Events Officer - Greater London, United Kingdom - Stopgap

Stopgap

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Greater London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:6 months / £35,000 pro rata
Location:Greater London
Job Type:Freelance

Hands on Events Officer needed to help with the day to day delivery of a busy in person and virtual events programme.

THE COMPANY:

Our client is one of the top universities in the world and is based in the heart of London.

THE ROLE:

In the role of Events Officer, you will be working as part of a larger events team at the university to manage the day to day delivery of in person and virtual events.

These will range from campus open days to offer holder evenings.

You will be responsible for ensuring the the event is delivered smoothly, looking at all logistics, liaising with suppliers where relevant as well as all internal stakeholders.

You will be tasked with ensuring that visitors have a positive experience once they arrive from finding the venue to where they sit and what they might see, hear or eat throughout their time at the university.

By nature you will be very detail orientated - someone who is comfortable with process and has lots of initiative.

YOU:
In order to be successfully considered for the role of Events Officer, you will need:

to be available to start within 2 weeks of an offer being made

- proven, hands on experience of managing all event logistics (from venues and catering to AV and webinars)
- strong project management skills to ensure events are delivered on time and to budget
- experience of analysing and optimising event success and delivering reports
- excellent communication and relationship building skills
- to be detail orientated and be used to working to tight deadlines
- degree educated

YOU WILL ALSO NEED A VALID WORKING VISA FOR THE UK AND BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO 2 DAYS A WEEK IN CENTRAL LONDON