Outdoor Events Manager

Outdoor Events Manager
This highly respected travel and leisure company have a passion for the great outdoors and provide a huge array of adventures and experiences throughout the UK, Europe and further afield. They have a new vacancy for an Outdoor Events Manager to join them as the production expert and focal point for managing and arranging a wide variety of engaging, experiential promotions and outdoor events, ranging from pop-up's to festivals. Salary of circa £40k, hybrid working in West Sussex.

Outdoor Events Manager - Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead the production delivery of projects and events. Producing and managing event schedules and time lines to ensure that resources and assets are aligned across events.
• Produce and manage safety plans, working with relevant advisory bodies & Health & Safety Manager. Managing H&S requirements including assessing work activities, creation of documentation and on-site implementation.
• Work with creative teams, and clients, to create inspirational briefs, assess requirements and provide marketing execution and promotion plans.
• Assess and develop relationships with partners to provide innovative and exciting activities aligned to events.
• Budgeting of projects ensuring commercially astute pricing, negotiating with suppliers to secure contracts.
• Liaise with venues and site service representatives and carry out site visits.
• Ensure projects are delivered on budget and on-time to an exceptional standard.
• Ensure customer feedback processes are in place that post event feedback is carried out after each event.
• Support the Exhibitions Executive in developing and managing internal and external exhibitions.

Outdoor Events Manager - Skills & Experience Required:

• Essential to have extensive outdoor events experience in a customer focused acquisition, commercial environment.
• Events management or marketing qualification is preferred.
• Ability to create strong relationships with external partners.
• Commercially astute with contract & budget management expertise.
• Health & Safety qualification desirable.
• Experience in producing event safety plans.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple work streams to ensure deadlines are met.
• Positive and enthusiastic approach.
• Full UK driving license with the ability to travel throughout the UK to run events including weekends on occasion.

Outdoor Events Manager - Additional Information:

• Salary up to circa £40k dependent on experience
• Hybrid working - circa 3 days in the office
• Flexibility to be on site to oversee / manage the outdoor events, including weekend working (time off in lieu given)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare scheme
• Subsidised gym membership at selected health clubs

Please apply for the position of Outdoor Events Manager online or email your cv to

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