Event Venue Manager

Bring Events to Life at UWE Bristol: Hospitality Event Venue Manager

Are you a passionate events professional ready to lead a high-performing team and deliver exceptional hospitality experiences? Do you thrive in dynamic environments where strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence come together? If so, we invite you to shape the future of events at UWE Bristol.

In this pivotal role, you’ll oversee the end-to-end management of hospitality events across our campuses—from initial enquiry to flawless delivery—while inspiring a team of administrators and delivery staff to exceed expectations at every touchpoint.

Make a difference

• Lead and inspire the Events Admin and Delivery teams, fostering a customer-focused, high-performance culture.
• Take full ownership of event lifecycles, including planning, proposals, logistics, execution, and post-event review.
• Drive innovation by researching trends, developing new service ideas, and improving operational processes.
• Promote UWE Hospitality across internal and external channels, strengthening our brand through consistent and high-quality event delivery.
• Oversee financial and systems operations for events, supporting accurate budgeting, invoicing, and reporting.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to ensure collaborative, cross-departmental success.
• Track event data, client feedback, and sales performance to inform strategy and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure full compliance with health & safety, licensing, and food safety regulations, acting as a Designated Premises Supervisor and licence holder where required.

You'll thrive if you have:

• A passion for the events industry and proven experience managing events from concept to delivery.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams, manage workloads, and drive professional development.
• Expertise in operational planning and customer engagement, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Confidence in financial and IT systems, including managing P&Ls.
• Experience using data and business intelligence to inform decision-making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a strategic mindset.
• A thorough understanding of health & safety and licensing compliance within the hospitality and events sector.

We Offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package, with a 37-hour working week.
• A good work-life balance supported by generous annual leave.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities within a dynamic university environment.
• Access to staff discounts and wellbeing benefits, including cycle-to-work schemes and discounted gym memberships.
• A unique opportunity to deliver events that shape the student experience and showcase the best of UWE Bristol.

Join us and bring exceptional events to life — apply today!

Where is this role based?

This post is mostly based at our lively Frenchay campus, where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed; however, we run events on all our campuses, so you will occasionally be involved in travelling to other campuses. We have Glenside Campus, which is set within beautiful grounds in Stapleton, just three miles north east of Bristol City Centre and our City Campus in Bristol city centre, which comprises Bower Ashton Studios, Arnolfini, Spike Island and Watershed and is home to UWE Bristol's creative and cultural subjects.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

Add your individuality to ours

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.

We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Kristian Fernandez-Mitchell on 0117 328 84556 or email: kristian.fernandez-mitchell@uwe.ac.uk

Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 1 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week.  This post is not available on a job share basis.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

Right to Work in the UK

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

Advice to applicants

We’d love to hear from you - if you are excited about this opportunity please complete our application form as soon as possible.

Tell us how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description and include specific examples wherever possible.

Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.