Senior Conference, Event and Partnerships Manager

Our client is the professional body responsible for the specialty throughout the UK. They are the third largest medical royal college in the UK by membership. With a combined membership of more than 24,000 Fellows and Members, they ensure the quality of patient care by safeguarding standards in the three specialties of anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine.

They have a maternity cover opportunity for an experienced Conference and Event Manager and team leader.

The post-holder will oversee the delivery and operational planning of a busy educational and professional development event programme that support anaesthetists at all stages of their career. The role will line manage a team of event professionals and oversee and deliver over 70 events per year. This role also works with the Head of Content to drive innovation and efficiencies in delivery and programming.

This is a 14-month fixed term contract.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Team leadership and relationship management
• Event programme management
• Financial management
• Development and innovation
• Liaison with senior stakeholders and organisational governance

To be considered for this Senior Conference, Event and Partnerships Manager role, you will have:

• Experience of successfully working in a comparable events environment
• Experience of event budget management and delivering set targets
• Experience of producing and implementing event marketing plans
• Experience of line managing a team of multiple people
• Evidence of being self-motivated whilst successfully working under pressure on more than one project at once
• Proven event logistics, operational work planning and administration skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability and confidence to work with and support member-led organisational governance
• Ability to manage time, including being able to work to deadlines
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office, databases, online content (basic video editing) and social media
• Experience of liaising with and managing event sponsors and partners