The Museum is looking for a Public Events Manager.
Location: Midlands
Salary: £30,000
Employment Contract Type: Permanent - Full-time
Closing Date: 21/10/2024 12:00 pm
Interview Date: 05/11/2024
About the role
Public Events Manager
Permanent
Full-time
Midlands
£30,000 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.
The Royal Air Force Museum is a Carbon Literate organisation and as such promotes Carbon Literacy.
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, Themed Weeks and 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 budget management 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 click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below to apply for this role. You will be taken to our applicant tracking system.
• Closing date for applications: 21 October 2024 at 12 noon
• Interviews will take place on: 5 November 2024
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