Events Officer (temporary)

Morgan Hunt UK Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading Higher Education institution in South East London as a Student Recruitment Events Officer. This role offers the opportunity to coordinate and deliver engaging recruitment events, ensuring a positive experience for attendees. Collaborate with various departments to enhance student applications and conversions while managing logistics and supervising student ambassadors. With flexible working hours and a competitive hourly rate, this position is perfect for those passionate about event management in an educational setting. Be part of a dynamic team dedicated to driving student success and engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating and delivering events.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate student recruitment events.
• Supervise student ambassadors and ensure a high-quality attendee experience.
• Prepare event materials and manage attendee communications.

Skills

Event Coordination

Communication Skills

Team Management

Logistics Management

Education

Degree in Event Management or related field

Job description

Company

You will be working for a leading Higher Education institution in South East London. They are looking for temporary events support for a duration of starting 12/5 to 31/7/25.

Purpose of the role:

The post holder will support with the coordination and delivery of all student recruitment events related activity for the University. The primary focus of the post is to support the coordination of student recruitment and conversion events (including Open Days, Applicant Days, virtual events, and fairs) to ensure a positive high-quality experience for event attendees driving student applications and applicant conversion to the University. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the university, the Student Recruitment Events Officer will liaise with academic departments and professional services staff to organise the delivery of an excellent attendee experience, whether attending virtually or physically.

The post holder is responsible for carrying out the day-to-day logistics of student recruitment events, ensuring completion of tasks in the event work plans. The post holder will monitor and manage their workloads to effectively support the coordination of the events in accordance with work plans, objectives and health and safety polices.

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate student recruitment events to drive applications and conversions.

• Supervise student ambassadors and ensure a high-quality attendee experience.

• Prepare accurate event schedules, materials, and manage attendee communications.

• Build effective relationships with internal teams and external suppliers to support event delivery.

• Support continuous improvement, special projects, and report on sector trends.

• Maintain professionalism, meet deadlines, resolve issues proactively, and comply with University policies

In return:
- You will be paid an hourly rate of £17.42

- Working hours: 9-5pm Monday-Friday (flexibility required to cover events including evenings and occasional Saturday)

Additional info:

They have an Open Day scheduled for Saturday 21st June and a Clearing event on Saturday 5th July. The candidate would be expected to work at both of these events. Additionally, they also have an active weekday evening schedule with onsite campus tours, webinars and other similar events. Most of these run early in the evening and often finish by 6 or 7. They make toil arrangements around the evening work. Weekend work could be arranged as paid overtime or toil, which will need to be agreed

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.