· Location London, Greater London · Salary £ 19.5 - £ 25.62 / Hourly · Job type Temporary · Industry Public Sector and Government · External Reference 7504 · Category Public Sector - Public Sector Marketing JOB TITLE: Events Manager LOCATION: Full time office based, Ealing (W5 2HL) PAY RATE: £19.50 paye / £25.62 umbrella (per hour) START DATE: ASAP DURATION/Hours: 3 month initial contract/ 35 hours a week (Mon-Fri, 9-5) Role purpose: · The hospitality and events team is a key part of the ICT and Property Services department, delivering high quality event and meeting services to the council and external clients and responsible for meeting challenging income targets. · The primary function of the Event Manager role is to sell and promote the hospitality business across the Ealing council corporate estate at any other LB Ealing-contracted venues as required. The post holder will manage both internal council and external events and support the senior management to develop a commercial culture and customer-focused environment. · The role is predominantly Monday - Friday with regular evening and occasional weekend and bank holiday working. Key duties: · Actively sell and promote the venues within the Hospitality and Events portfolio, undertaking show rounds, event planning meetings and supplier meetings as necessary. · To achieve sales targets as determined by the senior facilities and events manager for the group of properties and to produce sales and basic financial reporting information as requested. · Carry-out office administration such as maintaining filing systems and databases, sending out brochures, contracts, and written correspondence, keeping accurate records all the time adhering to the Hospitality & Events Departmental procedures. · To be familiar with all aspects of Priava or similar event database system, attend trainings and ensure the database is managed and maintained effectively for operational and reporting purposes. · To administer and work small and medium sized internal and external events operationally; to develop strong relationships with repeat booking clients alongside the Events & administration manager. · To assist the Events and administration manager with developing ideas for marketing initiatives to generate sales and support the delivery of the Hospitality & Events Marketing Strategy Knowledge, skills & experience: · Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise and deliver to deadline - able to multi-task and use own initiative. · Demonstrable evidence of office administration experience including experience with data filing, telephone and email use · Experience of managing events across multiple locations in non-standard venues dealing predominantly with temporary events · Experience of working to KPI targets and sales targets · Good communication and customer service skills, both written and verbal; ability to communicate outcomes to a lay client and to senior managers and elected members · Demonstrate a good basic knowledge of health & safety legislation, licensing laws and legislation · Previous experience of selling high quality venue space and event services to different types of clients ideally across a broad spectrum of business · Experience of regular use of event management software, ideally Priava as well; demonstrable knowledge of working with Microsoft office packages including Excel, Word and Powerpoint · An appropriate professional qualification / degree, member of a relevant professional body ( Hospitality or event management, IOSH) · Relevant venue sales or management experience ideally across a multi-site property portfolio · BIIAB personal licence holder would be desirable · Full, clean driver's licence would be desirable Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://www.adecco.co.uk/candidate-privacy To speak to a recruitment expert please contact Rebecca Evans