Public Events Manager

The Museum is looking for a Public Events Manager.

About the role

Public Events Manager
Permanent
Full-time
Midlands
£31,487.40 per annum

The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Midlands. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future – using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire. Our Vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

We have two public sites (London and Midlands) and a stored collection (Stafford). Our trading company and active fundraising supplement Grant in Aid which comes through the Ministry of Defence.

We are pleased to announce a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic events team. We are looking for an experienced programmer and event professional to deliver exciting and popular events at our Midlands site.

Working in a small and friendly team, the role will involve managing a busy year of dynamic events aimed at our family audience. You will also use your creativity to grow and develop the programme in future years.

Candidates must have experience in delivering large scale public facing events as they will be responsible for events such as the Midlands Food Festival, Vintage and Handmade Festival, Themed Weeks and the Summer Events Programme.

The ideal candidate will be creative, highly organised, flexible, pro-active and have lots of initiative and energy. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a high standard of both verbal and written English are essential requirements as is a high level of client service and event health and safety experience. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel is also required.

The post holder will be required to work weekends, early mornings, evenings and occasionally overnight as necessary.

The post will be based at our Midlands site. Travel between the Museum’s sites will be required from time to time.

To apply:

• Please provide your current CV with a supporting statement which provides specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the competencies in the person specification. Please note that the shortlisting process will give greater weighting to the essential technical competencies. Please send the completed documents to jobs@rafmuseum.org with ‘Public Events Manager’ on the subject line.

• Closing date for applications: 1 November 2023

• Interviews will take place on: 14 November 2023

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