Corporate Events and Locations Manager

Full time, all year round - 40 hours per week, with some evening and weekend work to oversee events The role: Harrow School Enterprises raises funds for the development of the School and the provision of a world-class education experience using its beautiful estate, listed buildings and associated facilities. The School has an esteemed reputation for expertly hosting weddings, tours, national and international sports events, conferences, film locations and charity events. The Commercial Events and Venues Manager has a pivotal role in overseeing this wide variety of activities; promoting events online, liaising with clients, organising paperwork and logistics, and connecting with departments across the site to deliver memorable, smoothly delivered events that exceed the clients’ expectations. This is not a typical events role as most events take place during the school holidays, leaving welcome down time during the term to manage paperwork, plan, innovate, and keep more regular office hours. For more information please review the job description attached as a separate document to the advertisement on the School vacancies page. The skills: This role will suit a candidate who relishes the opportunity to develop a broad portfolio of experience within their career rather than specialising in one type of event management. It is an ideal position for someone who loves variety, with no two days the same, working within a small team in beautiful surroundings. You will have solid hands-on experience of taking responsibility for motivating your team, managing events end-to-end ideally in a busy venue setting. You will be used to working with director-level managers; proposing new business opportunities, providing budgetary information and overseeing a superlative customer experience for our clients. Your excellent organisation abilities will allow you to manage multiple tasks with the correct paperwork so everyone is communicated with efficiently. Your strong written and ver