Assistant Manager - Conferencing and Events

Date Posted: Fri 27 Dec 2019

Salary: Grade G: £25,801 to £28,785 a year

Hours: Full time

Location: Derby Arena

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Tue 7 Jan 2020

We're looking for a vibrant, enthusiastic and committed person who can combine efficient venue duty management with events experience to work in a state-of-the-art contemporary facility.  If you enjoy working with people and have the desire and drive to improve we would like to hear from you.

Derby Arena is a new and iconic event space that has developed an innovative and varied event portfolio since opening in 2015. From televised sports events to pantomimes, gigs and comedy shows there is a wide variety of events to host. This is on top of a corporate offer including, track cycling, meeting rooms, exhibition space and dinners.

The Assistant Manager Conferencing & Events will supports the Sport & Events Manager to deliver these events successfully and work with a range of clients to attract more events moving forward. The post holders will be directly responsible for Events Advisors who will help operationally deliver the events to the highest quality.

This role will be part of a duty management team which will operate on a shift rota basis, including evening, weekends and back holidays.

You should ideally possess a leisure management qualification, and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of Health & Safety within this environment

To Apply please take a look at Derby City Council website.