Events Assistant
£14/hour
Must be able to travel to Guildford and Hampton
Immediate Start
Mostly onsite
Job Description:
Planning the Annual Event Programme
Working with the Events Manager and Psychosocial Leads to design the Annual Event
Programme, considering successes, areas for improvement and new opportunities.
Ensuring a varied programme that engages both life-limited children and their families, and those who are bereaved.
Ensuring events for families from diverse backgrounds, celebrating various festivals and considering different ways to engage families.
Ensuring events are accessible to families, with opportunities local to them.
Supporting bereaved families with "safe firsts", for example, attending a grotto for the first time at the hospice, after one of their children has died.
Facilitating "Look and Feel" meetings with those leading events
Event research regarding venues, providers and engaging opportunities
Researching and purchasing materials for events
Co-ordinating with the admin/facilities team to arrange catering and equipment/spaces.
Creating outlook appointments for events, with key event information
Calling venues and service providers to book and confirm details
Making Eventbrite pages and proof-reading text created by others.
Updating social media with posts around events and important information
Sending monthly texts via Firetext, notifying families of events
Identifying key families to inv...