Events Assistant
Membership Organisation - Financial Services
Permanent, Full time
Hybrid with a blend of working in the London office and from home
Salary £34,000
Start Date: Asap
My client, a membership organisation in financial services is currently recruiting for an Events Assistant.
The role of the Events Assistant
The successful candidate will support the Events Team with all aspects of their Events calendar and key flagships as well as running smaller internal events end to end.
This is an ideal opportunity for anyone with a passion for events, who wishes to build and develop their skills within a diverse and influential industry.
Contribute to the planning, organisation and delivery their events to ensure success and that all target objectives and timelines are met.
Support on flagship logistics including ownership of various elements - delegate management, catering, events technology and creative outputs including design (working with an external agency), events engagement tool, marketing (website, HTMLs etc.).
Manage smaller internal events end to end, with the support of the Event Manager.
Contribute to continuous improvement of their events by proactively supporting key projects and initiatives as required, taking the lead for particular actions and workstreams as necessary.
Support the general administration of events whilst working collaboratively with colleagues in other departments.
Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including staff at all levels in member firms.
Ensure all reports/agendas/notes/costings are provided to Events Advisor/Manager within the allocated schedule.
Research, draft or extract reports for events project teams.
Seek training on up and coming events outside of knowledge base.
Assist with information required for event budgets and proposals.
Undertake such other duties when required from time to time.
Person Specification
Skills & Requirements
Communication - you have excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels.
Organisation - you proactively organise, problem solve and prioritise a busy workload with exceptional attention to detail.
Excellent relationship management skills - you're a confident communicator who can build rapport with a wide variety of stakeholders using professionalism, discretion, diplomacy and confidentiality.
Teamwork - you get stuck in, work proactively with others in a small team or across the organisation and are comfortable working at pace.
Technology - you are tech savvy with a good understanding of latest social media trends, HTML marketing.
Experience - you have 2+ years' working experience.
To apply for the Events Assistant role please send us your CV.
Due to the volume of applications we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 10 working days please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.
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