Events Manager

The Events Manager will play a vital role in supporting the Senior Leadership Communications and Events Manager to execute Heathrow’s framework of leadership events designed to engage, inform and inspire colleagues, and connect them to our vision, business priorities, and each other.

This role will lead the delivery of Heathrow’s year-round programme of face-to-face and online events, focusing on the ideation, creation and implementation of these, and managing the event roadmap.

You will support the delivery of both internal and external events, working with a broad range of audiences and stakeholders to create engaging and impactful experiences.

• Help execute the Internal Communications strategy across Heathrow. 
• Work with key stakeholders to develop and deliver plans for Heathrow’s leadership events, which support business needs and challenges. 
• Own and build the event delegate journey and experience.
• Overall project management of events from start to finish. 
• Promote the role of Internal Communications to the wider business, demonstrating how it is ‘adding value’ to the business
• Work closely with the specific teams in your remit, ensuring consistent delivery of the corporate narrative and business priorities. 

• Ability to work in a changing environment with some level of ambiguity while able to self-manage and sometimes to tight timeframes.
• Experience of working with internal stakeholders, advising and influencing on comms best practice and solutions in a fast-paced change environment 
• Ability to challenge outside normal practices and be the trusted comms and engagement advisor.   
• Understanding and experience of creating comms and engagement metrics to ensure success of the plan and ability to drive change when these might not be working
• Diplomatic and experienced influencer who can confidently work with and across numerous teams and senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage upwards and working with senior stakeholders

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