Events Programme Lead - Camden, United Kingdom - Gordon Yates Limited

Gordon Yates Limited

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Camden, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Drafting detailed minutes, organising and facilitating meetings.
Degree educated or similar
Have good stakeholder management skills

Events Programme Lead
We are seeking an Events Programme Lead.

You will need experience having previously taken responsibility for the project management and delivery of events, from inception to delivery.

This is a newly created position to provide additional support during a very busy time. The position is initial a 5 month fixed term contract through until May 2023.
Who you will be working for?
Our Client is a membership organisation located in the City. They are a diverse, engaging and inclusive employer.
What will you be doing?

As Events Programme Lead you will support the Head of Events in the development and delivery of the events programme, comprising of a number of small to medium-sized conferences, a Graduation and two Awards ceremonies.

Working collaboratively within a small team of 2 others your key duties will also include:

Deliver high quality, engaging and commercially sustainable events, within budget.
Support the Head of Events in with events programming panels to agree themes, formats, session topics and speakers, ensuring all events are topical and address audience need.
Work with content team, sponsors and partners to develop a compelling content proposition pre and postevent, particularly for larger events, including the annual conference, awards ceremonies and graduation.
Where required, support Events colleagues in events logistics, including proactively managing supplier contracts, organising platform or venue hire, arranging AV and catering and others.
Work with the Head of Events to deliver on financial targets for all events, including working to robust budgets, advising on progress against targets, organising deposits and/or staged payments against contracted terms, and preparing final P&Ls.
Work with the Head of Events and marketing and sales colleagues on suitable marketing campaigns for each event, including agreeing event themes and target audiences, and ensuring all event copy, agendas and visuals are current and correct.
Ensure all events are set up on systems for taking bookings and dispatching joining instructions, ensuring that pricing and data requirements have been logged.
Any other reasonable related and required duties.

About you:
You will need to have at relevant experience within a similar events position; 3 developing and running profitable events.

You will also need:

Degree educated or similar
Relevant experience planning virtual events.
Experience coordinating and and project managing multiple streams of work.
Commercial approach and familiarity with working to and assisting with the preparation of budgets.
Experience in the gathering of event analytics and their use in driving decisionmaking.

- confident user of microsoft packages in an office environment, especially MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

What's in it for you?
The Events Programme Lead is a 5 month fixed term contract opportunity through until May 2023. The working hours are 9am-5pm Mon-Fri with some hybrid working (1-2 days from home). The applicable salary is up to £38,700pa (dependent on experience).