Event Manager

About Role
Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, the role of Event Manager falls under the QMVenues team and plays a key role in the event delivery of both internal and external events on our campuses. As part of the Operations team, you will plan and coordinate final details of the event and operational delivery of events. The post holder will be a key liaison between clients and the QM Venues team by building strong relationships with both clients and internal service department and stakeholders.

The purpose of the role is to act as a link between QM Venues and the end client, acting as the events expert for all aspect of event management such as room lay-outs, catering, audio visual requirements, risk assessments, staffing and additional services required for the smooth running of events. The post holder will also support, and line manage an Events Coordinator.

About You
Ideally you will be degree qualified, with relevant event management experience from either an HE or venue background. You should be customer focused, have experience in communication with clients and stakeholders at all levels, be an excellent team player, who is able to plan effectively and always putting the client’s vision first. Experience in both planning and event delivery is essential.

This role is an operational role and requires flexibility regarding hours to cover events.

About the Directorate
The Directorate is one of the largest departments within Queen Mary, University of London and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing at the College, and providing the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and helping to sustain the University’s working and learning environmental for students, staff, stakeholders, and guests by ensuring safe environments, security and cleanliness.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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