Events Specialist

Nicoll Curtin; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicoll Curtin is seeking an experienced events professional to deliver onsite employee events from planning through post-event review. You will coordinate venues, AV, catering and internal teams, ensuring seamless operations and robust procurement and budgeting processes.

The role requires 4+ years in corporate event operations, strong vendor management, and excellent communication skills. A 12-month contract based in Singapore with potential extension or conversion.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years in event operations or production.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate onsite events and activations from planning through post-event completion.
• Manage venue setup, AV, catering, signage, facilities, and event-day operations.
• Collaborate with security, workplace, safety and other internal teams.
• Coordinate agencies, suppliers and external partners to meet timelines.
• Prepare supplier briefs, request quotations and monitor delivery quality.
• Ensure supplier onboarding, safety permits and risk assessments.
• Maintain the local events calendar and regional programs when needed.
• Collect attendance data, document lessons learned, and suggest improvements.
• Maintain event plans, run-of-show templates, and reusable process guides.
• Raise purchase requisitions and orders; monitor payments and budgets.

Skills

Event operations

Vendor management

Budget management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Events Management, Communications, Business or related discipline

Tools

Event-management systems

Job description

Deliver onsite employee events from initial planning through live execution and post-event review. You will coordinate vendors and internal service teams, manage event logistics, and support the procurement and budget processes behind each activation.

This is a 12-month contract based in Singapore, with potential extension or conversion depending on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate onsite events and employee activations from planning through post-event completion.
• Manage venue setup, audiovisual requirements, catering, signage, facilities support and event-day operations.
• Work with security, workplace, safety and other internal teams to ensure events are delivered properly.
• Coordinate agencies, suppliers and other external partners against agreed timelines and requirements.
• Prepare supplier briefs, request quotations and monitor delivery quality.
• Ensure vendors complete the required onboarding, safety, permit and risk-assessment processes.
• Maintain the local events calendar and coordinate regional event programmes when required.
• Collect attendance data and feedback, then document lessons and recommended improvements.
• Maintain event plans, run-of-show templates, process guides and other reusable documents.
• Raise purchase requisitions and purchase orders, resolve supplier queries and monitor payment progress.
• Track event budgets, reconcile supplier spending and maintain accurate financial documentation.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in event operations, event production or a similar role within a corporate or agency environment.
• Proven experience managing events from planning through onsite execution and completion.
• Experience coordinating several events, suppliers and deadlines at the same time.
• Hands-on knowledge of procurement processes, including vendor onboarding, purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
• Experience tracking event budgets and reconciling supplier spending.
• Strong supplier-management and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Able to remain organized and responsive when priorities change close to an event.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Events Management, Communications, Business or a related discipline.
• Experience within a large corporate or technology environment would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of event-management systems, attendee data collection or multi-site events would be useful.
• Graphic-design or content-creation experience for event communications would be beneficial.