Events Specialist

UK Atomic Energy Authority; South Oxfordshire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organisation in clean energy seeks an Events Specialist to plan and execute various events that enhance brand awareness and support business growth. The role requires excellent organisational skills and experience in event planning. Responsibilities include managing stakeholder events, preparing budgets, and ensuring each event aligns with brand standards. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications and strong communication skills. This role offers flexibility with hybrid working options.

Benefits

21.5% employer pension contribution

25 days annual leave plus 3 days Christmas closure, 2.5 privilege days, and 8 Bank holidays

Flexible and hybrid working options

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in event planning.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks effectively.
• Ability to travel off site at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Devise and organise UKAEA events for various stakeholders.
• Prepare budgets for events, tracking income and expenditure.
• Ensure events align with brand standards.

Skills

Event planning experience

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Proactive problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field

Job description

• Division: Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
• Department: External Communications

Company Description

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industryand research organisations to achieveground breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the gridby developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

Job Description

The Events Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing UKAEA events that enhance brand awareness, drive customer engagement, and support business growth. This role requires a creative thinker to be a key contact for internal and external stakeholders, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously.

• · Devise and organise UKAEA events, both on and off site, for a variety of stakeholders
• · Prepare budgets for events, tracking income and expenditure
• · Create sponsorship packages, promoting and selling them to cover the costs of events
• · Ensure events are executed flawlessly and align with brand standards
• · Collate and analyse event feedback to continually improve UKAEA events
• · Manage Association Events Conferences (up to 1000 delegates)
• · Manage Business Development Managers’ attendance at exhibitions
• · Build and maintain relationships with external partners

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field
• Demonstrable experience in event planning
• Excellent organisational skills withthe ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks effectively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive and ableto work independently, identifying and implementing solutions to tasks
• Ability to be able to travel off site, sometimes at short notice, to manage events or attend site visits
• Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure,2.5 privilege dayand8Bank holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working options

UKAEA’s mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.Further information can be foundhere .UKAEAis committed to being accessible. Please email [e-mail] if you require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis.