Graduate Events Assistant

Our client, a non for profit organisation based in Windsor, is looking to recruit an Events Coordinator to join their team.

Reporting to the Events Team, the Events Assistant position provides proactive administrative and organisational support, as required, to the Events team toward the efficient and effective delivery of the events portfolio

Working within a small but specialist team, the role provides an exceptional opportunity for learning across event planning and logistics, ideally suiting a recent graduate with an interest in a career in events or project management.

The position is Monday to Friday 9-5, 3 days a week from home and 2 in the office. They also offer excellent including 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, private healthcare, employee discount schemes, and ongoing training and development.

Duties include

• Act as a first point of contact for events enquiries
• Provide support with faculty - invitations, CVs, accommodation, travel
• Assist with the management of the online event programme, general information and industry pages as directed
• Registration processing as required
• Assist with venue research and supplier liaison including; catering, transport and housing, social programme and transportation
• Events market research
• Assist with the creation and distribution of event materials, working with in-house departments as well as external suppliers and contractors
• Registration support as necessary
• Assist with communications activities including content on website pages, postings on social media and circulation of e-blasts and event platform notifications
• On-site assistance as directed by supervisors - may include venues overseas

Skills/Experience

• Exceptional communication and organisational skills, attention to detail and a high level of professionalism
• Degree educated preferable
• Ability to provide effective organisation and administrative support across multiple, complex, cross organisational groups and projects
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to confidently build and develop effective working relationships with a wide range of individuals
• Strong organisational skills and experience or an interest in organising events
• Experience of working to deadlines and resilient under pressure
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to identify potential problems and resolve them effectively and independently as possible
• Proficient in the use of IT and online applications
• Interested and proficient in the use of social media to market / promote activities

Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

As an equal opportunity employer, Bucks and Berks Recruitment is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.