Junior Events Executive

STATUS:                      Permanent Full Time position

LOCATION:                  Office based near Leatherhead with some on-site work

BACKGROUND:           This role is operations focused supporting a team of Project Managers

SALARY:                      £22,000 to £24,00 per annum depending on experience

Our client is a well-established events agency who are based in beautiful offices and hiring due to growth in the business.  The company handles corporate events in the UK for international clients

THE ROLE

To assist and support where appropriate, assigned admin duties in relation to the delivery of consumer events

• Researching venues, restaurants, activities, and transportation
• Supporting Project Managers with assigned tasks
• Helping with the creation of client proposals
• Responding to phone calls and emails
• Representing company policy and requirements
• Office administration including maintaining client and supplier databases
• On-site assistance at events (includes occasional weekends)
• Support of general office administration

The personal qualities and skills that are required for this role include:

• Good communication and writing skills
• Good planning skills and attention to detail
• The ability to time manage and prioritise work efficiently
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Willingness to learn and improve skills
• All-rounder comfortable working in a small company
• Flexibility to deal with the demands of working in a pressured environment
• Ability to work efficiently across a number of projects
• Good common sense
• Hard worker flexible to the demands of the event business
• Commercially aware
• Willingness to comply with and support company protocols and policies

HOURS OF WORK

The hours of work are 37.5 hours per week office based with additional hours when working on-site.

HOLIDAY

This position carries a holiday entitlement of 28 days including Bank Holidays pro-rated

REPORTING

This role reports to the Head of Events

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

The successful candidate will be well-organised, enthusiastic and hard-working and will have worked on corporate events

Candidates should be computer literate (Word, Excel, Outlook) and be educated to at least A level standard