Events and Operations Manager

Location: Rhodes House in central Oxford

We have an exciting new opportunity for an Events and Operations Manage to join the Rhodes Trust.

About the Rhodes Trust

The Rhodes Trust is an educational charity which offers Rhodes Scholarships to exceptional students from around the world to come and study at the University of Oxford. Our mission is to build a better world through global fellowship programmes that develop and connect compassionate, innovative, and public-spirited people committed to solving humanity’s challenges.

The role

The Events and Operations Manager is responsible for delivering operational and logistical excellence in the delivery of internal Rhodes Trust Programmes and external commercial Rhodes House Ltd events.

The successful candidate will encourage cooperation across departments at Rhodes House who will work collaboratively to ensure the successful delivery of events.  The post holder will also support the development and acquisition of clients for the Rhodes House Ltd events, ensuring achievement of revenue targets to contribute to the Rhodes Trust.

As Rhodes House re-opens for commercial bookings in the summer of 2023 the Events and Operations Manager will operate predominantly on-site at Rhodes House.

Essential skills, experience and qualifications:

• Experience in event planning and delivery.
• Excellent team player with a positive attitude
• Ability to build strong working relationship with immediate colleagues
• Proactively focused and organised with good attention to minute details
• Ability to prioritise, work and meet deadlines on short notice
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent software skills, including proven experience with Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and database entry
• Experience in manging accommodation and ensuring a seamless experience for transient guest and group bookings.
• A deep commitment to the values, ethos and mission of the Rhodes Trust.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience using event temple (event management software) and mews (accommodation management software)

Benefits of working here

We are a global organisation and we use our deep connections across the world to bring together people of different backgrounds and viewpoints. We encourage our staff to challenge each other’s thinking and generate new ideas.

• 30 days annual leave (pro rata) plus 8 bank holidays
• Competitive pension scheme
• Generous family leave schemes
• Private health insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Personal development opportunities
• Additional benefits, such as free access to the University's gardens, parks, libraries and museums, and University staff discounts in shops across Oxford.

For furthers details please click on the 'Apply' button above. Please note, this advert will close on  7 April 2023 at 17:00 BST.

If you have any issues with submitting your application, please email: recruitment@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk

The Rhodes Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We warmly welcome applications from talented people of diverse backgrounds and appoint without regard to age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, parental status, marital or civil partner status, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, religion or belief.

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