Event Operations Manager

Company of Cooks; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering company is seeking an experienced Event Operations Manager to manage prestigious events across London, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of event management experience, excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to travel extensively for planning purposes. This is a full-time position offering a salary of £40,000 per annum with numerous benefits including personal development opportunities and health support.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support

Great wellbeing strategy

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• 2-3 years’ experience in event management.
• Responsible for planning and overseeing events.
• Flexibility to travel extensively for client meetings.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end event management for prestigious events.
• Provide communication and updates to clients and stakeholders.
• Oversee budget management, logistics coordination, and vendor negotiation.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer service

Leadership experience

Job description

We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we’ve been part of some of the UK’s most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.

Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you’ll feel right at home here.

Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we’re looking for an Event Operations Manager to join our team with Prestigious Events across London, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Location: London with some travel to Scotland, and Northern Ireland

Salary: £40,000 per annum

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week, predominantly Monday-Friday (flexibility is required)

Key Responsibilities:

• End to end event management for a series of prestigious events throughout the year
• Provide clear communication and regular updates to clients, partners, and internal stakeholders
• Budget management, logistics coordination, vendor negotiation, and marketing promotion
• Responsible for project management, overseeing all aspects from planning to completion to ensure objectives are met on time and within budget

Our Ideal Candidate:

• 2-3 years’ experience in a similar position
• Responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing all aspects of an event from start to finish
• Must possess excellent communication and organisational skills
• Must be flexible as you will be required to travel extensively to meet with potential clients for event planning briefs, vendors
• Passionate about delivering outstanding customer serviceStrong leadership or supervisory experience in a similar hospitality or contract catering role

What's in it for you?

Working with Company Of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers