Harrow School - Events Coordinator

Location: North West London
School: Harrow School
Type: Full-time
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Summary

The postholder will coordinate the administration and operational delivery of commercial events, weddings, filming and venue hire activity, ensuring an exceptional client experience from initial enquiry through to post-event review.

Detail

Contract summary:
Contract length: Permanent
Working weeks: Full time, all year round
Working hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday – some evenings and weekends for events
Salary: circa £31,000 per annum

The role: The postholder will coordinate the administration and operational delivery of commercial events, weddings, filming and venue hire activity, ensuring an exceptional client experience from initial enquiry through to post-event review. You will also provide administrative support to the School’s historic tours operation, working alongside the Tours Administrator when required. The estate at Harrow offers a range of historic buildings, modern facilities and outside spaces, so it is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety and wants to work within a broad repertoire of personal, corporate, charity and sporting events. For more information please review the job description attached as a separate document to this advertisement.

The skills: This role will suit a candidate who prides themselves on their experience and ability to manage the administrative details of an events management process from start to finish; dealing with the enquiry, planning and delivery of the event as well as the financial payments/invoicing and associated reports. You will be highly organised, with strong verbal and written communication styles that reflect the organisation’s brand and client expectations. Your good numerical ability and confidence with MS Office applications will enable you to accurately record client and financial information. Using your positive, approachable, professional demeanour and flexibility to support the team at busy times, you will build excellent relationships with colleagues and provide a customer service that supports and strengthens the reputation of Harrow School as one of the best venue providers in London.

The benefits include:

free lunch
free parking
automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme
use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.
subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

The environment: Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 835 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses.
Harrow School Enterprises Limited (HSEL) is the trading company of Harrow School. It is responsible for raising additional funds for the School through commercial activities such as events, filming, tours, weddings, educational courses, residential tenant groups and sports facilities hire. HSEL is also the head office for Harrow School Short Courses (HSSC), which is one of the leading providers of summer language courses for international students aged 8-17 years.

Applications will be processed as they are received and interviews may take place before the closing date, so early application is recommended.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.