Event Co-ordinator, Ifsec, Firex

**Company Description**

**Informa is a leading business to business events business, creating unique face to face and online connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.**

**The Protection & Management Series sits within the Informa Markets Division and is a leading group of trade exhibitions which take place annually at London's ExCeL. Over 40,000 visitors from the UK and internationally visit the events which includeIFSEC, FIREX International, Facilities Show, Intelligent Buildings Europe and Safety & Health Expo.**

General Overview of the Role
- Organise special events across the portfolio
- General support for the portfolio directors
- Work with all partners and stakeholders on specific meetings and briefings
- Assist on site at exhibitions/conferences

**Special Events**
- Organise Awards Dinners, Exhibitor Days and Parties, Steering committee meetings, Team Building, Hospitality and other special events across the portfolio, including the venue, catering, set, audio visual & presentation, the awards/handouts and administrationof attendees / bookings.

**Market / Event Directors Support**
- Plan event and portfolio meeting schedules & co-ordinate timely distribution of agenda if required
- Organise and attend and take minutes at Management Board Meetings and other internal / external meetings
- Arrange for other meetings to be minuted where required
- Diary Management (including organising hotel/travel arrangements)
- Maintain budget sheets in Excel, process invoices/purchase orders
- Assisting the directors where required on the associated portfolio publications
- Typing general correspondence/internal memos

**Qualities/Skills**
- Excellent time management, organisational and prioritising skills.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Team player, positive, enthusiastic, approachable, hard worker, patient and good under pressure
- Customer service orientated
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Excellent man-management skills (including coaching/training and appraisal skills).
- Ability to deal confidentially with sensitive issues.

**Qualifications**

**Qualities/Skills**
- Excellent time management, organisational and prioritising skills.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Team player, positive, enthusiastic, approachable, hard worker, patient and good under pressure
- Customer service orientated
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Excellent man-management skills (including coaching/training and appraisal skills).
- Ability to deal confidentially with sensitive issues.

**Additional Information**

**What we offer in return**
- A basic salary of £35,000
- 25 days annual leave (3 additional days at Christmas)
- 4 volunteering days annually
- Day off for your birthday
- Pension contributions
- Seasonal social and charitable events
- Training and development

**Additional Information**:
You must have the right to work and live in United Kingdom