Events Manager in Farnham)

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Events Manager for a one-year maternity cover position. The role involves overseeing the events team, managing budgets, and ensuring high-quality execution of events. The ideal candidate will possess strong team management skills and extensive experience in event management.

Qualifications

• Experience in event or project management is essential.
• Proven ability to manage a team effectively.
• Strong organizational capabilities, especially in process management.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the events team and ensuring event execution to a high standard.
• Managing annual budgets for events and ensuring profitability.
• Communicating with teams and addressing any complaints or issues.

Skills

Team Management

Organisational Capability

Budget Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Job description

Events Manager required 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 new Leaders.

Updating Regionals on any system changes, embargos, new events or anything else that would need communicating to all Leaders.

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.