Full time 35 hours per week Monday-Friday
Fully office based (no remote or hybrid offered for this role
Norwich City Centre
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Life Assurance
Free food/treats/breakfasts etc..
Free Parking or subsidies daily commute
Many perks and incentives.
Excellent benefits package/Pension etc..
Easily accessible from major Norwich City Centre bus routes.
Friendly and support team, strong emphasis on knowledge sharing.

Due to their continued success, our client is looking for a forward thinking, creative and articulate Events Manager to be responsible for the planning, implementation, management of events and conferences across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for an award-winning company who truly value and invest in their employees.

My client is a highly regarded and well-known Norwich organisation. The team deliver a really varied range of events in support of their aims, from awards events celebrating achievements in their field, to screenings, thought leadership conferences and events, a Graduate Fair, dinners, receptions, seminars & lectures ... and everything in between.

Role:

Some UK travel and overnight stays can be expected as part of the role.

You’ll be joining a small really friendly and supportive team of Head of Events and one other Event Manager. The Event Manager will be a main point of contact for clients. The Event Manager will help provide a full event management service, and attend events in East Anglia and occasionally UK wide. The Event Manager will help manage in-person and on-line events, have supreme business acumen, strong Marketing or PR skills, and be an enthusiastic team player with excellent time management abilities. You will also provide regular reports to keep clients up-to-date on progress. Handle a variety of email traffic and draft correspondence. Update the website when necessary.

Full event budget management
Ownership and monitoring of the full event marketing plan
Coordinating entry processes
Working with sales teams to optimise attendance at the awards ceremonies.
Guest/attendee logistics, including managing table bookings
Liaising with Sponsors
Oversee the smooth running of each event
Communicating with and assessing new suppliers
Management of post-event communication
Visiting venues
Attending relevant events industry conferences

You:

This is a brilliant role in the contemporary financial sector, and would suit someone looking for a fully immersive events role, happy to do all the event admin nitty gritty and support on larger events and programmes, as well as take ownership of their own events. In exchange we are looking for someone who is hard working, flexible, an events 2nd or 3rd jobber with excellent previous event co-ordination/management experience across varied corporate/association events, excellent admin skills, great communication skills. Bright, flexible, confident and proactive - and looking to get your teeth into a busy and varied role ...Strong communication and IT skills are a must for the role. The Event Manager will enjoy working in a busy environment with colleagues of all levels, and be keen to develop further within the organisation.

Specifically we are looking for someone who has:

Existing events co-ordination/management experience (ideally including varied events such as conference, dinners, awards, panel discussions, webinars, lectures, networking etc)
Significant prior experience working in high level, revenue generating, B2B events, ideally with an awards element.
Previous experience of using social media tools across multiple channels to support commercial marketing objectives
Excellent communication skills, confident and articulate, great interpersonal skills, able to deal with senior level contacts and stakeholders
Strong organisation skills.
Able to manage your own events, take ownership but know when to ask for guidance if needed.
Confident to take a project and run with it, as well as able to do all the event nitty gritty and support others
Confident to deal with varied stakeholders and committee members, to keep projects and deliverables on track
Excellent communication skills, diplomatic, a good sense of humour, comfortable dealing with people at all levels, stakeholders, suppliers and Patrons alike.

If you are looking for a busy and buzzy role which sees you working on some brilliant events, working in an exciting sector - and have great organisational, communication and admin skills - do click APPLY now!