Senior Meetings & Events Planner

Corporate Benefit Services; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an award-winning events team as a Senior Meetings & Events Planner at a prestigious venue in London. You will play a crucial role in planning high-revenue events, managing client relationships, and ensuring exceptional service delivery. This role promises growth and offers a competitive salary along with ample benefits.

Benefits

27 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays

Group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution

Interest-free season ticket loan

Life assurance

Annual pay award

Employee assistance program for 24/7 advice

Occupational health assessments

Cycle to work scheme

Professional training and development opportunities

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Event Planning and Coordination.
• Experience in hospitality/events industry specializing in conferences and meetings.
• Ability to manage own workload and complete tasks with high accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with customers throughout the entire event process.
• Planning and coordinating both physical and hybrid events.
• Preparing and processing deposits and invoices accurately.

Skills

Event Planning

Commercial Awareness

Customer Service

Negotiation

Education

A-level or equivalent business/event management qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Join Our Award-Winning Events Team at RCP London Events!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Meetings and Events Planner to join our prestigious team

Senior Meetings and Events Planner

London

£35,000 - £38,000 per annum

Join Our Award-Winning Events Team at RCP London Events!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Meetings and Events Planner to join our prestigious team

Our iconic venue, nestled in the picturesque setting overlooking Regents Park, is home to the Royal College of Physicians. This magnificent location offers a variety of meeting, conference, dining, and event spaces, along with services for virtual and hybrid events, as well as a medicinal garden. The space beautifully blends the heritage of our organisation with modern architecture, creating exceptional events and lasting memories.

As a Senior Event Planner, you will be a key member of our experienced and dynamic team. You will play a crucial role in converting high-revenue business opportunities and planning and coordinating both physical and hybrid events. Your efforts will help maximise income and fill unsold spaces which support our revenue targets. You will also drive high performance and engagement within the team by deputising for the diary/revenue and team managers as needed, and by supervising the commercial planning team to ensure best practices and change initiatives are implemented.

In addition to managing your own events, you will support the sales team by planning and coordinating events converted from new prospective clients with high revenue potential. Your role will involve maintaining and developing high-value key accounts, networking with existing clients, and engaging with past users to generate future business and develop new leads. A strong commercial awareness of profitable business and current industry trends is essential.

Responsibilitiesinclude

• Liaising with customers from the initial enquiry stage, right through the customer journey to post event follow up including for physical, hybrid and virtual events.
• Arranging and conducting client venue visits, handling enquiries and following up with detailed proposals.
• Demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the product, pricing and packages on offer,
• Demonstrating commercial awareness in order to successfully negotiate with customers to win their business.
• Participating in site visits, handling enquiries and taking ownership of large revenue events, as directed by the Business Development Manager.
• Ensuring the successful delivery of events, by communicating, coordinating and compiling event details and liaising with the event operations and front of house teams.
• Preparation and processing of accurate deposits and invoices.
• Generating and reporting on activities as required.
• Yield management, ensuring up to date activities and maintenance of accounts in the CRM system.
• Creating and managing Key Account plans.
• Delivering a consistently high level of customer service.
  
  

Experience

• Educated to A-level, or equivalent business or event management qualification.
• Demonstrate relevant experience in Event Planning and Coordination with the skills, knowledge and commercial understanding required for the role.
• Working in a direct planning role within the hospitality/events industry specialising in conferences, meetings, dining and events, with a minimum of 2 years of experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office applications.
• Being commercially aware of finance, budget management and working in a profitable business.
• Having knowledge of food and beverage in the context of the hospitality and events industry.
• Ability to prioritise your own workload and completing tasks with a high level of accuracy.
  
  

Benefits

Working at the RCP comes with lots of benefits designed to ensure that you feel valued and supported in your role. The benefits we offer include:

• 27 days holidayper annum, plus bank holidays
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan
• life assurance
• annual pay award
• employee assistance programme 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team includesemployment and work-related health assessments, health checks and work station assessments
• cycle to work scheme
• corporateeye care scheme
• professional training and development opportunities
• enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• staff discounts platform including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands
• health cash plan
  
  

About The Department

The Commercial Meetings & Events department at the RCP is an award-winning venue team, responsible for letting the venue facilities for events both in London and in Liverpool, the proceeds of which go back to supporting the important work the RCP does, including the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Closing date:5pm 4 July 2025

Interview date:Week beginning 7 July 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Events Services

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