Events Manager

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 supportive 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, and 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 delivers a varied range of events in support of their aims, from awards events celebrating achievements in their field, to screenings, thought leadership conferences, 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, 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, helping to 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 online 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, draft correspondence, and 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. We are looking for someone who is hard-working, flexible, an events 2nd or 3rd jobber with excellent previous event coordination/management experience across varied corporate/association events, excellent admin skills, and great communication skills. Bright, flexible, confident, 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 coordination/management experience (ideally including varied events such as conferences, 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!

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