Events Team Leader - Coventry, United Kingdom - College of Policing

College of Policing

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Coventry, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Reference number:

Salary:

- £25,599 - £28,855-
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
2A
Contract type:
Permanent
Fixed Term
Secondment
Length of employment:
Permanent

; FTC/Secondment until 31/3/2025
Business area:

COP
Corporate Service and Business Development
Type of role:
Administration / Corporate Support
Other
Working pattern:
Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
2Contents

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About the job

Benefits:

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Location

These positions are based at our site in RytononDunsmore, Coventry CV8 3EN. These rolse may be suitable for hybrid working and this can be discussed prior to taking up the role.

About the job

Job summary:

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College's nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

About us:

We're the professional body for the police service in England and Wales.

We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff.

Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach.

We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive.

Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Job description:

Applications are invited for the posts of Events Team Leader within our small, friendly Events Team.

We have a reputation for providing an excellent events management service and put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

You'll organise and manage a range of medium to large events and conferences at our sites and at other UK conference venues.

You'll also line manage events co-ordinators, who will work with you to deliver the larger events.

If you're looking to broaden your events management experience in a different and interesting field, this is the perfect opportunity.

Please have a look at the job description for full details.
For an informal chat about the role, feel free to contact Jane Mayor, College of Policing Conference and Events Manager, on

Person specification:

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Developing strong customer-focused relationships with key clients and stakeholders, working with them to identify their event requirements on a year-to-year basis, to inform advance planning and event allocation within the team.
Coordinating the planning, operational and financial management and evaluation of large and complex events to provide a professional event management service to both internal and external clients,
Line managing, mentoring and developing College Event Coordinators, providing effective leadership and performance management for your team.

To be successful in this role you'll need:

A Level 4 qualification (eg HNC, BTEC Professional Certificate/Diploma, NVQ Level 4) in event management and/or demonstrable successful experience of working in an event management role
Experience of managing a wide variety of activities, multitasking and delivering to tight deadlines in a pressurised environment
Experience of developing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external customers

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Demonstrable successful experience of working in event management, project management or a related field.
Excellent standard of planning and organisational ability, able to prioritise own work and deliver to tight deadlines.
Ability to multitask in a pressurised environment, leading and providing support to others in the team whilst simultaneously managing own events workload.
Experience of establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders, removing unnecessary barriers to service delivery.

Benefits:

The College is a great place to work.

We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):

Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
Continued professional development and structured career paths
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Flexitime (for certain grades)
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