Events manager

Events Manager

Office based - Durham, UK plus travel to events

Full-time role

Working hours - Mon – Thurs 08.30 - 16.30 & Fri 08.30 - 15.30

Salary £28,850 pa


Looking for your next job opportunity in events – join our fast-paced team!

We are a multi-energy focused membership organisation that provides high quality services to members & partners.


We are looking for an Events Manager to organise the successful delivery of our events working alongside our Conference and Exhibition Manager.


We organise LOTS of B2B events every year including networking lunches, workshops, webinars, socials, meet the buyers and more. In this role, you will manage events from start to finish and everything in between and also manage NOF’s presence at external events.


We are looking for someone with a lot of events experience, excellent communication skills and the ability to multitask across several events. Creative event marketing skills would be great too.


We are a super friendly team with good honest values, member focussed, knowledgeable, proactive, and go the extra mile. Plus, we love to look after our team.


If you love events and like to travel does this sound like it could be a good fit for you?


If yes, please send your CV, current salary details along with a short introduction to yourself and highlight key experience for the role by email to rmcghin@nof.co.uk on or before Wednesday 18th June 2025 (12 noon).


Opportunities like this don’t come around often so we’re expecting a big response to our job advert therefore, we’ll only be replying to applicants invited for interview.


Job Description

Job Title: Events Manager

Reports To: Head of Commercial

Responsible For: None currently

Job Purpose:

Manage and lead on organisation and delivery of NOF and Energi Coast events



Manage NOFs presence at external events

Responsible for the development and timely issuing of event marketing plans

Manage and maximise relationships with key event stakeholders and partners including speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, VIP guests etc.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:

· Work with the Head of Commercial to forward plan the successful delivery of NOF (non-flagship activities), Energi Coast, Supply Chain client contracted and NOF presence at External Events.

· Produce an effective plan with details of venues, suppliers, themes, operational timeline, progress monitoring including the programme of speakers etc. to ensure smooth delivery of all event aspects including

· Manage all aspects to ensure successful events delivery including effective communications with delegates, exhibitors, sponsors, speakers, VIP guests, liaison with stakeholders, partners, external suppliers always ensuring good cost negotiation, team / resources, budget setting / monitoring.

· Produce an effective event marketing plan that includes impactful key messages that attracts delegates, exhibitors and sponsors for and implementation by the Marketing team

· Work with the marketing / design team to create event related collateral such as branded eflyers, programmes, signage, presentation slides, exhibition floorplans, marketing toolkits etc.

· Delegate effectively to the Events Administrator to ensure all admin tasks are undertaken in a timely & high-quality manner

· Responsible for event income generation including conversion and management of sponsorship and exhibition leads

· Responsible for maintaining events budgets, masters, P&Ls along with regular forecasts of income and expenditure to realise monthly and year expectations, also, reconciliation with the finance team.

· Lead on updating, briefing and de-briefing the team where required including post-event actions such as speaker and sponsor thanks and sharing of reports with the NOF team where required

· Project manage set up and dismantle of events

· Monitor internal and external brand use to ensure guidelines being met and communication platforms such as social media for reputation management such as addressing comments where required

· Proactively look for new ways to promote events and improve the service offering to add-value to anyone involved including ways to digitise and help reduce NOF’s costs and carbon footprint

· Ensure health, safety and well-being of attendees and the team is prioritised and risk assessment completed

· Contribute to planning meetings as and when required



Other Duties:

· Act as ‘Ambassador’ for NOF

· Support with the introduction of new digital systems into the events function

· Team player who can develop strong working relationships internally and externally with members, partners, stakeholders

· Develop knowledge of the energy sector to hold confident conversations with members & partners

· Undertake regular personal development activities

· Ensure compliance with NOF procurement procedures and working within limits of authority

· Internal champion for internal systems such as CRM, websites, social media etc. continually look for improvements and developments across services and internal systems

· Mentor / train staff where required

· Proactively identify member “good news” stories and case studies that can be used for publicity

· Develop and maintain an active personal profile within the membership and with other industry stakeholders

· Represent the organisation at local, national, and potentially overseas exhibitions

· Ensure activities organised by NOF operate within a legal framework

· Time allocated to provide support to the Energi Coast Cluster (owned and operated by NOF)

· Perform any duties commensurate with the position as required by the Chief Executive



Knowledge & Skills Required:

· Excellent knowledge with experience of organising events (face to face & virtual), event marketing including social media channels (LinkedIn, Instagram & Tiktok) and online event tools (Zoom & Microsoft Teams)

· IT literate with experience of using CRM, Microsoft Office packages and other event related systems such as Eventbrite, Monday.com, Umbraco including the use of AI

· Knowledge and understanding of GDPR and data compliance with an appreciation of confidentiality

· Excellent organisational & communication skills, written and oral with an ability to do so at all levels

· Good negotiation skills to achieve best costs

· Creative skills, good eye for detail with an understanding and ability to adhere to brand guidelines

· Able to operate over several projects and meet tight deadlines

· Able to manage, maintain and build relationships with third parties

· Capable of dealing with businesses of all sizes

· Good knowledge of office practices, administration, and customer service



Education & Experience:

· Minimum three years events management experience with good knowledge of administration, marketing, business and customer service

· Educated to ‘GCSE’ level, NVQ 3 or equivalent, preferably with events, business or marketing qualification

· Line management experience and able to delegate confidently

· Project management experience



Other Attributes:

· Must have a professional manner and attitude

· Must be willing to learn and adapt to change

· Must be able to work in fast paced environment with a varied workload

· Suggest new ideas and ways of working smarter and/or efficiently

· Self-motivated, confident and able to work as part of a team and on own initiative

· Ambitious and focussed with a drive to succeed

· Keen to progress with own professional development

· Car owner and willing to travel throughout UK