Events Coordinator

We are delighted to be working in partnership with a highly successful and well-respected client in Abingdon, who are recruiting for an Events Coordinator to join their team.

The successful candidate must be a strong a team player, an effective problem-solver and communicator, proficient in MS Office 365, possess CRM experience, with a strong technical knowledge of Zoom webinar.

Role: Events Coordinator

Salary: £24,000 - £28,000

Hours: 37.5

Location: Abingdon (Hybrid)

Benefits for an Events Coordinator:

• Discretionary performance and profit-related bonus
• Auto-enrolment into the company pension scheme following 3 months’ service
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance x 3 times salary
• 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 day pa on achievement of 5, 7 and 10-years’ anniversary of employment
• Personal development
• Team social activities
• A fabulous working environment in a new facility, within a close-knit team
• Hybrid working (office-based 3 days per week)
• Plenty of free car parking and access to charging points.

Responsibilities of the Events Coordinator:

• Provide general end-to-end support on the delivery of the full range of monthly events, including creating booking pages, setting up ticketing, handling delegate queries, sharing updates with the team, dealing with smaller venues, issuing delegate information, badging, event prep, onsite delegate registration and problem solving, venue co-ordination as well as post event wash-up tasks, such as delegate thank you emails and unpacking
• Oversee the successful delivery of courses, including in-person and virtual hosting, working with the Event Manager and Head of Events to schedule all sessions, liaise with trainers, coordinate marketing activity and all delegate liaison, ensuring all events are in-profit, and appropriate action is taken if this is not the case
• Ensure all event websites are drafted and live wherever possible, coordinate the upkeep of the events calendar and event status document, and ensure all wider team members and board members are sent calendar invites and details for forthcoming events
• Support the team on venue sourcing, new supplier & quotation sourcing as and when required
• Stay alert to new industry trends and flag up ideas in weekly team meetings for ways in which we can improve our operation

Requirements of the Events Coordinator:

• Approx. 2 years’ experience in a similar role
• Excellent command of the English language, both verbal and written
• Educated up to A-Level standard or equivalent
• Ability to communicate professionally verbally and via email
• Organised and efficient with strong attention to detail
• Hard worker, with clear initiative to problem solve on-event
• Strong technical knowledge of Zoom webinar
• Ability to perform under pressure on-event

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