The Museum is looking for a Public Events Manager.
Location: Cosford
Salary: £28,560
Employment Contract Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Closing Date: 13/04/2022 12:00 pm
Interview Date: 21/04/2022
About the role
Public Events Manager (maternity cover)
Fixed Term (12 months)
Full-time
Cosford
£28,560 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 Cosford. 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 overall vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.
We are pleased to announce a fantastic maternity leave cover opportunity to work with our dynamic events team. We are looking for an experienced programme 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 and delivering a full and busy year of dynamic events. Working closely with the Public Events Manager in London, you will also have an opportunity to create additional programming during your time at the Museum.
Candidates must have experience in delivering large scale public facing events as they will be responsible for events such as the Cosford Food Festival, Vintage and Handmade Festival, Pillows and Pilots Sleepovers, Spitfire 10k and many more.
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. 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 in Cosford, Shropshire. 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: 13 April 2022 at 12 noon
• Interviews will take place on: 21 April 2022
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