As a specialist Events Officer, you will lead on the planning and delivery of high priority, reoccurring and one-off events that enable and underpin the School of Management (SoM) strategy to recruit high quality students, enhance our research reputation and engage our stakeholders.  

This critical role will have authority and responsibility for the design, development, and management of the School's busy events programme, as well as leading on the delivery of high-profile events. In addition, the role will have responsibility to liaise both within the School and across the University to ensure that events are well coordinated and that we generate the quantity and quality of audience to meet our objectives. You will need to be able to manage and prioritise event pipeline accordingly.

The School is significantly expanding its portfolio of events and you will lead SoM practice in the planning, communication and delivery of effective events, acting at times as a source of specialist advice to colleagues and building institutional capacity in event management. In particular, we are keen that the individual is able to analyse return on investment for each event using a range of data, including pre- and post-event attendee feedback, attendance figures and participant observations. It is expected that you will present this analysis to executive board and will inform future events strategy.   

In planning an event, you will need to capture and articulate desired outcomes, develop a detailed delivery plan, source and book venues, liaise with suppliers, coordinate invitations by post and email, supervise staff involved with event delivery, prepare briefing notes, conduct risk assessments, brief senior colleagues, manage budgets, evaluate event delivery and report on proposed future improvements.   

The role will cover virtual and physical events and may involve domestic and international travel.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Katie Calvert-Jones (kacj20@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website.

We are one of the UK’s leading business schools. We’re ranked 1st in the country for Marketing (The Complete University Guide 2022) and Top 5 for Accounting and Finance (Guardian University Guide 2022).

We’re a leading centre for research. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, 41% of our submissions met the 4* standard (the highest possible).

What we can offer you:

Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. 

We are:

• a family friendly workplace 
• open to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the University. 
• recognising of the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package 
• encouraging of your personal and professional development

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We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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