Commercial Events Officer - Lancaster, United Kingdom - Lancaster City Council

Lancaster City Council
Lancaster City Council
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Lancaster, United Kingdom

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The Role

This role is funded by the UKSPF.
We are looking for a self-motivated, confident, and enthusiastic person to join our Culture and Heritage team.

As the Commercial Events Officer you will need to generate leads, build, and nurture relationships with a range of businesses, organisations, groups and individuals to secure bookings that generate income for the Platform, Storey and Ashton Hall including (but not limited to) live entertainment, conferences, weddings and other celebrations, workshops and events.


You must have event sales experience, ideally within a venue or dealing with events or hospitality business, a proven ability to achieve sales targets, strong negotiation skills and in-depth knowledge of the arts, entertainment, or hospitality industry.


The ability to work accurately and methodically, to prioritise workloads and work to deadlines are all essential as are excellent oral and written communication skills.

This post is temporary until 31st March 2025. The hours of work for this position are 37 per week, working Monday to Friday on a normal week.

However, the ability to work 5 days out of 7 is required to suit the needs of the business, which may include working during evenings, weekends or bank holidays.

The option for hybrid working is available upon discussion.

The Council currently operates an excellent Flexible Working Hours Scheme which applies to this post. Subject to the needs of this business, this may allow employees to work between the hours of 6:00am-10:30pm.

This post is based at The Storey.


About You
You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.


Our Benefits
Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

  • Generous annual leave allowance
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.


Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030.

As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are a disability confident committed employer.


Provisional interview date: 27th March

Closing date:


Job Types:
Full-time, Temporary contract

Contract length: 12 months


Salary:
£28,770.00-£33,945.00 per year


Work Location:
In person

Reference ID: 137_23
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