Junior Event Project Manager

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Junior Event Project Manager
£26,742 - £32,206 (plus commission)

The event project manager is a key role working in the events department team. The position will be responsible for project managing a series of skills and careers events across the UK, which attract thousands of students, teachers and parents. These events offer individuals a chance to meet local and national employers and high-quality education providers face-to-face, to gain expert career advice and plan their future. Responsibilities include hitting and exceeding monthly individual targets and working with the project team to oversee the smooth running, plans and preparations to deliver successful events. The successful candidate will have a track record in project management, ideally within the events management sector. They will also have experience of networking and building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders and be able to demonstrate evidence of delivering and beating monthly targets. The role is about selling and project managing the current and new ranges of the Optimus Education portfolio careers and skills events.

Essential:

You will have:

• Project management qualification or willingness to work towards
• Significant experience in B2B sales
• Experience of internal (and external) partnership working
• Demonstrable experience of successfully working to targets

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:

Home Based- Regional. Onsite attendance to events will be required several times a year. You may be required to travel away from home for up to a week

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust you will have access to the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
• Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In our most recent colleague survey “86% of our colleagues say we demonstrate a true commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion”.

In addition;

• We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
• We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
• Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.