EVENT MANAGER - ASSOCIATION (12 MONTH MAT LEAVE)

THE COMPANY
This impressive and well established independent association are leaders in their field and have been going for over 50 years. With a wide reaching membership base of over 2,000 people, this association strives to enhance the study, growth and public knowledge and understanding of their specialist field.

Renowned for delivering industry related events for both members and non-members such as conferences and webinars, this organisation are now looking to grow their events team with an Event Manager which will cover a maternity leave for 12 months.

THE ROLE
Since live events came to a stop due to Covid19, this association have wasted no time in pivoting over to the virtual world to allow their events to continue to take place. This includes one of their largest events set to take place virtually in 2021!

This is a broad role with wide ranging responsibilities, including;

• Taking the lead on the delivery of all virtual/live events
• Overseeing budgets
• Adhering to tight timelines
• Managing all delegate and speaker liaison
• Sourcing appropriate venues when live events make a comeback
• Working closely with other key members of the team to create a marketing strategy for events
• Liaising with suppliers
• Negotiating best rates
• Handling any queries or event related problems
• Building relationships with sponsors
• Ensuring all health and safety obligations are followed

THE CANDIDATE
The right candidate must have experience of delivering complex events with many moving parts from within either an association or corporate environment. Ample experience of liaising with speakers will be necessary. Candidates should ideally have worked on large scale conferences previously and any experience of abstract management would be an added benefit.

Candidates will also need to be organised, have excellent communication skills and be used to managing multiple projects with certain timescales. Experience working on virtual events would be advantageous but isn't a must.

With an excellent working environment and fantastic benefits this is an opportunity not to be missed.

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