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Senior Event Manager - (maternity - City Livery Company)

Employer
Regan & Dean
Location
London
Salary
£45000 - 45000 per annum
Closing date
25 Apr 2019

Job Details

Fabulous mat cover role working in support of the Clerk (CEO) of London Livery Company to deliver events and communications for membership, and in support of their particular trade and charitable causes.

The Organisation:
City of London Livery Company, who have a programme of varied events, support and promote their particular trade, have an active policy of charitable grant giving, and play a full part in the life of the City of London. They run a prestigious annual design awards event, support charities, and have a busy and social membership, and a varied programme of social and fundraising events.

Role:
12 month maternity cover, you'll be working to support the Clerk, and in the main your responsibilities will focus on their events and communications. You'll be a key member of their small central team, have lots of member contact, and be involved in all aspects of the Livery Companies activities and busy events calender.
Key responsibilities will include:
  • Main coordinator for the annual creative design competition and it's associated events
  • Devise and deliver Livery Company events (receptions, dinners etc often with VIP attendance eg Lord Mayor)
  • Lead on organising events for younger members
  • Liaise and work closely with committees - provision of administrative support to the Chairmen of certain committees
  • Take the lead on co-ordinating the charitable activities including assessment of grant bids and organisation of charitable events.
  • Update the content of the Company's website, and create promotional material for the Hall and the Awards event, liaising with designers to produce annual publications.
  • General support to the Clerk as required


Candidate
The successful candidate will need to be confident, well presented, with excellent communication skills, flexible and enjoys working across varied tasks, with an excellent track record of delivering events. You'll have:
  • Excellent event management experience, with experience of working on a range of events, including receptions, dinners and hi-end corporate hospitality, ideally within a corporate setting
  • Proven skills in project management and administration.
  • Experience producing marketing collateral, liaising with designers etc
  • Ideally have experience dealing with committees (or varied stakeholders) - and a flexible, patient and diplomatic manner
  • You will be proactive, capable of working independently and under pressure as part of a small permanent staff.
  • You will have proficient IT skills, a meticulous eye for detail, sound organisational ability and excellent communication skills including the ability to write clearly and concisely.
  • Presence, an ability to perform confidently in public, well developed inter-personal skills, a good memory for names and faces and a sense of humour are essential.


This is a wonderful, diverse role and would suit someone who enjoys working within a membership or corporate environment, with personality, excellent interpersonal skills, proven event management expertise, and an exceptional eye for detail - it is a full time position to provide maternity cover for 12 months from mid May.

If it matches your experience and aspirations - click APPLY 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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