Events Coordinator

6 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Jisc Full time

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Events coordinator

**Salary**: Circa £25,000 per annum negotiable depending on experience

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid - flexibility to work from home and at any of our main hubs (Proximity to our Bristol office preferred)

Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research, and innovation. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a big ambition to improve lives through education and research by providing hardware, software, and networking solutions.

Join us and your contribution will help us to empower UK universities, colleges, research institutions and wider customers with technology so that everyone prospers.

About the role:
You will be working within the OpenAthens marketing team who are key to delivering our growth plans worldwide and maintaining our high customer retention rate. Complementing the OpenAthens marketing team is the highly experienced and passionate Jisc events team, who deliver and attend a packed calendar of international events both in-person and online. This is a great opportunity to benefit from learning, development and best practice alongside the wider team.

You will provide support for the OpenAthens events across the year which include exhibiting at international tradeshows, coordinating a programme of webinars and community events, co-organising events with channel partners or delivering key customer conferences and roundtables.

We are looking for a someone who is able generate innovative solutions to challenges and who can make sound decisions fast whilst working in a high-paced, high-pressure environment. You will also be passionate in looking for new and exciting ways to constantly improve the events that Jisc delivers.

There is flexibility to work from home in this role, however attendance to the Bristol office to run and organise events will be required. Please note you must also be also happy to travel, including overnight stays for on-site support at UK and International based events.

Other responsibilities will include:

- Work with the senior events manager and wider OpenAthens marketing team to understand the aims and objectives of each event and the support required for marketing and delivery.
- Coordinate and lead ‘virtual’ teams around webinars and events ensuring activities are delivered on time.
- Coordinate, setup, and provide on the day support for OpenAthens online and in-person events.
- Book our presence at external events including delegate only places, exhibitor stands and speaking sessions.
- Capture event and webinar campaign data and interactions in our CRM when required.
- Ensure events are delivered to a high standard and comply with health and safety requirements.

Key Skills and Experience:

- Previous experience of supporting the delivery of live and online events.
- Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to change plans quickly when presented with challenges or obstacles
- Confident to communicate clearly at all levels including with internal and external stakeholders.

Please refer to the job description for full details.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Why work for us?

At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career. We want to create a culture of lifelong learning. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

We believe a balance between your personal and professional life is essential to your happiness and fulfilment. We work flexibly at Jisc and focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. Our hybrid working policy is flexible, and the frequency of time spent in your nominated office will vary across teams and job roles.

Take a look at our fantastic benefits We offer:

- Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
- 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes an additional three closure days over Christmas
- A generous pension scheme
- A range of leave options, including parental leave, 3 days volunteer leave per annum and even career breaks
- A generous budget to support you with external learning and Continuous professional development
- Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
- A company culture which supports and promotes personal learning and development, including access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning
- Mental health first aid trained staff and supportive environment
- Financial well-being support
- The opportunity to donate to charity tax-free with our Payroll Giving benefit
- A wide range of discounts from retailers and big-name high-


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