Fresh Seed are currently working with OPUS to recruit their next Event Manager.
About OPUS
At Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces (OPUS), we believe in transforming places into vibrant cultural hubs that connect communities through the power of arts and events. We’re a female-led, Birmingham-based arts and events producing house, delivering unique and high-profile projects in civic spaces, shopping centres, greenfields, and even public transport networks. Our work is all about creative placemaking, engagement, and accessibility, ensuring that culture is for everyone.
The Role: Event Manager
Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces seeks our next Event Manager who will be an integral part of a passionate team of Birmingham based producers. This is a senior role, supporting the business to deliver high profile, multi-disciplinary arts and event projects. The role reports into the Managing Director and works closely with the Senior Producer at every level to ensure events are compliant, engaging and meticulously delivered across the OPUS portfolio. The role requires attentive and safe planning and delivery, as well as creative visioning and interpretation, fundraising, budgeting, strong communication and relationship building skills, reporting, artist liaison, stakeholder engagement and production / event delivery.
This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) with a hybrid working model, combining time at our serviced offices in Birmingham, remote work from home, and on-site at events as required. The role will also involve working during half terms and summer holidays to support our leisure portfolio clients. We are looking for somebody willing to get stuck in, able and comfortable to drive a van, who has a can-do and positive attitude! If you’re passionate about bringing people together through inspiring experiences, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead on the planning and delivery of high-profile, multidisciplinary arts and event projects.
* Work closely with the Managing Director and Senior Producer to ensure events align with OPUS’s vision and objectives.
* Manage event budgets – forecasting, tracking expenditures, and reconciling post-event costs.
* Ensure events meet all compliance and health & safety regulations, liaising with local authorities and managing licensing processes.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with artists, stakeholders, funders, and local communities.
* Take a creative and strategic approach to event planning, problem-solving, and project development.
* Oversee event logistics, including contractor and supplier management.
* Lead on evaluation and reporting, gathering feedback and compiling key learnings for continuous improvement.
We're looking for an individual who:
* Has substantial experience (ideally 5+ years) in organising large-scale, multi-disciplinary events with a strong creative focus, especially in outdoor or community-centric settings.
* Is adept at coordinating with diverse partners, stakeholders and clients to ensure event needs are met across the board.
* Has solid experience managing event budgets, including forecasting, tracking expenditures, and reconciling post-event costs.
* Has strong knowledge of event compliance, health and safety regulations, including experience with local authorities and licensing processes. Experience in overseeing compliance in pre-event planning, briefing teams and suppliers to ensure safe and compliant event execution.
* Is skilled at sustaining positive working relationships with multiple stakeholders whilst maintaining the business continuity & quality standards.
* Has experience in collecting and analysing post-event outcomes, compiling learnings into evaluation documents for continuous improvement and reporting requirements.
Why Join Us?
* Be part of a passionate, mission-driven team that’s redefining cultural spaces.
* Work on meaningful, high-profile events that make a real impact.
* Flexible, hybrid working model with opportunities to work from home and on-site at exciting events.
* A chance to shape and grow within a thriving creative organisation.
How to Apply
At OPUS, we value relationships and truly believe in the importance of having the right person in the job, and know there is a lot more than just experience that people can bring to a role. We are looking to meet the broadest range of individuals when at interview stage, as there is scope for this role to be adapted for the right person depending on your skillset, interests or specialities. OPUS is an equal opportunities employer, and we are particularly interested to hear from applicants from the Global Majority. We identify and encourage training opportunities, in line with company needs and individual ambitions, and look forward to exploring CPD opportunities for the successful candidate.
For further information about the role, including a full job description, you can download our application pack here - Job Application Pack
A plain text version is also available here - Job Application Pack (Plain Text)
To apply, please submit your CV and either a covering letter or portfolio deck to enquiries@opusartsevents.co.uk by 9th March 2025 .
Interviews will be in person in Birmingham, in an accessible venue across 20th & 21st March.
If you have any questions about the role, feel free to get in touch with Caroline at enquiries@opusartsevents.co.uk.
Requirements
* Substantial experience (ideally 5+ years) in organising large-scale, multidisciplinary events with a strong creative focus, especially in outdoor or community-centric settings.
* Adept at coordinating with diverse partners to ensure event needs are met, especially in areas such as speaker hospitality, sponsor integration, and third party vendor management.
* Ability to establish new networks whilst maintaining positive relationships with existing networks.
* Solid experience managing event budgets, including forecasting, tracking expenditures, and reconciling post-event costs.
* Proficiency in creative software and tools used for programming, budgeting, and event planning.
* Strong knowledge of event compliance, health and safety regulations, including experience with local authorities and licensing processes.
* Experience in overseeing compliance in pre-event planning, briefing teams and suppliers to ensure safe and compliant event execution.
* Skilled at sustaining positive working relationships with multiple stakeholders whilst maintaining the business continuity & quality standards.
* Experience in collecting and analysing post-event outcomes, compiling learnings into evaluation documents for continuous improvement and reporting requirements.
* Must hold a full UK driving licence and be confident driving a van, as the role involves transporting event equipment and materials to various locations.
Benefits
25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
Flexible Working Arrangements
3 additional days personal leave
Pension Scheme
Working from home
Learning & Development opportunities