players to the right person or place
- Provide light moderation during events by reinforcing expectations and helping redirect minor issues
- Watch for players who may be confused, isolated, or having trouble joining in
- Communicate with other facilitators or staff about group needs, logistics, or issues that arise
- Help create an environment that feels calm, inclusive, friendly, and well-held
What We’re Looking For
A strong Event Host is someone who:
- Enjoys welcoming people and helping them feel included
- Has a calm, friendly, and dependable presence
- Can help guide a group without being controlling or overly intense
- Notices when someone may need help getting oriented or brought into the group
- Communicates clearly and kindly
- Is comfortable helping with basic coordination and light moderation
- Works well with facilitators, moderators, and other volunteers
- Understands that some community members may have fluctuating energy, social comfort, health limitations, or cognitive fatigue
Familiarity with Minecraft is helpful, but not required.
Familiarity with Discord is a strong plus, though training can be provided.
What matters most is not technical expertise. It is the ability to help people feel welcomed, settled, and included.
Why This Role Matters
Second Haven serves people whose lives may include chronic illness, fatigue, disability, pain, mental health challenges, or other barriers to consistent social connection. Joining a group event can be enjoyable, but it can also feel uncertain, awkward, or overwhelming without thoughtful support.
Event Hosts help lower that barrier. They help transform community activities from something people might hesitate to join into something that feels approachable, friendly, and worth stepping into. Their presence helps make events more cohesive, more accessible, and more genuinely social.
Support and Structure
Event Hosts are not expected to provide therapy, crisis support, or clinical guidance. This is a community facilitation role focused on welcome, inclusion, group flow, and light practical support. Event Hosts may work alongside lead facilitators, moderators, peer support specialists, or other team members depending on the event.
Time Commitment
Time commitment may vary based on the event calendar and the volunteer’s availability. Event Hosts may help with occasional community build events, recurring activities, or special gatherings.