Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12-months
Working Hours: 37 including evenings and weekends where required
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £25,992 (Level one) rising to £26,835 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
The City of Nottingham is renowned for its events offer. Our year-round programme of arts, cultural and sports events is a core part of this mix which makes Nottingham such a vibrant and attractive city to live, work and invest. Nottingham Events produce and deliver much of this event programming, including the annual Nottingham Light Night, the world-famous Nottingham Goose Fair and one-off events such as the Nottingham Forest Premier League promotion homecoming. We also host around 250 events each year in our parks and public open space venues from music festivals and major sports events to brand activations and community events.
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
You will be part of a small agile team that conceptualise, develop and deliver our commissioned programme of events whilst also providing client and venue management services to event promoters, brands, film and TV productions and community groups who make use of our fantastic range of public realm and greenfield venues.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
• Some experience of major event planning, delivery and management ideally gained within the outdoor events, festival or entertainment industries.
• A qualification in events management and a desire to work in the events industry.
• Experience in taking responsibility for individual programme elements and the ability to manage conflicting and competing deadlines.
• Experience of undertaking administrative and finance functions within a busy venue sales environment.
• Willingness and flexibility to work evenings, early mornings, weekends and public holidays to ensure delivery of events.
• A degree of physical fitness sufficient to work outdoors across a variety of event venues.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Patrick Loy, Head of Nottingham Events & Tourism by email at patrick.loy@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: Sunday 15th December 2024
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: Week commencing 6th January 2025
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