Events Assistant

Opus People Solutions Ltd; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Community Events Support Officer to work on events delivery and coordination for local councils. This role involves developing, implementing, and monitoring event programmes alongside external and internal teams. Candidates should have experience in events, marketing, or project management. The position is part-time (25-30 hours/week) with a hybrid location requirement, and may involve occasional weekend work.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering and coordinating events.
• Ability to build effective relationships with partners, stakeholders, and community groups.
• Strong organisational skills for event planning and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement cohesive events programmes.
• Manage relationships with external partners for event involvement.
• Coordinate logistics and documentation for event planning.

Skills

Experience in Events

Marketing skills

Project Management

Job description

Community Events Support Officer

Pay: £14.13

Hours: 25-30 hours per week (can be flexible)

Length: 3 months with opportunity for extension

Location: Redditch Town Hall / Hybrid. Occasionally required to work some weekends and evenings to attend events.

Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of Bromsgrove and Redditch Council for a temporary Community Events Officer to support events delivery and co‑ordination of events, internal and external.

Main responsibilities

To develop, implement, deliver and monitor cohesive and complementary events programmes, work with Park Project & Events Officer to ensure current services reflect the most effective use of resources, promote integration, assist in production of service and site‑specific improvement plans to increase usage, attendances, participation and satisfaction ratings of service areas.

To assist the Service Management Team in providing strong, effective and cohesive service management through building effective working relationships with external partners, stakeholders and communities groups in order to develop and improve the provision of services to local residents, to develop activity programmes, projects and schemes that promote the positive impact that sport, physical activity, active recreation, arts and cultural experience can have on residents’ standard of living at all times.

Role Specific Duties

• Assist with the Research & Development of events
• Assist with sourcing, securing, and procuring external organisations and partners who will participate in the event
• Contact and source third‑party agencies, organisations and individuals who align with the events
• Identify what resources are required
• Provide Briefings (verbal and written)
• Obtain Quotes and Invoices
• Attend site visits, document and evidence
• Co‑ordinate with external and internal departments and staff to assist with the planning and organisation (eg. procurement, payments, finance)
• Maintain the “Live Project Tracker” (setup project/work plan, budgets, supplier database and contact lists)
• Ensure the project is running to schedule and within budgets
• Assist with event management documents - event management plan, risk assessments, site maps and plans
• Assist with event production, operations and event logistics
• Assist with marketing and promotion of the event
• Assist with site management, setups and pack down

If you have experience in Events, Marketing or Project Management please apply now.