The Opportunity
A long-established and highly regarded British membership organisation is hiring an Events and Marketing Officer to help deliver a large and varied annual events programme. Reporting to the Head of Events, you will plan, run, and evaluate a calendar of around 40 member events a year, spanning business, social, sporting, and major set-piece occasions. This is a full-time, permanent role based in central London, and a genuine opportunity to build an events career inside a respected British institution.
About the organisation
The organisation is a not-for-profit membership body with deep heritage and a strong national reputation. Its membership includes respected and well-known organisations from across British business, and the work sits at an interesting intersection of commerce, tradition, and public life.
It is a small, close-knit team based in central London. It runs an events programme that is both prestigious and unusually varied: business and educational events for members, social occasions, sporting fixtures, and major set-piece events. For an events professional, few employers offer this combination: the variety of a large annual programme, the standing of a respected institution, and the breadth of a small team where one role spans events, marketing, and member communications.
Why this role
This is a hands-on delivery role with real ownership. You will not simply support events. You will own specific events end to end, from planning and budgeting through to on-the-day delivery and post-event evaluation. You will work directly with the Head of Events on the shape of the annual calendar, contribute event concepts of your own, and build lasting relationships with venues, suppliers, sponsors, and member companies.
The organisation's team is small, which gives the role genuine breadth. Events sit alongside marketing and member communications, so the Officer moves between event logistics, e-newsletters, website content, social media, and reporting to senior management. For an events professional who wants variety, visible impact, and a strong platform to grow from, this is an unusually rich brief.
Key Responsibilities
Events programme delivery
- Support the Head of Events in the strategic planning, delivery, execution, and evaluation of the full programme of around 40 events a year: business events such as seminars, workshops, and the AGM; social occasions; sporting fixtures; and major set-piece events.
- Own and be accountable for specific events assigned to you, end to end, working to budget and to deadline.
- Support the safe delivery of events: complete internal and external risk assessments, ensure compliance with the organisation's policies and procedures, and escalate risks to the Head of Events.
- Help shape the annual events calendar, contributing new event concepts and continuous improvements aligned to the organisation's strategic priorities.
Operations, partnerships, and member engagement
- Support the Head of Events in managing the events budget: forecasting, invoicing, and variance reporting.
- Manage guest bookings, event order logging, and query monitoring. Prepare invitations and guest lists, liaise with venues and third-party suppliers, handle logistical arrangements and on-site coordination, and lead post-event follow-up including feedback collation.
- Build and maintain relationships with venues, suppliers, sponsors, and member companies, securing partnerships and sponsorships that strengthen event delivery and member value.
- Represent the organisation at events, coordinating staff and volunteers and ensuring a professional, high-quality member experience. Provide front-of-house support for the Events team, including the team telephone line and office queries.
- Provide guidance to the team's Administrative Assistant, who supports event work from time to time.
Communications, marketing, and reporting
- Work with the Head of Events and support the Director of Communications in managing member communications across the organisation's main channels.
- Manage e-newsletters, website content, social media, and online promotions. Prepare the communications calendar and manage release dates. Collate copy and images from across the organisation and its stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate use of the organisation's Salesforce database, track member engagement, and produce regular statistical reports for senior management.
- Lead feedback collection and analysis, producing reports with actionable insight to improve future events. Develop event collateral and marketing outputs in line with brand guidelines.
Requirements
Must-haves
- Proven experience in an events role, ideally events and marketing combined, with a track record of delivering events end to end.
- Effective written and verbal communication, with meticulous, accurate attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a confident, professional manner in member-facing and customer-facing settings.
- Excellent organisation and time management. You can carry several events at once and adapt calmly when priorities change.
- Sound judgement and strong independent problem-solving. Comfortable working on your own initiative and as part of a small team.
- Proficient with digital marketing tools and social media content. Strong Excel and MS Office skills, and confident updating website content.
- Experience working with a database, and experience consulting with multiple stakeholders.
- Flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends when events require it. Time off in lieu is provided.
- Right to work in the UK.
Strong advantage
- Events experience in a B2B or membership-organisation environment.
- Salesforce experience.
- An interest in British business, heritage, and public life.
Working at the organisation
The team is small and the events programme is large, so the work has real pace and variety. No two weeks look the same: one might centre on the AGM, another on a major set-piece event, another on a members' networking evening or the production of an e-newsletter. The Officer is trusted with genuine ownership of their own events while supporting the wider programme.
The role is office-based for a minimum of four days a week, at the organisation's central London offices. Evening and occasional weekend work is part of the events calendar, and time off in lieu is provided to balance it. This is a permanent role with a clear remit and the scope to grow as the events professional grows.
Practical Information
- Hours: 35 hours per week. Minimum four days a week in the office.
- Start: July 2026.
- Reporting to: Head of Events.
- Benefits: 25 days' annual leave and a contributory pension.
- Evenings and occasional weekends required, with time off in lieu provided.
- Right to work in the UK required.
Application Process
Please note: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who are successfully shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of submitting your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.
