Venue and Events Manager

Venue and Events Manager

Location : High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2JZ Salary : Grade G £37,099 (progressing to £41,732) Job Type : Full time, Permanent

Closing date for applications : Thursday 17th August 2023 at midnight

Benefits :

Our reward package provides :

• Over 40 days paid annual leave each year
• Competitive pension
• Extensive development opportunities
• Wellbeing support and discount schemes, amongst other benefits.

Venue and Events Manager - The Role :

If you have the energy and enthusiasm to assist us in achieving our goal of making life better for our students, then we have the ideal opportunity for you to join our Venue and Events team.

The Venue and Events Manager will take a lead role managing the overall day to day commercial operation, overseeing both venue and events teams whilst managing any extra associated commercial opportunities that arise.

You will focus on supporting the team in devising, promoting, delivering and evaluating a diverse, exciting and engaging programme of traditional university entertainment alongside a calendar of more varied niche events and activities of exceptional quality, whilst leading the Venue team to deliver an outstanding service in a safe, inclusive and well-maintained space.

Venue and Events Manager - The Candidate :

You will have significant, relevant industry experience with astute commercial awareness and a thorough understanding of licensing laws and financial processes.

A working knowledge of health and safety procedures is essential, as is an excellent knowledge of events and activities across a wide range of entertainment and varying music genres.

You will also be able to demonstrate exceptional leadership, communication and customer service skills and have a proven track record of managing a varied staff team whilst managing budgets and meeting targets.

Other Information :

Bucks Students’ Union is a democratic, student-led organisation whose mission is to make life better for students at Bucks. We are committed to improving the student experience and actively seek to bring positive change to student life.

We are ranked the second-best students’ union in the UK, are a Real Living Wage Employer, a Mindful Employer and have achieved the highest standards in accreditation for Fairtrade, Green Impact, Best Bar None and Quality Students’ Unions.

We are committed to tackling inequality and offer a 'guaranteed interview scheme’ for applicants of colour and / or applicants with a disability. If you have a disability and / or are a person of colour and you meet the criteria of a role description and person specification of a role, please select the 'guaranteed interview scheme’ option on the application form.

Experience of the following an advantage : Events, Recruitment, Activities, planning, Team building, Marketing, Customer Service, Hospitality

To Apply :

If you have the skills and experience we require for this role, and are looking for a new challenge please click on APPLY to be taken to our site to complete an application form. We will be in touch should we wish to take your application forward in the recruitment process.

No agencies please.