Assistant Operations Manager

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Job summary

A healthcare charity is looking for an Assistant Operations Manager to oversee event logistics and ensure smooth operations during conferences. Responsibilities include managing event staff, preparing meeting spaces, and ensuring cleanliness. Candidates should have experience in event management, strong organizational skills, and the ability to coach team members. This is a full-time, permanent position based in London offering an annual salary of £31,410.88.

Qualifications

• Experience managing events and operations.
• Ability to coach and train team members.
• Strong organizational skills for logistics.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of the conference smoothly.
• Prepare event spaces and equipment before client arrival.
• Ensure cleanliness of banqueting rooms.
• Assist management in scheduling staff for events.
• Manage daily shifts with team briefings.

Job description

Assistant Operations Manager

£31,410.88

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 40 hours per week across 7 days, including shift work, evenings, weekends, and public holidays as required.

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a UK charity and membership organisation dedicated to advancing health. Through learning and collaboration, we empower a global community of healthcare professionals to enhance their practice and improve patient outcomes, while promoting a broader understanding of health through public engagement.

Founded in 1805, the RSM has a long history of bringing individuals with diverse experiences together to share knowledge and pioneer new approaches to medicine and healthcare. Today, our membership connects the full spectrum of healthcare disciplines and career stages, with our educational events programmes and learning resources supporting healthcare professionals worldwide. Our members, partners and collaborators work collectively, drawing on one another’s expertise to raise standards and develop innovative solutions. Together, we are transforming healthcare, and lives, for the better.

Responsibilities

• Managing and assist in the delivery of the smooth running of the conference
• Ensuring that all event and meeting rooms and equipment are ready for use before the client’s arrival
• Ensuring that all banqueting rooms are clean and tidy when not in use
• Managing, coaching, training, and development of the operation events team members
• Assisting management in preparing work schedules for staff ensuring there is sufficient resource planned for events
• Managing day to day shifts including performing team briefings pre-service

For more information, please see the Assistant Operations Manager JD

Closing date for applications: There is no closing date; we will be sifting and interviewing candidates as we receive suitable applications.

Interviews: Initial half hour telephone call will be followed by a face-to-face interview

To apply please send your CV quoting reference RSM112 to [e-mail]

The RSM is committed to equal opportunities. Equal opportunities are provided to all applicants for roles without regard to gender, race, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected category.

The Society is committed to the safeguarding and fair processing of information received from candidates applying for opportunities within it and fully complies with the spirit and regulations of the GDPR. For a full statement about the type of data that the Society keeps about job applicants and the purposes for which it is kept, please visit our website at: https://www.rsm.ac.uk/fair-processing-notice-for-job-applicants/