Event Co-ordinator – (Association – medical sector)

Excellent opportunity for a super-organised Event Co-ordinator to take ownership of their own programme of events at this leading prestigious Association (medical sector).

Organisation & Context
You’ll be joining the events team at this leading Professional Body within the medical sector. The Events team deliver a range of events, from conferences and networking to a world-renowned educational seminar programme, to support their members and the critical role they play in healthcare provision.  Over the past year, with the introduction of virtual events, their training programme has grown in it’s volume and reach, and they are looking to bring in a new member of the team to take lead responsibility for the seminar programme delivery. (please note this role is on an initial 12 month contract, with the potential of perm)

Role:
With the guidance of the Events Manager, you’ll take the lead on a busy seminar programme – and work with other members of the team on their larger flagship events through the year. You’ll provide full event administrative and co-ordinate all logistics , communication and co-ordination of all meetings, webinars and seminars within the programme. Your role will be across the key elements of:

• Manage event programme (c. 40 CPD events p/a)
• Seminar logistics (virtual, hybrid, face2face)
• Liaise with members, internal and external stakeholders, medical sector professionals
• Finance/budget management (including pricing)
• Marketing (scheduling of marketing activities, web updates etc, member communication)
• Continual improvement (working with Board lead to ensure programme is kept innovative and fresh in terms of topics and format)

Specifically your responsibilities will include:

• Forward planning and scheduling to maximise lead times for marketing of the seminars programme, keeping website and member communications uptodate
• Responsible for all organiser, speaker, exhibitor and delegate management for seminars making sure all requirements are accurately recorded and that their needs are met before, during and after the seminar
• Online Seminars: setup and run any online seminar or webinar (currently Go to Webinar and Zoom)
• Inhouse or regional f2f events: To be responsible for on the day running of the seminars, organising requirements for all internal educational meetings, to include room layout, catering and audiovisual, organise travel and accommodation for faculty as advised.
• Help prepare delegate, speaker and exhibitor materials for meetings and seminars.
• To undertake all delegate correspondence, sharing responsibility to monitor and take ownership of the general events inbox. Deal with initial enquiries, to confirm bookings and to process cancellations and ensure queries are resolved prior to the meetings.
• Use of the Association CRM, and keep accurate records of booking numbers and patterns and to report progress to the team on a weekly basis.

You
We’re looking for a super organised and super efficient event co-ordinator! You’ll bring proven experience of event administration and logistics, including online seminars, ideally from an Association/Membership body environment. Medical Sector experience is highly desirable. You’ll be used to and enjoy a busy work load, a role where communication, planning and delivery are all essential elements. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team to ensure your membership receive a fantastic service and go the extra mile to ensure the profession is brilliantly supported. And be looking to make your next step to take full ownership of your own event programme.
Key candidate requirements include:

• Experience in running online events (GotoWebinar or Zoom ideally)
• Experience working in an educational or professional body/association events teams (ideally educational events, seminars etc) highly desirable
• Medical sector experience would be great to have
• Excellent admin, event co-ordination, and communication skills
• Experience of event admin and logistics – (delegate and speaker communications, venue, scheduling, preparing materials etc, pricing, budget etc – for both online and face-to-face events)
• Capable of remaining calm under pressure and working to deadlines, confident to use own initiative and manage own workload, anticipating and proactively solving important issues
• Well organised with ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively with strong time management skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills and an excellent telephone manner.
• Enthusiastic and able to work as part of a team
• Confident communicating with people at all levels while maintaining a high standard of diplomacy and professionalism.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with staff, council, members and external contacts

If this role sounds the sort of role and organisation you’d like to be part of, and you tick the boxes for what they need in this really key role … then please GET IN TOUCH NOW as interviewing ASAP!