Senior Events Lead (Maternity Cover)
Salary: up to £30,600.01 per annum depending on experience
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Temporary
Site: Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire
Closing Date: Sunday 10 November 2024 at midnight
Interview Date: TBC
‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’
Our Organisation
This role is advertised by NCC Professional Services. Part of Nelson and Colne College Group, NCC Professional Services provides expert business support services to the wider College Group.
Lancashire Adult Learning is an Adult Education College providing opportunities for individuals to learn, develop, work and prosper, at all stages of life. The College is focused on making Lancashire a place where everyone matters; a place where everyone can enjoy equal and quality life chances and be respected in their communities.
The Exciting Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, competent and highly motivated Senior Events Lead to join our close-knit Marketing and Admissions team on a fixed-term basis.
Working in a busy and varied environment, the successful candidate will develop and execute strategic plans for all internal and external events considering objectives, target audience and desired outcomes. They will manage events budgets, ensuring impact and efficiency at every stage of event planning and execution, and will liaise with the Marketing Manager, Head of Communications, and Senior Design Lead to ensure exciting and engaging brand and customer experience consistency at every stage of an event.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record planning, executing and analysing events, utilising data to inform future activities and will have experience managing stakeholders at all levels to ensure effective event delivery. The role will be primarily based at our Lancashire Adult Learning campus; however, travel across sites will be required.
What You Will Be Doing:
* Coordinating the annual events calendar liaising with all relevant stakeholders.
* Communicating with key stakeholders for every event to ensure consistency of delivery.
* Leading event working groups to plan and deliver the Group’s event portfolio.
* Coordinating the workflow of the Events Assistant to ensure that objectives are met at all times.
* Undertaking analysis of each event (quality of attendees, overall registrations, daily execution, performance etc.) with full understanding of data, to measure and analyse each event’s impact in order to effectively inform future events.
* Ensuring a consistent presence at all offsite events.
* Ensuring events align with organisational communication plans and recommendations to enhance effectiveness.
* Establishing and maintaining event management best practices, policies and operating procedures.
What We Are Looking For:
* 4 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English at Grade C or above.
* Relevant Degree Level Qualification in a relevant field.
* Proven track record planning, executing and analysing events, utilising data to inform future activities.
* Proven track record managing, forecasting and reporting on event budgets to ensure maximum cost-effectiveness.
* Experience managing stakeholders at all levels to ensure effective event delivery.
What We Offer in Return:
* Generous annual leave entitlement increasing to a maximum of 28 days (with service), plus Bank Holidays and closure days – totalling 41 days per year.
* Access to a workplace pension scheme – with employer contributions of 5%.
* Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family-friendly policies and benefits.
* A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support.
* Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards.
* Free on-site parking on all College sites.
*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*
All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.
The Nelson and Colne College Group is an Ofsted Outstanding Further Education College with a high performance and ambitious culture.
The Group was born in November 2018 with the successful merger between Nelson and Colne College and Accrington and Rossendale College. Prior to that, pan-Lancashire adult community learning provider, Lancashire Adult Learning, became part of the family in 2016.
We are home to 2,400 16-18 year old A Level and vocational students, 16,500 adult learners, 1,300 Apprentices and 400 Higher Education students.
Expertly led by Principal and CEO Lisa O'Loughlin, the College Group delivers year on year improvement, growth and most importantly, highly successful students and Apprentices.
The success of our communities, employers, partners and economy is key to all that we do. We have forged valuable partnerships and a shared vision with like-minded organisations and individuals, creating a network of opportunity and excellence.
Our highly skilled staff are committed to raising and supporting aspirations, providing social mobility and an essential talent pool for the local, regional and national economy.
Nelson and Colne College Group
Scotland Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7YT
H.Resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk
01254 389933
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