Events Administrator

**Role: Events Administrator**

**Reporting to: Head of Events**

**Location: Preston - Hybrid working in place**

**Hours: 35 per week, Monday - Friday**

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Providing administrative support to the events team, sponsorship team, and Head of Events and Sponsorship across all events as required
- Coordinating multiple events and exhibitions with the events team
- Liaising and working in relation with other departments about customer or client needs or requirements
- Scheduling and attending meetings. Composing agendas/minutes and taking notes and actions then circulating to all attendees
- Collating event packs and materials and arranging transportation of event equipment; and proofreading event materials
- Implementing systems to record all event data to be used for event marketing and planning, including research activity to audit and inform future event decisions
- Liaising with customers regarding media packages
- Supporting the Event Manager in managing the guestlist and table sales for events
- Providing regular reports and updates
- Supporting the sales team with information and leads using our CRM (Salesforce)
- Overseeing and processing bookings of speaker slots across the events
- Organising and administration of external steering committee meetings throughout the year
- Processing invoices, payments and related financial documents as necessary

**You will have**:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Great Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Word, and Excel (i.e., spreadsheets, manipulation of data, formulas, importing and exporting of files)
- Strong organisational and administration skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong detail focus
- Takes ownership for issues and problems
- Works collaboratively with colleagues to deliver objectives

**We offer an excellent package including**:

- 25 days holiday increasing to 27 after two years (pro rata’d)
- An extra day off on your birthday
- Matched pension contribution up to 6%
- Employee assistance programme
- Ongoing training. Throughout your career at Agriconnect you will receive continued career development support from our management team
- Exceptional career progression. We are ever-evolving, if you work hard and do well - with our help and support there are no limits to your speed of progress

**About us**

Agriconnect is the largest multi-platform agricultural information business in the UK. Our brands reach deeply into all the major agricultural sectors - arable, dairy, livestock, agricultural machinery, finance, and equipment. We take a farmer-centric approach to media.

Agriconnect is a business unit within the Arc network, a global events, data, and media platform. Arc is a fast-growing global events, data, and media platform with a varied portfolio content led portals, magazines, and events.

We strive to create a culture that is open and respectful, where differences are valued and celebrated. We want everyone to be able to reach their full potential, so we are committed to cultivating a company that promotes inclusion and belonging.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £22,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Preston: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- administration: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Preston