Events Lead - London, United Kingdom - Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title:
Events Lead

Perm

Dept - Content & Channels

The team/department

Are you a senior events professional with strategic events expertise, team management and leadership experience?

Events are one of our key communications channels at the FCA. We frequently join up with Communications colleagues to ensure alignment across our communications activities and channels.

What you will be doing:

You will be responsible for FCA events programme for external stakeholders, including core events such as Annual Public Meeting and flagship policies such as Consumer Duty
Set the strategic direction of events to align with Business Plan and Communications priorities, including leading the continual evolution of facetoface, virtual, and hybrid events
Provide strategic advice on how events can be best leveraged as a comms channel to achieve business objectives

The skills and experience you will have:

Oversee the evaluation, measurement, and reporting of the events programme to demonstrate value and impact
Responsible for Events budget, including forecasting and reconciliation
Lead procurement of event suppliers, and oversee supplier performance to ensure consistently high quality
Leadership and line management of Events colleagues (currently 5 direct reports)
Manage resourcing and capacity of team, ensuring adequate allocation and support for high-pressure periods and building in flexibility and contingency
Performance and development management of team to align with FCA values and capability framework
Recruitment and onboarding of new starters

Minimum:

Significant experience in a senior corporate event planning role with experience of advising and managing senior internal stakeholders
Experience in setting event strategy
Departmental budget responsibility
Leadership and team management
Working knowledge of Cvent
Experience of planning and delivering virtual and hybrid events
Familiarity with webinar production and virtual event technology
Knowledge of London and UK venues.

Essential:

Excellent stakeholder management skills offer constructive challenge, influence senior stakeholders
Strategic thinking and sound judgement able to see 'the big picture', make critical decisions, and recognise potential issues
Excellent project management skills highly organised with the ability to make progress at a rapid pace, managing competing demands and meeting tight deadlines in a rapidly changing environment.
Ability to remain calm under pressure, think on their feet and problemsolve
Highly motivated and able to demonstrate high quality and timely deliverables
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across organisation
Flexibility and adaptability to manage periods of high demand internally, and as the external events landscape continues to evolve
Excellent written and spoken skills

Desirable:

Comfortable with flexible working patterns to meet event requirements

What you get from the role:

Opportunity to influence how events can be strategically leveraged into an effective communications and engagement tool
Gain experience in designing events aimed at financial services firms and industry bodies, government institutions, academia, international regulators, members of the public
Gain exposure across all areas of FCA
The salary range in London is up to £72,000 per annum plus a competitive benefits package, including a non-contributory pension
The salary range in Edinburgh & Leeds is up to £66,000 per annum plus a competitive benefits package, including a non-contributory pension

Our competitive Flexible Benefits Scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Additional information on the core benefits you will receive can be found

here

About the FCA:

The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive.

We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found

here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity:
Our ambition is to create a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the society we serve, helping us to be a better regulator

Flexible working:

Multilocation & hybrid working:

Useful information:

Applications for this role close on at midnight on Thursday 9th March 2023
Got a question? If you are internal and interested learning more about the role, please contact Darren Chambers atThe interview process for this opportunity will involve a competencybased interview and technical case study. For additional guidance and support on the FCA's interview process, please visit our careers site here.