Legal Training & Event Manager

Liverpool Law Society; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Liverpool Law Society seeks a Legal Training & Event Manager to oversee its training programs and events. This hybrid role involves managing all aspects of event planning, conducting marketing, and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong organizational, marketing, and communication skills, as well as experience in event management within the legal or professional sector.

Benefits

20-25 days of holiday per annum

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to work from home

Qualifications

• Experience managing budgets and organizing events is crucial.
• Experience in marketing events through multi-channel approaches.
• Ability to manage a heavy workload and conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Society’s legal training programme and events.
• Maintain relationships with sponsors and third parties.
• Produce marketing materials for events across digital platforms.

Skills

Event organisation

Marketing

Stakeholder management

Organisational skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Knowledge of the legal sector

Tools

MS Office

MS Dynamics CRM

Mailchimp

Job description

Location:
Work from home with occasional in-person attendance at events in Liverpool city centre or wider Merseyside area

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Liverpool Law Society is looking to appoint a Legal Training & Event Manager. You will be in charge of the Society’s legal training programme, identifying and arranging open courses for solicitors, barristers, legal executives, paralegals and others working in the legal sector. You will manage the entire process from the planning stage, right through to running the event and carrying out the post-event evaluation. The role is primarily hands-on.

You will also arrange business networking events, both formal and informal, on occasion. With both legal training events and other events, the Society works with sponsors and it would be a key element of your role to maintain excellent relationship with third parties and fulfil the sponsorship agreements.

You will be in charge of producing the marketing for the Society’s legal training events & other activities across digital and social media platforms, with assistance from colleagues, and other duties as befit a professional membership organisation.

We are a small, busy team with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and we are looking for longevity with our colleagues. With a hybrid working model, a strong culture of collaboration, and opportunity to lead a local Law Society’s training and events programme, this is a fantastic opportunity to embed yourself in the heart of the local legal community and make a real difference.

Experience

• Event organisation
• Marketing of events, utilizing a multi-channel approach – for instance social media, email campaigns, website, content marketing and partnerships.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Previous experience of working in, or knowledge of, the legal or other professional sector desirable

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent organisational and time management skills necessary
• Stakeholder management ability
• Ability to see projects through from start to finish
• Ability to manage a heavy workload and at times conflicting priorities as well as tracking progress on a wide range of tasks
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to maintain discretion in confidential matters.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent command of the English language
• Proficient in MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word and technology generally
• Experience of MS Dynamics CRM and Mailchimp beneficial
• 4 or 5 days (28 – 35 hours) a week from Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm
• Mostly working from home with some Liverpool city centre attendance at in-person events
• Some overtime required – flexibility is important
• 20 days holidays (excluding bank holidays) per annum, up to 25 days for long service after 5 years for full time employees

Only candidates considered for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within ten days, then your application has not been successful. No agencies please.

We reserve the right to close this role before the date specified depending on the calibre and volume of candidates.