Festivals and Events Logistics Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Inspired People Ltd

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Job description
- £16ph

  • Average 37.5 Hours a week, varying hours, varying days.
  • Start date: 9th May
  • End date: 6th September
  • Must be over 25 with driverslicence and van experience

About Greenpeace:


We defend the natural world and promote peace by investigating, exposing and confronting environmental abuse, and championing responsible solutions for our fragile environment.


Our strength as an organisation comes from the fact that more than 190,000 people from all over the UK lend us their voice and provide us with essential funding that allows us to run effective and meaningful campaigns.


The Role:


The Festivals Assistant works side by side with the Face to Face Festivals Programme Manager and Coordinators to logístically support an amazing fundraising programme.

You will be responsible for setting up festivals, maintaining the kit and helping withlogístical tasks as per requested by the Programme Manager or Coordinator.

You must be flexible and able to work under pressure, and have a good understanding of how festivals work.

Key areas of Responsibility

Logistics and Equipment

  • Ensuring vehicles, kit and equipment remain clean and maintained at safety standards as per risk assessments
  • Ensuring the safe transport and set up of marquees to and from festivals/sites
  • Ensuring all marquees are constructed safely in line with the festival health and safety guidelines.
  • Ensuring the upkeep and maintenance of the virtual reality (VR) headsets and that they are fully charged before each festival.
  • Maintenance of storage room, ensuring Asset Tiger (our storage management system) is being used and managed correctly
  • Ensuring the safe pack down of festivals within the time frames of the festival organisers
  • Provide adequate food and camping equipment to fundraisers at festivals
  • All other logístical necessities required by the festivals programme
Essential Requirements

  • Clean valid driving license of at least 2 years
  • Must be 25 years old or over (due to van rental requirements)
  • Ability to drive large vans
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Awareness and knowledge of the UK festivals market
  • Time management skills
  • Must be Londonbased or commutable
  • Manual handling skills
  • Must be available to work Latitude and Glastonbury festival.

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