Outdoor & Large Scale (Commercial Events Manager)

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

25 days leave

Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Job summary

AVH Parks is seeking an Outdoor & Large Scale Commercial Events Manager to lead complex events across the park network, from concept to completion. You’ll drive revenue, manage contracts, ensure safety, and coordinate with partners and authorities in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong commercial acumen, a proven track record in outdoor events, and the ability to travel between parks in the Eastern Region while working weekends/evenings as the schedule requires.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex or large-scale events.
• Ability to own contracts, risk, safety and compliance.
• Commercial thinker with ROI focus.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver a large-scale outdoor events strategy across multiple parks.
• Identify income opportunities, partnerships, filming and media use.
• Lead event planning including contracts, licenses, risk assessments and safety docs.
• Act as accountable for compliance, delivery and evaluation.
• Manage external stakeholders: organisers, partners, emergency services and authorities.
• Support park teams to deliver smaller events while upholding standards.

Skills

Large-scale events management

Contract management

Risk & safety compliance

Commercial mindset

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Outdoor & Large Scale (Commercial Events Manager) Salary from: £47,000 per annum Location: Wing Water, Rutland Permanent

Create unforgettable experiences. Drive commercial growth. Lead our biggest events. Do you have a passion for delivering outstanding large-scale events that captivate audiences, generate revenue and leave a lasting impact? Are you an ambitious events professional with the commercial acumen to spot opportunities, build partnerships and successfully deliver complex outdoor events from concept to completion? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join AVH Parks as our Outdoor & Large-Scale Commercial Events Manager. This is a high‑profile, high‑impact role where you’ll be trusted to: Grow our large scale events, filming an promotional usage offer Protect safety, financial success, compliance and reputation Deliver memorable experiences that generate real return From large public events and festivals to filming, media and specialist commercial hires in a parkland environment, if it’s complex, bespoke or high‑risk, it’s yours to lead. We are looking for a creative and driven individual to help us build our large scale and commercial events business and grow our current events baseline. You’ll be sales and service focused, bring contacts in the events industry and will work closely with Senior Stakeholders and park delivery teams you will support our One Team, One Experience approach to generate new, exciting events and opportunities on our parks across the Eastern Region. Your events will complement the natural park environments in keeping with each of our sites, Rutland, Grafham, Alton, Pitsford & Taverham Mill. This is a regional role and travel across our parks will be required along with weekend and evening working in line with the event programme we deliver.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Shaping and delivering the large scale, outdoor and commercial events strategy across the parks portfolio
• Identifying and developing income‑generating opportunities, partnerships, filming and media use
• Leading event planning, including contracts, licensing, risk assessments and safety documentation
• Acting as the single point of accountability for compliance, delivery and evaluation
• Managing external stakeholders — organisers, partners, emergency services and authorities
• Supporting and coaching park teams to deliver smaller-scale, value‑adding events
• Ensuring exceptional health & safety standards and regulatory compliance
• Measuring event performance, impact and ROI, feeding learning back into the sales pipeline

Why AVH Parks?

AVH Parks is part of the Anglian Water Group (AWG), and managed 14 parks across the East of England and East Midlands, including Rutland, Grafham, Alton and Pitsford Water. We also provide fishery, estate and grounds maintenance services to third-party operators as a commercially focused leisure and land management business. We strive to Make Today Great for all of our customers, every day.

Who We’re Looking For

• Has proven experience managing complex or large‑scale events
• Is confident owning contracts, risk, safety and compliance
• T thinks commercially and understands return on investment
• Is calm, credible and decisive when plans change
• Builds strong relationships with internal teams and external partners
• Isn’t afraid to challenge, say no, or reset scope to protect safety, sales or service
• Thrives in a fast pace, sometimes high pressure environment and in a role with real responsibility and autonomy
• Experience in public events, festivals, outdoor venues, filming/media, or destination venues is a strong advantage

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• 25 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Bank Holiday entitlement added to annual leave
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme up to 8.33% (Company performance related)
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers.

We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process.

If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK.