Event Manager

The NEC Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The NEC Group is seeking an Event Manager to coordinate events across major venues, delivering exceptional customer experiences. The role emphasizes leadership, event planning, and managing health and safety. Candidates should have a background in event management and relevant health and safety qualifications, with a dynamic team-oriented approach.

Benefits

Flexible/hybrid working options

Bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Free onsite parking and lunch

Pension matching up to 7%

Life Assurance cover

Private Medical Insurance

Dental, Cash Health, and Holiday Buy

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a high performing Event Manager.
• Awareness of health and safety in event management.
• Ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning and delivery lifecycle of events across multiple venues.
• Ensure client satisfaction and enhance the client experience.
• Evaluate health and safety requirements and provide feedback.

Skills

Customer service

Financial management

Adaptability

Education

Health and Safety qualifications (e.g., IOSH)

Job description

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Join the NEC Group and be part of something extraordinary!

Event Manager

The NEC Group is looking for talented and passionate individuals to join our dynamic team. Our mission is to create unforgettable experiences through world-class events and services.

We have a fantastic opening for an Event Manager to join our Conventions team in Event Management.

You’ll be working across our convention centres, at the ICC in Birmingham City Centre and Vox on the NEC Campus in Solihull and also within the NEC with the Suite bookings. These venues provide conference and meeting space for up to 8,000 delegates, welcoming over 350,000 delegates every year! And you’ll be part of a first-class team that is renowned for delivering incredible events.

About The Role

We are looking for a fun-loving and vibrant Event Manager, who is passionate about delivering a consistently excellent experience to all, internally and externally. The portfolio of events you will work on will be wide ranging and key responsibilities of the role include taking full ownership of event planning, management and the delivery lifecycle on events across the ICC and the Vox.

Aspiring to lead from the front in delivering world class customer experience, striving to be an industry expert and competent in basic health and safety related matters for events, whilst learning and developing operational excellence is hopefully something that excites you.

Day to day you will…

- Evaluate each event upon allocation to ensure the event can be delivered, alongside any neighbouring events within the venues, to ensure the best client and delegate experience.
- Be responsible for high client satisfaction levels in conjunction with other colleagues on the events, identifying areas to add value to the client experience moving forward.
- Understand and collate relevant Health and Safety information (Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work etc), reviewing them, providing feedback and sharing risks to necessary Heads of Department & event floor colleagues.

About You

Our Ideal Candidate will….
- Have demonstrable experience of being a high performing Event Manager with similar clients, venues or industries.
- Be competent in financial management of events.
- Have an awareness of health and safety and possess Health and Safety qualifications such as IOSH
- Have excellent customer service skills
- Have good adaptability skills and be proficient at working in a fast-paced environment, working across several projects at a time.

We believe in people to people (we are a people first business), love of difference (because embracing and celebrating difference brings our business to life) and being moment makers (memories are made here - so we make every moment matter).

What We Offer

• Salary up to £38,745k
• Flexible/hybrid working options
• Bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 26 after one year plus all UK bank holidays
• Free onsite parking and lunch when working
• Pension matching up to 7% (and you can contribute more)
• Life Assurance cover
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental, Cash Health, and Holiday Buy
• Exclusive Discounts and many more great benefits

The NEC Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. NEC Group is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm, you will find a home within the NEC Group.

Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.

Disclaimer: due to high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date.