Events Manager

Lamb Personnel Solutions; Farnham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Events Manager for a 1-year maternity cover in Farnham. The role includes team management, budget oversight and ensuring high-quality event execution. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in event management and strong organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a busy environment.
• Proven experience in event or project management.

Responsibilities

• Leading and motivating the events team to deliver high-quality events.
• Managing annual events budgets and ensuring profitability.
• Overseeing all events, planning future activities and managing communication.

Skills

Team Management

Organisational Skills

Pressure Management

Budget Management

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Adaptability

Job description

Events Manager required in Farnham, Surrey – for a 1 year Maternity cover to be responsible for overseeing the events team, ensuring that all events are viable and executed to a high standard; organising high profile and large scale events.

Key responsibilities:

Reporting to the Head of Events, the role responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Team Management

• Leading and motivating the events team to deliver high quality events and experiences for the Membership.
• Monitoring and managing the teams workload.
• Dealing with any sickness, absences, HR issues and holidays within the team.
• Running PDR meetings throughout the year to keep the team on top of their goals.
• Organising training for the team.
• Running team meetings to update the team on all events coming up.
• Ultimately responsible for GDPR for events including the inbox and GDrive.

Budgets

• Responsible for the annual events budgets/codes which are set at the start of each financial year.
• Final budget sign off on shows and events.
• Ensuring that the team are putting on profit making events.

Events

• Shaping any new event ideas that come in.
• Overseeing all events, across the year.
• Future planning to ensure a range of events are being offered across the membership.

Comms

• Running events training for newLeaders.
• Updating Regionals on any system changes, embargos, new events or anything else that would need communicating to allLeaders.
• Dealing with any Leader or Member complaints that may be escalated to Managers level.
• Having a presence at pre term to engage with Leaders. Once a year or more, running round robin sessions. Occasionally presenting to all leaders when necessary.
• Communicating events to Heads of departments whose teams may be affected.
• Running event promotion meetings to ensure the wider team are promoting events as necessary.

The successful candidate will have had experience working in a busy environment. Experience of event or project management is essential.

Relevant skills will include:

• Ability to manage a team
• Strong organisational capability and process management.
• Ability to prioritise, working well under pressure.
• Ability to create and oversee budgets.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong team player.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Adaptable and flexible.

Monday to Friday, 9am-5:30pm.