Events Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Lane Clark & Peacock

Lane Clark & Peacock
Lane Clark & Peacock
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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LCP is an award-winning consultancy providing advice on pensions, investments, insurance, energy, health analytics and employee benefits. We advise nearly one quarter of the FTSE250 and half of the FTSE100 firms. We are a team of over 900 across our offices in London and Winchester.


We now have an exciting opportunity for an Events Assistant to join our Business Development department, based in either London or Winchester.


What's the role?

Who are we looking for?

  • Someone keen to learn different aspects of event delivery
  • Someone who loves working as part of a team
  • A person for whom variety is the spice of life every day will be different
  • A team player, who wants to contribute ideas as well as help others achieve their planned goals
  • A proactive approach coupled with the ability to use your own initiative

What will your key responsibilities be?

  • Supporting the events manager to deliver a varied events programme, with involvement through the whole lifecycle of an event including venue finding, invitations, advance and ontheday planning, making sure everything runs smoothly, gathering and reviewing feedback
  • Managing event logistics
  • Keeping project teams and wider internal stakeholders up to date
  • Preparing collateral (badges, handouts, popup stands etc) and attending events, assisting with set up / set down, registering guests etc.
  • Helping with event reporting and general event administration
  • Working with external agencies and suppliers (venues, caterers, and other suppliers) as well as specialists within the firm (eg design, data, legal and finance)
  • Work collaboratively with the Events Manager to support on flagship events and (once trained), taking ownership of delivering smaller events and the corporate hospitality programme

What skills, qualifications and qualities are we looking for?

  • Strong communication (written and spoken)
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to prioritise and organise workload
  • Good attention to detail
  • Able to work within a team effectively and collaboratively
  • Previous event experience would be an advantage
  • Partnership or professional services experience desirable

What technical ability do you need?

  • Required: Microsoft office 365
  • Basic understanding of design software would also be useful

What's in it for you?


As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work.


Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:
hybrid working (varies by role and department), professional study support (where applicable), access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women's networks

For your family:
Life assurance, income protection, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health: 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly), options to buy & sell holiday, discounted gym memberships, private medical, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits, eye care vouchers, cycle to work scheme, digital GP services

For your wealth:
competitive pension scheme, discretionary bonus scheme, high street discounts, season ticket loans


For others:
volunteering opportunities

And much more


We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

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