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Event Coordinator

Employer
Regan & Dean
Location
London
Salary
£25000 - 28000 per annum
Closing date
3 Nov 2018

Job Details

Wonderful opportunity for a highly organised Event Co-ordinator to bring their brilliant event management and interpersonal skills to this wonderful children's charity - and develop and deliver large outdoor events and bespoke experiences for sick children and their families.

THE COMPANY
Amazing children's charity who have a massive impact on the lives of seriously and terminally ill children and their families, by delivering individual and group events and experiences throughout the UK - creating wonderful shared memories and brightening the lives of many.

THE ROLE
You'll be part of an amazing team that create and deliver bespoke experiences for seriously and terminally ill Children. As Event Co-ordinator you will have particular responsibility for the planning and delivery of a couple of large outdoor events (700-1000 pax), ensuring the smooth running of the events including post event reporting and correspondence. As Wish Granter you'll take the project from initial 'wish' to completion, co-ordinating and administering all aspects of planning, development and delivery, focussing on creating once in a lifetime experiences for the child. You'll liaise with referrers, medical professionals and families to assess requirements of each project, and then think outside the box to develop creative solutions, and plan and co-ordinate the end to end event delivery, co-ordinating all logistical, talent and supplier aspects, as well as liaison between all parties. You'll also be responsible for the meticulous administration of your projects.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Outdoor event management and Wish Granting
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with suppliers and volunteers
  • Thinking 'outside the box' to develop creative solution, bringing that 'wow' factor to the experience
  • Planning/co-ordinating end-to-end process of requests
  • Preparing and managing budgets, ensuring supplier payments
  • Collaboration with team to assist in identify and maximising fundraising and PR opportunities
  • Project follow-ups, sharing feedback, creating post event reports
  • Ensure all reporting and correspondence done to high standard
  • Maintain systems to ensure the smooth running and administration of projects


THE CANDIDATE
You'll already have proven event management skills developed across a varied range of events, and you'll have the appropriate maturity, diplomacy, and excellent interpersonal skills to liaise appropriately with all relevant parties. Great attention to detail - you know how to dot the 'i's and cross the 't's ensuring that delivery of your events always surpasses expectations. Useful previous experience also includes liaising with varied suppliers, event travel logistics, and liaising with celebrity agents and publicists.

Key requirements:
  • Proven experience in an events marketing, event management, or wish granting role
  • Diplomatic and confident in building and maintaining effective working relationships with people at all levels
  • Experience of developing creative event solutions
  • Strong project management, organisation and co-ordination skills
  • Excellent event co-ordination skills, and experience of managing external event suppliers
  • Excellent communicator (written and spoken) with superlative interpersonal skills
  • Negotiation and budget management experience
  • Outdoor event management experience desirable
  • Ability to build a team and rapport, whilst working to key deadlines and budgets
  • Hardworking and enthusiastic, team player
  • Advanced PC skills


This is a wonderful opportunity to bring your exemplary event delivery skills to this amazing organisation … and make a real difference to the lives of others.If your experience matches the key requirements and responsibilities as listed above, please reflect these in your CV and click the "Apply" button now!

Company

Check out all our events roles at www.regananddean.co.uk.

We have over 30 years at the heart of the events sector, and work on Event roles at all levels and in all its varied homes - from Inhouse/Corporate, Associations/Professional Bodies, Agencies, Publishing, Commercial Events companies, Charities, Venues - wherever event people are needed we are there to match great roles to great candidates. With over 30 years experience within the events sector we pride ourselves on remaining a flexible, ethical and hardworking recruitment consultancy that offers expertise, insight and support to our clients and candidates alike - passionate about events and events people.

We have 3 divisions: Events & Communications, Marketing, Office Support & HR. All divisions work across a full range of roles, from junior co-ordinators to senior director level, and, with hands-on experience in the fields they recruit into, our consultants are experts in their chosen areas.

Clients range from leading Event and Marketing Agencies to major Corporates, Financial Services, Associations, Commercial Conferences, Publishing, Venues, Entertainment and Charities.  We are therefore able to offer experienced candidates an unrivalled breadth of opportunities within their specialist fields, on a permanent, temporary or freelance basis throughout the UK 

Contact: 020 7409 3244

Website: http://www.regananddean.co.uk

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0207 409 3244
Location
77 Queens Road
London
London
SW14 8PH
United Kingdom

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