About the Company:

Main business: : Leisure, sport and tourism

Global Insight Conferences Ltd was co-founded by entrepreneurs with a passion for conferences and with a desire to create a better quality of conference, where the client is at the very core. Be it from the choice of topic, to the structure of the agenda, to the speaker faculty formulation, to the personalised briefings and the one-to-one TroubleShooting Clinic meetings, we strive to put our attendees at the centre of everything we do.

About the Role:

Global Insight Conferences requires a positive, confident and professional graduate with first class communication, organisational and customer service skills to run business conferences as well as manage customer services. You will need to be computer literate, proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Office as well as a be a positive self-starter, quick to learn and able to turn your hand to any task cheerfully, whilst hitting tight deadlines.

Do you see yourself running a conference, troubleshooting at a live event, organising everyone on the day and loving the atmosphere and challenge of a room full of people you are in charge of? Do you love checklists, organising, communicating and the satisfaction of being the organisational centre of an event? Can you see yourself meticulously preparing conference materials, liaising with speakers, sponsors and delegates and making sure everything is just right?

This fun, friendly and warm team is expanding so if you’re a bright, organised, well presented and a high-energy individual, we’ll be committed to help drive your career forward.

The Event Co-Ordinator responsibilities include:

• Organising and running events from start to finish
• Onsite troubleshooting and innovations
• Liaising with sponsors, speakers and exhibitors and venues
• Liaising with customers on the phone and taking registrations
• Issuing invoices
• Chasing payments
• Post-conference evaluation and follow-ups
• General administration

Requirements:

• A pro-active, positive and ‘can do’ attitude
• A commercial mind and determination to succeed
• A professional, calm, courteous and friendly manner
• An excellent eye for detail, experience in proof reading is an advantage
• Proficiency in Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• An ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Maturity and versatility
• Problem solving, self-motivation and initiative
• Work experience preferred, but not essential
• Minimum 2.1 degree required

How to Apply:

For more information and to apply please visit Career Connect and search Reference ID 'DM9Y9'