Event Advisor

Date Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2018

Salary: Grade D £18,672 - £19,446 a year pro rata

Hours: Full time

Location: Derby Arena

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sun 13 Jan 2019

We're looking for a vibrant, enthusiastic and committed person who has planning, delivery and securing of 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 Events Advisors will support the Events and Conferencing Assistant Manager to deliver these events successfully and work with a range of clients to attract more events moving forward.

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

Please be aware that where there are staff within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Interviews will be held during week commencing Monday 21 January 2019.

The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 13 January 2019 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.

For more information and to apply, take a look at the Derby City Council website.