Event Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Regan & Dean Recruitment Ltd

Regan & Dean Recruitment Ltd
Regan & Dean Recruitment Ltd
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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_Great opportunity at this leading professional membership body within the financial services sector - you'll work on a wide variety of events for your top end corporate audience, and in a great team The organisation offers excellent benefits (including bonus) alongside this great career opportunity_

Organisation:


Established membership body, with varied event programme - members vary from large major global financial bodies, to smaller more boutique financial companies.

The Events team sits within the commercial arm of the Association and works closely with members and affiliated firms to develop programmes and offerings that support the needs of their sector and which has grown into an established programme of reoccurring conferences, unique and informative briefings and seminars, annual dinners and more.

The Events Team of 3 currently creates and delivers around 60 events per year, sitting alongside the Training Events team, and the brand has a very high profile within the sector.


Role:


Reporting to the Head of Events & Training, the Events Coordinator (one of 2) will assist in managing and delivering high quality, high profile and profitable events across a range of formats (such as conferences, forums, briefings, receptions, roundtables and dinners) that are both commercially successful and brilliantly delivered to and received by attendees, speakers and the industry.

You'll coordinate events through from start to finish, with responsibility for event logistics, aspects of marketing and managing important relationships, all with the support from the Head of Events and the wider team.

You'll deal with senior level professionals within the sector, so excellent communication skills are key.


_Main duties in this role include:
_

  • End to end delivery of a range of events (conferences, seminars, dinners, networking, receptions, roundtables, forums, briefings)
  • Working with external venues (or member facilities) to ensure that room setup, AV, catering and any other factors are agreed and managed through
  • Speaker and attendee communications (briefing and joining instructions etc) and liaison in the runup to events.
  • Preparing professional and accurate delegate materials (delegate packs, delegate badges, online evaluation forms etc)
  • Running your events on the day and managing additional onsite team resource
  • Identifying, contacting and confirming speakers.
  • Working with sponsors to ensure commitments to them are met and working to maximise the achievement of event objectives
  • Careful research to avoid clashes with events or other factors that would affect attendance and identification of any other factors affecting the commercial feasibility of events.

You:

You'll already have proven experience of coordinating a variety of corporate events in a professional services, commercial conference environment or membership body/association environment - experience in financial services would be great You'll be confident to deal with senior level stakeholders and external speakers and attendees, have excellent communication skills, top level attention to detail, and be a reliable, proactive and super capable person to work with
_Specifically you'll bring:_

  • Proven experience coordinating corporate events professional services ideal, or a commercial conference environment, trade association, membership body, or other relevant experience in financial services (minimum 2 years)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A self starter with strong organisational skills, who can multitask over multiple tasks and projects by following good process
  • Accuracy and good attention to detail
  • The ability to work independently
  • The strong interpersonal skills needed to build rapport with speakers and sponsors
  • The ability and desire to provide excellent customer service and experience
  • The ability to work collaboratively and supportively within a small team
  • The ability to work in a fast paced environment on short deadlines.
**_This is a really great opportunity - in a very friendly, supportive team - and great place to work Alongside a great role, the benefits here are excellent (including bonus) - if you are a great event coordinator looking for a new opportunity and team to join..._
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