Creative Content and Event Programming Lead

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for International Trade Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 284564**Salary**:

- £52,000 - £61,933- National: £52,000 - £58,652; London: £55,365 - £61,933**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Darlington, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Department for Business and Trade is leading preparations for the UK’s participation at Expo 2025 Osaka, taking place 13 April 2025 - 13 October 2025. The Expo provides a unique opportunity to promote the UK’s global leadership, economy, culture, businesses and international policies on a global stage. The event is expected to attract around 28 million visitors overall and will be an important milestone showing the importance of foreign policy bilateral relationships between the UK and Japan.

**Job description**:
This is an exciting role working as part of the delivery team leading the planning and delivery of the Osaka Expo 2025 - a high-profile, cross-Whitehall project with a budget of between £40-70 million.

We are operating within tight timescales to be able to design and construct a Pavilion in Japan and deliver our presence at World Expo Osaka 2025. DBT are in the process of establishing a project delivery team to ensure the Pavilion and event management is delivered to achieve its objectives, on time and on budget.
- Ensuring the International Content Design Supply (ICDS) suppliers delivers the conceptual content and creative aspects of the UK pavilion
- Developing and delivering the Events Programme for the UK’s presence at World Expo and managing the Events management contracted supplier.

There will be a requirement to ensure Government, Sponsors and Business are engaged and ensures high quality delivery of high profile UK presence at Expo 2025 on time and on budget.
- Act as a point of contact with the ICDS supplier ensuring His Majesty's Governments (HMG) objectives and ambitions are fully woven into the content design for UK Pavilion. Continuously managing and evaluating progress and development of content across the project including with HMG partners and sponsors.
- Work with the Head of Operations to help oversee the design development of the UK Pavilion architecture to ensure its design reflects a holistic interpretation of the ICDS contractors content vision in terms of façade, landscape and hospitality offering.
- Design, develop and manage high profile events programme for UK presence at Osaka 2025 in conjunction with variety of key stakeholders including other government department funders, sponsors and Post.
- Support the design of the Specification for any Events Management Contract that may be required to support the Pavilions programme and to manage the delivery of that contract once in place.
- Support the development and implementation Government Operations workstream - management of high profile and complex stakeholders to ensure seamless coordination of Ministerial and other VIP engagement with UK presence at Expo
- Line management responsibility and create a collaborative working culture to build a high performing delivery team.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas.

Informal hybrid working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role.

Most DIT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average. If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**
- Insight into the delivery of public facing events and cultural experiences that encourage audiences to travel, study and visit the UK, raising public perceptions of the UK internationally.
- Experience in delivering large national projects and campaigns.
- Knowledge of UK international ambitions and campaigns.
- Multiple networks within UK Creative Industries to enhance UK presence at Expo 2025.
- Strong knowledge of stakeholder management and working with multiple contractors and partners to deliver a coordinated, collaborative product or service.

**Personal Attributes & Skills**
- A self-starter with the flexibility to deliver in a fast-paced project environment, inspiring others to make things happen.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Pro

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