Events Coordinator

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South Coast Conferences
Location:  Brighton - City Campus
Salary:  £25,742 to £28,759 per annum
Contract Length: 12 months
Closing Date:  Sunday 14 April 2024
Reference:  CC5014-24-097

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Events Coordinator to join our team to support and coordinate a range of events and conferences at the University of Brighton to cover a period of maternity leave. The role is for a 12-month fixed term contract. 

Working with the Event Manager, you will assist in the organisation of a range of student, academic, research, and corporate events. The role will see you putting to use your experience in venue management, coordination with operational partners, and excellent customer service to deliver events and conferences that exceed expectations.  

Working as part of a busy team with a wide remit, the successful role holder will undertake administration for events to ensure efficient and effective delivery of all event support services both on and off university campuses, lead on the coordination of small to medium-sized events. Prepare professional communication materials for internal and external customers; for example, event schedules, programmes and status reports as per the agreed framework for each event.   

To be successful in this role you will have:  

• experience of working in an events /relevant administration role 
• excellent organisation and planning skills 
• excellent written communication skills (including proofreading skills) with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail 
• good IT skills particularly MS Office packages 

Southcoast Conferences and Events are the events and conference department at the University of Brighton and support a range of high-profile events and conferences for the institution as well as the commercial letting of the university facilities out of term time.  

Benefits include, local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus Christmas period and bank holidays, agile working, travel loan schemes  

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Laura Williams, Event Services Manager on [email protected] to arrange a convenient time.

Interviews will take place w/c 29th April

Further details:

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage male applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups at this job grade.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.