Events Manager
Posted 10/04/2024 by Adecco
JOB TITLE: Events Manager
LOCATION: Full time office based, Ealing (W5 2HL)
PAY RATE: £19.50 paye / £25.62 umbrella (per hour)
START DATE: ASAP
DURATION/Hours: 3 month initial contract/ 35 hours a week (Mon-Fri, 9-5)
Role purpose:
- The hospitality and events team is a key part of the ICT and Property Services department, delivering high quality event and meeting services to the council and external clients and responsible for meeting challenging income targets.
- The primary function of the Event Manager role is to sell and promote the hospitality business across the Ealing council corporate estate at any other LB Ealing-contracted venues as required. The post holder will manage both internal council and external events and support the senior management to develop a commercial culture and customer-focused environment.
- The role is predominantly Monday - Friday with regular evening and occasional weekend and bank holiday working.
Key duties:
- Actively sell and promote the venues within the Hospitality and Events portfolio, undertaking show rounds, event planning meetings and supplier meetings as necessary.
- To achieve sales targets as determined by the senior facilities and events manager for the group of properties and to produce sales and basic financial reporting information as requested.
- Carry-out office administration such as maintaining filing systems and databases, sending out brochures, contracts, and written correspondence, keeping accurate records all the time adhering to the Hospitality & Events Departmental procedures.
- To be familiar with all aspects of Priava or similar event database system, attend trainings and ensure the database is managed and maintained effectively for operational and reporting purposes.
- To administer and work small and medium sized internal and external events operationally; to develop strong relationships with repeat booking clients alongside the Events & administration manager.
- To assist the Events and administration manager with developing ideas for marketing initiatives to generate sales and support the delivery of the Hospitality & Events Marketing Strategy
Knowledge, skills & experience:
- Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and deliver to deadline - able to multi-task and use own initiative.
- Demonstrable evidence of office administration experience including experience with data filing, telephone and email use
- Experience of managing events across multiple locations in non-standard venues dealing predominantly with temporary events
- Experience of working to KPI targets and sales targets
- Good communication and customer service skills, both written and verbal; ability to communicate outcomes to a lay client and to senior managers and elected members
- Demonstrate a good basic knowledge of health & safety legislation, licensing laws and legislation
- Previous experience of selling high quality venue space and event services to different types of clients ideally across a broad spectrum of business
- Experience of regular use of event management software, ideally Priava as well; demonstrable knowledge of working with Microsoft office packages including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
- An appropriate professional qualification / degree, member of a relevant professional body ( Hospitality or event management, IOSH)
- Relevant venue sales or management experience ideally across a multi-site property portfolio
- BIIAB personal licence holder would be desirable
- Full, clean driver's licence would be desirable
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- Type:
- Contract, Temporary
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- 3 months
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- Job Reference:
- 7504_1712737909
- Job ID:
- 221444977
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