Bactivac Senior Events

**Position Details**

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £32,546 to £35,116 with potential progression once in post to £39,355

Grade: 6

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to November 2027

Closing date: 3rd July 2025

UK and International travel may be required for this role.

**Our offer to you**

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

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**Background**

This role will be embedded within the Research Delivery team directly supporting BactiVac, the Bacterial Vaccines Network.

BactiVac is a global vaccinology network that brings together members based in academic, industry and policy sectors to accelerate the development of vaccines against bacterial infections relevant to low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Since its establishment in August 2017, the Network has grown to over 2,200 members based across 92 countries, with 52% of our members based in LMICs.

The BactiVac Network fosters partnership by providing catalyst project funding and training support. The Network also hosts Annual Network Meetings that bring our global membership together, allowing the exchange of ideas and supporting the generation of new collaborative partnerships across the Network.

Operational management and delivery of Network activity is devolved to the BactiVac Administrative team, which consists of the Network Operations Manager, Deputy Operations Manager, External Engagement Co-ordinator, Marketing & Communications Assistant, 2 Network Administrators and the Senior Events & Training Co-ordinator.

**Role Summary**

The Senior Events & Training Co-ordinator will work closely with the Network Director and other administrative team members, leading on the planning, organisation and delivery of Network events and training opportunities, supporting the Director in the delivery of these key, high-profile Network activities at a global level. The post holder will be required to provide outstanding customer service and support, be confident in dealing with a variety of stakeholders at all levels within a range of organisations, work closely with the Director and collaboratively within the rest of the administrative team. The post holder will need to demonstrate a strong sense of initiative, the ability to ‘multi-task’ and to communicate effectively. They should have a flexible approach to work tasks, together with the ability to work on their own initiative unsupervised. They will need to have extensive experience in event management, including face to face conferences and delivering online and other events which are aligned to BactiVac’s remit.

Previous experience of providing high-level, executive support to senior managers and an appreciation of global health issues, would be highly advantageous. There will be s