About The Role
We’re not just your average health company; we’re aiming to revolutionise access to healthcare in the UK by offering innovative health and wellbeing solutions that are affordable, accessible, and effective. From preventive care to comprehensive medical support, we aim to empower individuals to take charge of their health, inspiring them to make the most of their wellbeing. Added to that we’re the first health insurer in the UK to be awarded B-Corp status in recognition of our significant achievements in sustainability, in addition to our ambitious environmental and social responsibility goals.
Our Events Team offer an incredibly diverse range of events. From dinners, gala balls, awards, hospitality, seminars, exhibitions, charity events, festivals to week-long conferences. Traveling all over the UK and Europe, our team manage the end-to-end event experience providing an incredible opportunity to see the whole life cycle of each event from conception to competition.
As Events Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering outstanding events that drive value and impact. Reporting to the Head of Events, you’ll lead a talented team, champion best practice, and ensure every event aligns with our strategic goals and delivers true ROI.
Responsible for horizon scanning the market for new and upcoming industry trends, you’ll drive the benchmark for outstanding internal and external events. You’ll bring creativity and commercial acumen, setting benchmarks for excellence and creating and implementing new events for both Denplan and Corporate clients as well as internal stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
1. Lead and empower the Events Team of four, aligning priorities with business OKRs.
2. Own the day-to-day management of the Events Programme, including budget accountability.
3. Drive innovation through horizon scanning and trend analysis to create new event experiences.
4. Ensure compliance for CPD events and manage reputational risk in regulated environments.
5. Implement and extend a showcase of events both online and face to face through creative project management, budgetary ownership and current trends.
6. Act as deputy to the Head of Events when required.
7. Build strong relationships internally and externally, fostering collaboration and strategic partnerships.
8. Champion sustainability and B-Corp principles across all events.
About You
To be considered you must have:
9. Proven leadership experience and team management skills.
10. A strong background in events management ideally within a regulated business.
11. Expertise in Cvent and advanced knowledge of AV and IT systems.
12. Commercial awareness and excellent interpersonal skills.
13. Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.
Our dream candidate might also have:
14. An understanding of the dental and corporate market
What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes:
15. Group bonus scheme
16. Generous pension with a 6% pension gift from us
17. 36 days holiday (with the option to buy and sell a further 5 days)
18. Flexible benefits pot (which you can choose to use against some great benefits such as critical illness, private medical insurance, shopping vouchers and more)
19. Your own health plan
20. Access to a wellbeing hub
21. Shopping discounts
22. Recognition awards
23. Give as you earn
24. 3 volunteering days
We have a head office in Hampshire, but depending on your role, you’ll be able to enjoy our ‘smart working’ approach This means you can flex when and where you spend your time. For many of us this means day to day work can be handled remotely, but there will also be times when we need to come together in the office to collaborate, attend training sessions, induction, briefings and more.