Commercial Venue Co-ordinator (6 Month FTC)
Westminster, London

Are you a venue or events professional ready for your next career move? Looking to help the events operations of a beautiful London building as a Commercial Venue Co-ordinator? If so, we want to hear from you.

About Us

Our magnificent Victorian venue at One Birdcage Walk, home of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, overlooks St James's Park and is just moments away from HM Treasury, the Houses of Parliament and Horse Guards Parade. Here, our flexible venue can host events from lectures, conferences, meetings, away days, seminars and training courses to drinks receptions and fine dining events.

We’re now looking for a Commercial Venue Co-ordinator to join us on a six month fixed-term contract.

Your Role

As a Commercial Venue Co-ordinator, you will support the delivery of events at One Birdcage Walk.

You’ll be supporting clients to make the most from our venue hire services, ensuring that their experience is second-to-none and we are their first port of call for event and venue requirements.

Liaising with clients from the first point of contact through to event delivery, you’ll support event planning and communicate the details to the wider venue team to ensure successful event delivery.

Your duties will involve:

- Responding to queries from clients
- Showcasing the venue to potential clients
- Contributing to marketing initiatives to promote the venue
- Acting as a primary point of contact on event days

About You

To join us as a Commercial Venue Co-ordinator, you’ll need:

- Previous experience of running events
- A track record of working in a venue arena and within a client-oriented administrative environment
- Experience of using a CRM system and room booking and event software
- A results-driven mindset
- Great communication skills

Other companies may call this role Venue Executive, Event Co-ordinator, Venue Hire Co-ordinator, Events Manager, Special Events Executive, Event Planner, Marketing and Events Executive, Events Officer, or Event Planning Officer.

The Benefits

- Basic salary of circa £25,000 pro rata plus bonus
- 26 days’ holiday pro rata plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Benefits including stakeholder pension scheme, life assurance and private health cover
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance

This is a brilliant opportunity to work with an exciting, versatile venue with a rich history and help support venue and event success at One Birdcage Walk.

Once you join our team, you’ll discover that we’re dedicated to making our employees’ working life as fulfilling and enjoyable as possible. You’ll be rewarded for your efforts and will receive a range of perks (as well as the above benefits) to support a healthy work-life balance.

Interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis as suitable applicants apply. An immediate start is available for the right candidate.

Thank you for your interest in this post. We look forward to receiving your application.

Webrecruit and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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