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Events & Awards Manager - (association/professional body)

Employer
Regan & Dean
Location
London
Salary
£35000 - 37000 per annum
Closing date
16 Aug 2019

Job Details

Experienced Events Manager to take full ownership of varied programme of events, including awards, at this creatively led Chartered Professional Body.

THE COMPANY
This is a fabulous organisation to be part of - particularly if you are interested in either design, architecture or gardens …. They are a chartered body for professional practitioners, planners, and designers in their sector. They run an annual programme of events, including flagship conference, annual awards, seminars, lectures, alongside CPD Courses.

THE ROLE
As the Major Events Manager you will take the lead responsibility for developing, managing and delivering the organisation's programme of major events, including the annual awards, seminars, lectures, major events and conferences. You'll report to the Head of Product Development and work closely with the Director of Membership and the Business Development team, to ensure high quality and successful delivery of CPD and training events. You'll also mentor and develop the Events Assistant.
  • Events - Working with the wider team devise and execute annual programme of events
    • Define and manage budgets, negotiate with suppliers
    • Liaise with marketing team to develop marketing plans for event programme and individual events
    • Manage speakers - manage sponsors (in liaison with the Head of Product Development)
    • Project Manage annual conference
    • Liaise with team to identify opportunities to expand range of event offerings, such as live streaming, interactive webinars and seminar
  • Annual Awards - lead the successful delivery of Annual Awards
    • Manage call for entries and oversee process, judging, sponsor liaison, liaise with marketing team
    • Liaise with clients, entrants, committees and stakeholders
    • Manage awards event delivery including Judging weekend
  • Mentor and develop Events Assistant


THE CANDIDATE
You'll be a versatile and proactive Event Manager, with experience managing all aspects of varied event formats, 50-500 pax. Ideally you'll also have experience managing awards - both the process and the event. You'll be used to working with budgets, negotiating with suppliers, working with sponsors, and stakeholders. You'll be super-organised, enthusiastic and a brilliant multitasker (with strong communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively (with diplomacy & tact as well as with confidence & tenacity) with a wide range of stakeholders including members, committees and those eminent in their field. You'll need:
  • Experience managing and leading on all aspects of events from 50-500 attendees
  • Experience managing awards / competitions
  • Commercially confident, experience with budgets, negotiating with suppliers and sponsors
  • Experience working for a membership organisation - desirable not essential
  • Experience delivering online events or other digital products - desirable not essential
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Enthusiastic, driven, creative and able to work on your own initiative but a strong team player


This is a fantastic permanent role with a highly regarded membership organisation/chartered body - and would suit an experienced Events Manager with great events and awards knowledge!

If your experience matches the key requirements and responsibilities as listed above, and you'd be interested to consider this exciting contract role - 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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