Event Manager - Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - PLANET RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD
Description
Planet Recruitment are delighted to working with a well-established client based in Oxford. Due to continued growth are now seeking an Event Manager to join their busy team.Role - Event Manager
Salary - £35,000 - £40,000
Hours
Location - Oxford
Benefits for an Event Manager:
- 25 days holiday per annum
- Company Laptop & Mobile
- Performance related bonus scheme: 20% of base salary based on personal performance and Company financial performance. Eligible to join on successful completion of 6m probationary period
- Company pension scheme
- Company sickness scheme
- Flexible working arrangements between office and home
- Flexi Friday scheme
- Refer A Friend scheme
- Complimentary refreshments and quarterly shared lunch
- Free car parking
Responsibilities of the Event Manager:
- Produce detailed proposals for events (including timelines, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing and budgets)
- Research venues, suppliers, and contractors, and negotiate prices
- Manage and coordinate suppliers and all event logistics (for example, venue, catering, travel)
- Manage all preevent planning, organising guest speakers and delegate packs
- Coordinate suppliers, handle client queries and troubleshoot on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly and to budget
- Organise facilities for car parking, traffic control, security, first aid, hospitality and the media
- Make sure that insurance, legal, health and safety obligations are followed
- Oversee the dismantling and removal of events and clear the venue efficiently
- Produce postevent evaluation to inform future events
Requirements of the Event Manager:
- Proven event management experience, ideally internationally
- Organisational skills and attention to detail
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Negotiation skills when looking for the best price from venues, suppliers, and contractors
- Timemanagement skills and the ability to work under pressure to ensure the efficient running of an event
- Project management experience
- Problemsolving skills and diplomacy
- The ability to manage budgets
- A flexible, targetdriven, proactive approach
- Administrative and IT skills
- Selfmotivation and enthusiasm
Education
Degree or HND in event management, hotel or catering management, leisure and tourism, marketing, or business (or equivalent)
Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
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