Corporate Events Officer
About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the Role:
You’ll be joining our Events team and will take the lead role in delivering our July and November Graduation ceremonies across all 3 of our cities, Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough. You’ll play an important role in the further development of the graduate experience ensuring guest satisfaction is at the heart of everything we deliver. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on other corporate events outside of the scope of graduations as they arise such as our Vice Chancellors staff awards ceremony. The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of stakeholder relationships including our wide range of suppliers including graduation photography and gowning.
With a passion for events you’ll have demonstrable experience of working on events from initial concept through to on the day delivery. Supervisory skills are desirable. With a degree or part qualified in a relevant professional qualification at degree level, or with demonstrable appropriate level of experience and evidence of CPD relevant to the role, you’ll also need to be comfortable with working outside of usual hours and overnight stays may be required.
It is expected that interviews will take place on Tuesday 9th July. Informal enquiries can be made to Alice Asher, Senior Events Manager, at alice.asher@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.