The Role: Conference and Events Executive (Hybrid) Location: Southend on-Sea with regular meetings in central London, and UK travel The Conference and Events Executive organises and runs conferences on a range subjects across the UK. The post-holder supports academics to develop conference themes and builds conferences around them. They also provide advice and support to the wider staff and networks for other events such as webinars, lectures and the Employer Forum. They research opportunities and assess feasibility for new events including with industry and business and build on existing programmes. The role includes supervising a small team which is currently made up of a part-time Conference and Administration Officer, and a Conference Assistant. Main Duties: Conference and events organising Liaise with VIPs, committee members, conference venues, sponsors, speakers and delegates to ensure the smooth-running of each conference Run conferences throughout the UK taking care of last-minute delegate requests and queries. Take responsibility for the set-up, running and break-down of events. Prepare and manage budgets for each conference and administer conference fees Conference promotion, including managing webpage content and producing promotional materials Provide advice, training and support to colleagues and members on running online and webinars Secretarial and Administration Provide Secretarial support to the Conference Committee, organising 2 -3 meetings per year, ..... full job details .....