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Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Conference & Events Manager to work for an educational environment in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Role: Conference & Events Management
Salary: £32,898 per annum
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire
Hours: Full time - Permanent
Holiday Entitlement: 38 Days Annual Leave
Key Responsibilities of the Conference & Events Management:
- Planning multiple events throughout the year over two venues
- Be first point of contact for all enquiries over phone or email (conference, events, meeting bookings), handling these enquiries in a prompt and professional manner, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail
- Creating event proposals which fit client requirements and presenting proposals within tight timelines
- Overseeing large event planning and execution, ensuring seamless co-ordination and delivery
- Manage client site visits
- Create contracts for client detailing specific requirements for event
- Developing an understanding of the client's objectives and ensuring event delivery is aligned
- Produce and maintain a timeline for each event ensuring that the onsite events run accordingly with set up changeovers in mind
- Generate deposit invoices for event for payment before client arrives
- Organises 1 to 1 meetings with client in run up to event to prepare final details
About you:
- Experience of event management, including initial proposal writing, selling of the venue and its products, planning, delivery, and evaluation for online, in person, and hybrid events
- Experience of working in a customer facing role, including managing wide range of enquiries particularly by telephone and email
- Ability to nurture good relationships with clients and suppliers, excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate clearly and confidently with a wide range of individuals, including high profile VIPs
- Proven ability to organise own workload effectively: to manage deadlines which are frequently tight and produce accurate, detailed work
- Working knowledge and experience of MS Office applications, email and the Internet
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can role; value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!"
For more information and to apply, contact the Oxford branch of Berry Recruitment - or click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
