Job Description

Excellent project management-focussed opportunity for an experienced Event Manager to bring to the fore their project management, team co-ordination, and strategic flair to taking a lead role in key areas of the event offering (across both f2f and virtual) at this leading professional body.

Organisation & Context
This is a hugely respected professional association/institute within a specific of the financial sector. As an organisation their aim is to provide insightful leadership, relevant learning and a valued membership proposition to maintain and grow an engaged membership. The organisation’s events are a valuable aspect of the overall membership proposition, and important to raising the profile of the institute, both internally and externally.  As well as their own member and CPD events, they are growing their own agency proposition, and this role will play a key role in driving and delivering that. The role comes with line management responsibilities.

Role
The role focusses heavily on project management and strategy – so would appeal to someone looking to step away more from hands-on event delivery, and focus more on project and team planning, and processes. It is a full and varied role, and as such offers an exciting and unusual opportunity. As Events Manager, reporting into the Group Events Manager, you’ll take the lead on some key areas within the overall event offering, and will have 3 x Event Logistics Co-ordinators directly reporting into you. As Events Manager you’ll be responsible for allocating the events to the team members for delivery, specifically within their major tri-annual UK-wide roadshow programme. You’ll also be assisting in project managing the organisation’s largest annual conference event taking place with many different stakeholders. Another aspect of your role will be implementing and researching new processes and procedures with a changing software platform offering and fully supporting the events team on their delivery of an array of events, for members and external clients. Your remit will include responsibility:

• Oversee/project manage the delivery of the Institutes’ tri-annual CPD roadshow – 26 venues, 4-5 week, audience size ranging from 50-400 pax.  You’ll be managing the team of 3 Event Co-ordinators that deliver the preplanning and logistics of this regular set piece UK-wide roadshow. (nb you will not be required to go on-site for this)
• The organisation are growing their ‘agency’/PCO offering – and in this role you will be responsible for the setting up and development of the agency function/processes etc for delivering bespoke events for relevant corporate partners
• You’ll also take the main role in overseeing and managing the delivery aspects of the virtual event platform for delivery of digital events (experience of ON24 platform very beneficial)
• You’ll also have a high involvement in the delivery of their annual ‘festival’ conference event

You:
You’ll be a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with depth and breadth of experience in events management, ideally with event agency/PCO knowledge/insight. You will have excellent stakeholder management skills, including liaising directly and confidently with senior level contacts, and possess planning and strategic thinking skills with the ability to implement new processes and procedures. You will be able to evidence content and events management experience, including a strong track record of setting up an events/ department/ processes/ procedures/ database integration/events database. 
Specifically you’ll be an ambitious and proactive event professional looking to take their career and experience on an upward trajectory, who would enjoy having full project management and budget responsibility for key areas of an organisation’s event offering.

• You will be a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with experience in Events and management, ideally with agency knowledge.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate confidently and effectively with those at senior levels.
• Possess planning and strategic thinking skills with the ability to implement new processes and procedures.
• Experience of working with an events managements CRM system, is desirable.
• Experience of implementing new software inc. CRM system into team is desirable.
• Experience in using digital software such as ON24 is desirable.
• Have excellent attention to detail, good time management skills and excellent organisational skills
• An existing knowledge of insurance/financial services industries including event content, and/or with the ability and interest to understand and look to continuously improve the content and format event offering of the organisation to meet client and member needs
• Good knowledge and understanding with a strong track record of setting up an events/ department/ processes/ procedures/ database integration/ events database
• Experience of supplier management/project management

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Event Manager to bring their varied skills set across project, logistics, team, process and event management to a varied role in a really friendly, supportive and down to earth events team.  Looking to interview asap – so click APPLY now!