Trainee Facilities Events Officer

West Northamptonshire Council; Northampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a forward-thinking council, where you can learn and grow in facilities and event management. Join a dynamic team in Northampton, working in prestigious buildings while gaining qualifications and skills that will empower your career. This role offers a blend of training in event planning, facilities operations, and customer service, ensuring you develop a well-rounded skill set. The council values ambition and innovation, making it a perfect place for those eager to thrive and make a difference in their community.

Qualifications

• Passion for delivering excellent customer experience.
• Experience working in events is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promote and generate sales for events.
• Plan and manage functions and events.
• Supervise cleaning and security operations.

Skills

Customer Service

Event Management

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Numeracy Skills

Education

Facilities Management Qualification

Job description

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We are seeking an enthusiastic trainee to join the Facilities and Event Team at West Northamptonshire Council.

This is an exciting opportunity to learn knowledge and skills in facilities and event management from an experienced team, working in some of Northampton’s most prestigious council buildings.

What will you be doing?

Training will cover.

Events

• Promoting and generating sales
• Planning, managing, and evaluating functions and events, including weddings, meetings, and parties
• Working with event suppliers
• Invoicing

Facilities Operations

• Room bookings
• Security
• H & S
• Communications
• Supervision of cleaning

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to complete a facilities management qualification, attain a personal licence certificate, become a first aider and fire warden, and gain health and safety qualifications.

They will also receive specific training on duties and procedures relevant across several council buildings.

About you

We are looking for someone who is confident, flexible, keen to learn new skills and has a passion for delivering an excellent customer experience. Excellent literacy, numeracy and IT skills are essential, along with some experience working in events. Evening and weekend working is required.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Councilhttps://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us .

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